{"title":"Displacement-load force-perceived weight relationships in lifting objects with power-assist","authors":"S. Rahman, R. Ikeura, M. Nobe, H. Sawai","doi":"10.1117/12.858449","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858449","url":null,"abstract":"This paper deals with the design of a 1-DOF power assist system (PAS) for lifting objects in vertical direction based on a hypothesis that pertains to operator's weight perception. We particularly studied the relationships among object's displacement, load force (vertical lifting force) and perceived weight for the objects lifted with the PAS. We also compared the load force features for power-assist-lifted objects to that for manually lifted objects for equal heaviness. Finally, we proposed using the findings to develop human-friendly PASs for lifting heavy objects in industries such as construction, military operations, manufacturing and assembly, logistics and transport, mining etc.","PeriodicalId":250590,"journal":{"name":"ICMIT: Mechatronics and Information Technology","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126588342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of a palpation sensor by using multi-signal processing: fundamental characteristics of the prototype sensor system","authors":"H. Nagai, Takeshi Okuyama, Mami Tanaka","doi":"10.1117/12.858453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858453","url":null,"abstract":"The human finger tip is the most useful tactile sensor part for distinguishing textures. It is possible for fingers to recognize not only surface textures of objects but also the information inside object. \"Palpation\" in the medical field is an example of techniques utilizing the ability. This study aims to develop a palpation sensor that can obtain both surface and inside information of objects. The palpation sensor that several bimorphic piezoelectric elements are used as sensory receptors is proposed. The output from each element with the position and the velocity information is acquired. Using the position information, it is possible to remove the noise by adjusting time phase of the signals from each bimorphic piezoelectric element. Furthermore, we aim to obtain the information of the sample surface and inside objects by applying additional signal processing to sensor outputs. In this paper, the fundamental characteristics of the prototype sensor system were investigated. First, the signal processing to convert the time history information from the sensor into the positional information was investigated in order to eliminate the influence of mobile speed. Next, the contact condition between sample surface and tip of bimorph piezoelectric element was tested. Finally, electrical cross-talk among bimorphic piezoelectric elements was examined.","PeriodicalId":250590,"journal":{"name":"ICMIT: Mechatronics and Information Technology","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124618868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The locating ways of laying pipe manipulator","authors":"Dan Wang, Bin Li, Dongliang Lei","doi":"10.1117/12.858445","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858445","url":null,"abstract":"The laying pipe manipulator is a new equipment to lay concrete pipe. This kind of manipulator makes the work of laying pipes mechanized and automated. We report here a new laying pipe manipulator. The manipulator has 5 free degrees, and is driven by the hydraulic system. In the paper, one critical question of manipulator is studied: the locating ways of the manipulator to lay concrete pipe. During the process of laying concrete pipe, how to locate the manipulator is realized by the locating system of manipulator. The locating system consists of photoelectric target, laser producer, and computer. According to different construction condition, one or two or three photoelectric targets can be used. During the process of laying concrete pipe, if the interface of pipes are jointed together, and the other segment of pipe deviates from the pipe way, one target can be used, if the angle that the manipulator rotates around the holding pipe's axes is 0°, two targets can be used, three targets can be used at any site. In the paper, according to each locating way, the theory analysis is done. And the mathematical models of the manipulator moving from original position to goal position are obtained by different locating way. And the locating experiment was done. According to the experiment result, the work principle and mathematical models of different locating way was turned out to be well adopted for requirement, the mathematical model of different locating way supplies the basic control theory for the manipulator to lay and joint concrete pipe automatically.","PeriodicalId":250590,"journal":{"name":"ICMIT: Mechatronics and Information Technology","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116512652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Temporal parameter change of human postural control ability during upright swing using recursive least square method","authors":"Akifumi Goto, Mizuri Ishida, K. Sagawa","doi":"10.1117/12.858190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858190","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to derive quantitative assessment indicators of the human postural control ability. An inverted pendulum is applied to standing human body and is controlled by ankle joint torque according to PD control method in sagittal plane. Torque control parameters (KP: proportional gain, KD: derivative gain) and pole placements of postural control system are estimated with time from inclination angle variation using fixed trace method as recursive least square method. Eight young healthy volunteers are participated in the experiment, in which volunteers are asked to incline forward as far as and as fast as possible 10 times over 10 [s] stationary intervals with their neck joint, hip joint and knee joint fixed, and then return to initial upright posture. The inclination angle is measured by an optical motion capture system. Three conditions are introduced to simulate unstable standing posture; 1) eyes-opened posture for healthy condition, 2) eyes-closed posture for visual impaired and 3) one-legged posture for lower-extremity muscle weakness. The estimated parameters Kp, KD and pole placements are applied to multiple comparison test among all stability conditions. The test results indicate that Kp, KD and real pole reflect effect of lower-extremity muscle weakness and KD also represents effect of visual impairment. It is suggested that the proposed method is valid for quantitative assessment of standing postural control ability.","PeriodicalId":250590,"journal":{"name":"ICMIT: Mechatronics and Information Technology","volume":"7500 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129678202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characterization of a curvature sensor using a solid polymer electrolyte","authors":"Manabu Otsuki, Takeshi Okuyama, Mami Tanaka","doi":"10.1117/12.858441","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858441","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes a development of a curvature sensor using a solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) film. The sensor has a basic structure that an SPE film is sandwiched between thin carbon films. Each carbon is coated with Ag paste and they are covered with polymer films. The SPE film has good flexibility, and can be used in air. In previous research, we clarified output response to deformation of the SPE sensor and the relationship between sensor output and sensor curvature. In this paper, in order to obtain the output characteristics of the curvature sensor, the influence of the position of partial deformation on the sensor output and the relationship between the sensor output and the area size of the deformed part in the SPE film were investigated. As a result, it is found that the sensor output is independent of the position where deformation is applied and that the sensor output has a proportional relation with the area size of the deformation part. Moreover these findings suggest that the sensor output is related to the average of the curvature of the measured surface.","PeriodicalId":250590,"journal":{"name":"ICMIT: Mechatronics and Information Technology","volume":"7500 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131228395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intelligent process quality control system into supply chain","authors":"Shijie Wang, X. Jiang, Yingchun Wang","doi":"10.1117/12.858446","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858446","url":null,"abstract":"To cope with the challenges of monitoring dynamic and variable quality variation into supply chain, diagnosing the abnormal variation at the right moment, is a difficult problem that a enterprise in supply chain faces in process quality control. An intelligent process quality control mode into supply chain, which integrated quality prevention, analysis, diagnosis and adjustment, and corresponding functional modules and framework were all put forward. This mode dealt mainly with constructing and running intelligent quality control system, such as the theory of similarity manufacturing, Statistical Process Control (SPC), neural network. Furthermore, some key enabling technologies were studied in detail, including process quality analysis on-line based on similarity process and process quality diagnosis based on Elman and expert system of process quality adjustment. It is basis of realizing network, intelligent and automatic process quality control into supply.","PeriodicalId":250590,"journal":{"name":"ICMIT: Mechatronics and Information Technology","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128508858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A novel scheme in audio watermarking using multi-objective genetic algorithm","authors":"A. Majid, Tahir Javed, T. Choi","doi":"10.1117/12.858253","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858253","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, multi-objective genetic algorithm (MOGA) based novel watermarking scheme of audio signal is proposed. Using this MOGA scheme small size images are embedded efficiently as a digital watermark in the discrete wavelet domain of audio signal. The main advantage of proposed scheme is that it automatically selects the intensity of watermark for embedding in audio signal. As a result an optimal tradeoffs is obtained between two contradicting properties i.e. robustness and imperceptibility. The results obtained using the proposed MOGA technique show the embedded watermark is more robustness against common cropping and Gaussian noise attacks.","PeriodicalId":250590,"journal":{"name":"ICMIT: Mechatronics and Information Technology","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134084367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Honglin Dong, Yi-liang Liu, Qin Huang, Tianyi Yang, Fang Ma
{"title":"Verification duty policy for task-role-based workflow systems","authors":"Honglin Dong, Yi-liang Liu, Qin Huang, Tianyi Yang, Fang Ma","doi":"10.1117/12.858433","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858433","url":null,"abstract":"A broad literature review presents great interests about theoretical specification or various formalizations on the constraints of Separation of Duty (SoD) Policy, which can improve Role-Based Access Control (RBAC). To gain the flexible and specific access control of information exchange within the enterprise environment, the proposed verification algorithm can check whether or not the Task-Role-Based Access Control (TRBAC) state can be satisfied with an assigned type of SoD policy, according to different given role-task and user-role assignments.","PeriodicalId":250590,"journal":{"name":"ICMIT: Mechatronics and Information Technology","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124798845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Q. Han, Shuai Zhang, Yong Yang, Yanhuai Qu, B. Wen
{"title":"Distinction of two different nonstationary signals with Hilbert-Huang transform","authors":"Q. Han, Shuai Zhang, Yong Yang, Yanhuai Qu, B. Wen","doi":"10.1117/12.858238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858238","url":null,"abstract":"In order to distinguish the difference of non-stationary signals, the novel time-frequency analysis approach, i.e. Hilbert- Huang transform (HHT), is applied in this paper. Firstly, Hilbert-Huang transform is briefly introduced. Secondly, two different non-stationary signals are described in Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD) and Hilbert spectra. With these results, the two signals that looked apparently similar in time waves are distinctly different from each other. It is proved that HHT is effective for the purpose of distinction of non-stationary signals.","PeriodicalId":250590,"journal":{"name":"ICMIT: Mechatronics and Information Technology","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125317212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Matsuoka, K. Matsumura, A. Kubota, K. Tashiro, H. Wakiwaka
{"title":"Residual magnetization measurements of a motor to be used in satellites","authors":"A. Matsuoka, K. Matsumura, A. Kubota, K. Tashiro, H. Wakiwaka","doi":"10.1117/12.858432","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858432","url":null,"abstract":"A simple magnetic shielding system for residual magnetization measurements of a motor to be used in satellites is studied. The system consists of same-sized square coils, namely three sets of Simple Cubic-3 coil system. Because the system can generate a uniform magnetic field, we investigate the uniformity of the site. With a first-order gradient coil, the geomagnetic field can be reduced to less than 100 nT in a relatively large area. Inside of the system, the residual magnetization measurements of a step motor are demonstrated. An approach to reduce the magnetic field leakage from the step motor is also presented.","PeriodicalId":250590,"journal":{"name":"ICMIT: Mechatronics and Information Technology","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116951482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}