{"title":"360 Multisensor Object Fusion and Sensor-based Erroneous Data Management for Autonomous Vehicles","authors":"S. Durand, R. Benmokhtar, Xavier Perrotton","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2019.8705970","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2019.8705970","url":null,"abstract":"In the field of autonomous vehicle, in order to raise the road safety, multiple sensor technologies are mounted with varying levels of maturity. Multisensor data fusion is the process of combining observations from different sources to provide a robust and complete description of an environment and to overcome the limitation in term of availability (compared with one sensor), robustness and quality. Management of erroneous and incomplete information is an important requirement for perception systems. A robust and scalable 360◦ multisensor fusion framework for static and dynamic obstacles in conjunction with a sensor-based erroneous management block is proposed. The real time quality-based process considers the intra-sensor coherence and source antecedents to deal with the false positive in order to avert unwanted breaking or undesirable longitudinal control behaviours. Our framework is directly integrated on autonomous VALEO and OEM Customers democars. The evaluation is made using real data from different driving scenarios and proved its efficiency and robustness.","PeriodicalId":360234,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126903438","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}
Heejae Han, Jeonghwan Kim, Junyoung Park, YuJin Lee, Hyunwoo Jo, Yonghyeon Park, E. Matson, Seongha Park
{"title":"Object classification on raw radar data using convolutional neural networks","authors":"Heejae Han, Jeonghwan Kim, Junyoung Park, YuJin Lee, Hyunwoo Jo, Yonghyeon Park, E. Matson, Seongha Park","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2019.8706004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2019.8706004","url":null,"abstract":"This paper evaluates the classification of objects given their signal data via a simple convolutional neural network (CNN). Many of the signal processing neural networks involve sound frequency data or Doppler signatures that contain the characteristic features of each object. In this study, we use frequency-intensity data within range-time domain from a Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave (FMCW) radar to classify detected objects. The application of various data augmentation methods mitigated the scarcity of labeled data from our field experiments. Time stretching, frequency shifting and noise addition preserved the semantic information of each rangetime data, further improving the models ability to generalize. Modifications applied to our data, which is then converted into a low-level log-scaled mel-spectrogram representation, are learned by CNN models with a set of convolutional and max-pooling layers along with fully-connected layers and selective residual module. Based on our experiments, we conclude that raw radar data can be used for training CNNs for classification and thus can be used to classify a car, a human, and an UAV.","PeriodicalId":360234,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129045466","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":"Improving NILM by Combining Sensor Data and Linear Programming","authors":"N. Roux, B. Vrigneau, O. Sentieys","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2019.8706021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2019.8706021","url":null,"abstract":"Knowing the plug-level power consumption of each appliance in a building can lead to drastic savings in energy consumption. Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM) is a method for disaggregating power loads in a building to the single appliance level, without using direct sensors or electric meters attached to each device. This paper addresses the issues of NILM inaccuracy in the context of industrial or commercial buildings, by combining data from a low-cost, general-purpose, wireless sensor network. A novel approach to tackle this issue is proposed, using a simplex-based solver, to estimate the power load values of the steady states on sliding windows of data with varying size. In this paper, we show the principle of the approach and demonstrate its interest, limited complexity, and ease of use.","PeriodicalId":360234,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129894380","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":"Lensless Imaging Sensor Kit for Sperm Counting with Microfluidic Chip","authors":"Young Jae Kim, K. Chun","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2019.8706105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2019.8706105","url":null,"abstract":"As the problem of male infertility becomes more and more serious around the world, Home-Kit has been proposed to make it easier for the general public to carry out sperm tests at home. The applied technology is lensless imaging and microfluidic chip technology, and despite its many advantages, it has a fatal disadvantage of evaporation due to heat generation. As a solution to this problem, a microfluidic chip with a unique structure was proposed, and the sperm counting and motile sperm sorting characteristics were also verified experimentally. As a result, combining this microfluidic chip with the developed KIT showed the possibility of developing a sufficiently reliable home male infertility diagnostic KIT.","PeriodicalId":360234,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125623068","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":"Evidential Multisensor Fusion and Erroneous Management of Lanes for Autonomous Driving","authors":"Salma Moujtahid, T. Liennard, R. Benmokhtar","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2019.8706085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2019.8706085","url":null,"abstract":"Lane information is essential for safe autonomous driving. In this article, we present a multisensor fusion framework for ego and adjacent lanes with a novel fusion quality measure and dynamic lane mode strategies for erroneous management. The framework fuses road marking lines based on Dempster-Shafer theory and tracks lanes with a particle filter. Then, a quality measure for each line is computed, integrating sensor coherence, availability as well as temporal continuity. This quality is essential to deploy different lane management strategies in order to avoid integrating erroneous data. The proposed framework was evaluated in a lateral control architecture with autonomous driving on open roads and proved its robustness and availability.","PeriodicalId":360234,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125646001","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}
B. Andò, S. Baglio, S. Castorina, R. Crispino, V. Marletta
{"title":"An inkjet printed pressure sensor for applications in Active Ageing monitoring","authors":"B. Andò, S. Baglio, S. Castorina, R. Crispino, V. Marletta","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2019.8705972","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2019.8705972","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper a novel approach is presented for the monitoring of sitting posture. This work addresses the application context of assistive technology for the elderly, as part of a PC Interreg Italy-Malta project, called NATIFLife. The system developed consists in a flexible sensor matrix realized by low-cost inkjet printing. Main advantages of the solution proposed are related to the adopted direct printing technology, which allows for the rapid prototyping of customized solution shaped as a function of users and/or the application context. The idea behind the application, its implementation and the first experimental results on sensor characterization are presented.","PeriodicalId":360234,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134233829","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}
Phil Meier, K. Rohrmann, Marvin Sandner, M. Prochaska
{"title":"Analysis of output signals of angular position sensors for the use of neural networks","authors":"Phil Meier, K. Rohrmann, Marvin Sandner, M. Prochaska","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2019.8706010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2019.8706010","url":null,"abstract":"In many industrial applications the measurement of angles, rotational speed and currents is of prime importance. There are several different concepts in use, which focus on con-tactless and wear-free measurement. Especially magnetoresistive sensors possess a prime role for such applications due to their favourable characteristics like accuracy and robustness. However, the role of MR-based sensors is challenged by increasing requirements, which are not fulfilled by state-of-the-art sensing concepts completely. Hence the application of neural networks is examined, when the input data is generated by a sensor array. The focus of this work is the examination of the different output concepts and their feasibility with neural networks.","PeriodicalId":360234,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"282 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131689400","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":"Susceptibility of atmospheric imaging lidars to external backgrounds, sensitive to the depth of field","authors":"R. Agishev, V. Solovyev","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2019.8706032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2019.8706032","url":null,"abstract":"In the tasks of laser remote sensing of the environment that are characterized by relatively \"weak\" scattered echo-signals coming from distant atmospheric layers, one of important indicators of the sensor efficiency is its resistance to the bright background of day sky. This is fully applicable to imaging lidars as a novel and promising class of remote sensors gradually expanding the interest in using as an alternative to traditional pulsed and frequency-modulated lidars for environmental monitoring.The paper examines the susceptibility of imaging lidars to external backgrounds based on studies of features of their spatial selectivity, the operation range required and optical weather conditions. Our analysis focuses attention on the distorting effect caused by external radiation and characterized by a possible significant unevenness of the background power received by single pixels of the array detector. When sensing light haze and less transparent atmospheric formations in the daytime conditions, there may be noticeable limitations on the accuracy of echo-signal measurements that cause subsequent distortion of the retrieval results of the range profiles of optical parameters under investigation. The implemented approach allows assessing both capabilities of atmospheric imaging lidars and limitations imposed by the real-life environment.","PeriodicalId":360234,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128006998","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":"Classification of Non-ferrous Scrap Metal using Two Component Magnetic Induction Spectroscopy","authors":"M. D. OrToole, A. Peyton","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2019.8706104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2019.8706104","url":null,"abstract":"Magnetic induction spectroscopy is the measurement of how a conductive object reflects and scatters a magnetic field over different frequencies in response to some excitation magnetic field. In recent work, we proposed using this technique to classify different non-ferrous metals for the recycling and resource recovery sector - specifically, to identify fragments of scrap aluminium, copper and brass in shredded waste streams for separation and recovery. We proposed a simple algorithm that used only two components of the spectra that gave strong purity and recovery-rates when tested on a manufactured control set cut from stock metals.In this paper, we re-examined this method using real scrap metal samples drawn from a commercial sorting line. We found moderate purity and recovery-rates of brass and copper of between around 70% and 90%. However, the classification of aluminium was poor with ≈55% and ≈80% purity and recovery rates respectively. Magnetic induction sensors are a natural fit for the specifications of the industry. They are capable of high-throughputs, are unaffected by dirt or contaminants and are mechanically and physically robust. Although our results are modest, they are not insignificant given the simplicity of the algorithm and the relatively low-cost of instrumentation. Our work suggests the MIS as a technique may have a significant role to play in the extraction and recovery of non-ferrous resources.","PeriodicalId":360234,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126640485","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}
Federico Bonafini, S. Rinaldi, A. Depari, A. Flammini, P. Ferrari, E. Sisinni
{"title":"Cluster of IoT Sensors for Smart Cities: Impact of the Communication Infrastructure over Computational Performance","authors":"Federico Bonafini, S. Rinaldi, A. Depari, A. Flammini, P. Ferrari, E. Sisinni","doi":"10.1109/SAS.2019.8706079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS.2019.8706079","url":null,"abstract":"The Smart City (SC) paradigm is based on the integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) into the urban asset, for the optimal management of the energies and resources. The Internet of Thing (IoT) technology seems the proper solution to achieve this target, thanks to its capability to abstract the object in the real world. The deployment of IoT devices at different level in urban infrastructures is causing the presence of thousands of intelligent devices, large part of them with unused computational capabilities. Such devices could be integrated in a cluster in order to share the unused resources with other devices with limited computational resources. The use of a cluster of IoT Sensors has several benefits, including, but not limited to: high availability, sharing of computational resources, reduced response time with the respect of centralized cloud computing solution. The main bottleneck of this approach is represented by the communication infrastructure, typically based on wireless connection and, thus with a limited available bandwidth. The aim of the work related to this paper is to analyze the impact the communication infrastructure has on computational performance of a cluster of IoT sensors. An experimental set-up for the characterization of the performance of a cluster of low-cost off-the-shelf devices has been described. The experimental validation highlighted as the network infrastructure is loaded only during the data transfer and the maximum network load, with a cluster of ten IoT nodes is approximately 2 Mb/s with the considered benchmark.","PeriodicalId":360234,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129719028","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}