A. Bhattacharya, N. Mandal, D. Basu, B. Goswami, R. Ghosh
{"title":"A signal conditioning circuit to measure human biopotentials","authors":"A. Bhattacharya, N. Mandal, D. Basu, B. Goswami, R. Ghosh","doi":"10.1109/ICSENST.2012.6461786","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENST.2012.6461786","url":null,"abstract":"It is well known that the human being is a complex system made up of cells, tissues, organs and organ systems that function together to maintain the health. The coordinated physiological processes maintain most of the steady states in an organism, not at a fixed value, but within a narrow, relatively constant range, known as homeostasis. Recently, a non-invasive measurement of human biopotentials has been proposed in order to provide information about the condition of the human system as a whole. In the present work, a signal conditioning circuit has been developed to enhance the signal level of the measured biopotentials so as to achieve better resolution. This is expected to enable a more reliable and detailed analysis of the acquired signals.","PeriodicalId":367665,"journal":{"name":"2012 Sixth International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST)","volume":"473 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131990059","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":"Studies on gas sensing performance of pure and surface modified Ti02 thick film resistors","authors":"S. R. Shirsath, D. D. Kajale, G. Patil, G. Jain","doi":"10.1109/ICSENST.2012.6461732","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENST.2012.6461732","url":null,"abstract":"Thick films of AR grade TiO2 were prepared by standard screen- printing technique. The gas sensing performances of thick films were tested for various gases. It showed maximum sensitivity to H2S at 300°C for 100 ppm. To improve the sensitivity and selectivity of the film towards a particular gas, TiO2 thick films were surface modified by dipping them in an aqueous solution of 0.01 M nickel acetate tetra hydrate for different intervals of time. These surface modified TiO2 film showed larger sensitivity to H2S gas (100 ppm) than pure TiO2 thick film at 300°C. Nickel oxide on the surface of the films acts as a catalyst and it increases reactivity of the films to H2S gas. A systematic study of sensing performance of the sensor indicates the key role-played by nickel oxide on the surface. The sensitivity, selectivity, response and recovery time of the sensor were measured and presented.","PeriodicalId":367665,"journal":{"name":"2012 Sixth International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130188563","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":"Bio-inspired object classification using polarization imaging","authors":"Aroma Mahendru, Mukul Sarkar","doi":"10.1109/ICSENST.2012.6461672","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENST.2012.6461672","url":null,"abstract":"Polarization is an inherent property of light. The phenomenon of polarization by reflection of light from a transparent object differs from an opaque object. The specular reflection from the transparent object is highly polarized compared to the diffuse reflection from the opaque object. The differences in the polarization pattern can be recorded and can be used in machine vision applications like object classification and autonomous agent navigation. In this paper we present different methodologies like degree of polarization, polarization Fresnel ratio, Stokes degree of polarization to classify among transparent and opaque objects. Based on the polarization profile, the shapes of the transparent objects are also estimated.","PeriodicalId":367665,"journal":{"name":"2012 Sixth International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130753203","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. Abdullah, J. Cullen, A. Mason, A. Al-Shamma'a, C. Hawkins, M. Saunders
{"title":"An investigation into the potential of microwave NDT for structural materials","authors":"B. Abdullah, J. Cullen, A. Mason, A. Al-Shamma'a, C. Hawkins, M. Saunders","doi":"10.1109/ICSENST.2012.6461722","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENST.2012.6461722","url":null,"abstract":"The potential of using EM wave technology within the microwave region (300MHz-300GHz) to detect defects in sheet metals, such as those used in vehicle platforms, is investigated. The proposed EM wave NDT system will be integrated into a wide variety of structural elements (e.g. automotive and construction) and will provide continuous real-time structural health monitoring of the materials. The system will be able to provide information related to the presence, type and location of damage or defects. Two sensors are studied for defect detection and monitoring, a rectangular patch structure and an interdigitated electrode structure. Initial experimental results demonstrate that the presence of defects such as cracks near the surface of the sensor elicit a change in sensor response. Detailed experimental set-up and preliminary measurement results are presented.","PeriodicalId":367665,"journal":{"name":"2012 Sixth International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST)","volume":"148 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132949729","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":"Control of a boom crane using installed stereo vision","authors":"T. Inukai, Y. Yoshida","doi":"10.1109/ICSENST.2012.6461668","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENST.2012.6461668","url":null,"abstract":"Boom cranes are used in many fields, in which a suspended load must be transported and positioned at the desired location without any swing. Therefore we studied positioning and swing suppression of a boom crane using visual feedback control. The boom crane has broad working space, so we use a stereo vision installed on the boom's rotary axis that has gazing motion to track the suspended load. The three dimensional position and the swing angle of the load are measured using this tracking stereo vision. The experimental control results are presented concerning with the tracking of the stereo vision, the positioning of the boom and the swing suppression of the suspended load.","PeriodicalId":367665,"journal":{"name":"2012 Sixth International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST)","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131316925","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}
M. A. Diallo, A. Shaw, J. H. Goh, S. Wylie, A. Mason, A. Al-Shamma'a
{"title":"Electromagnetic sensor for leak detection and asset management for the water industry","authors":"M. A. Diallo, A. Shaw, J. H. Goh, S. Wylie, A. Mason, A. Al-Shamma'a","doi":"10.1109/ICSENST.2012.6461754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENST.2012.6461754","url":null,"abstract":"The UK's water regulator OFWAT figures for 2010 shows that over 28% of water delivered by all water and sewage companies was lost due to leakage. This paper describes the development of an electromagnetic sensor that combines leaks detection and asset management for the water industry. This sensor will be deployed inside the water main and inspections carried out without the need to interrupt the water service to customers for leak detection and asset management.","PeriodicalId":367665,"journal":{"name":"2012 Sixth International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST)","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133838369","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}
M. Kaur, K. Ganapathi, N. Ramgir, N. Datta, S. Bhattacharya, A. Debnath, D. K. Aswal, S. Gupta
{"title":"H2S sensing properties of RGTO grown SnO2 films","authors":"M. Kaur, K. Ganapathi, N. Ramgir, N. Datta, S. Bhattacharya, A. Debnath, D. K. Aswal, S. Gupta","doi":"10.1109/ICSENST.2012.6461654","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENST.2012.6461654","url":null,"abstract":"Gas sensing characteristics of tin oxide thin films prepared using rheotaxial growth and thermal oxidation (RGTO) have been investigated as a function of temperature and concentration. These films are found to show maximum response towards H2S at a temperature of 250°C. Sensor response is observed to follow a power law S = A[C]0.7 in concentration range of 1-100 ppm. The response of these films was also tested for other toxic gases and these films were found to show selectivity towards H2S.","PeriodicalId":367665,"journal":{"name":"2012 Sixth International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST)","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115843623","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":"Design and calibration approach for shutter-less thermal imaging camera without thermal control","authors":"Y. Shinde, A. Banerjee","doi":"10.1109/ICSENST.2012.6461683","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENST.2012.6461683","url":null,"abstract":"Bolometer based thermal imaging sensors find numerous applications ranging from affordable homeland security to high-end space-borne imaging system. Many of these applications require operation of the Bolometer arrays (thermal radiation detector), within a narrow temperature range, using power hungry temperature controllers. However, controller based systems always suffer from the finite time lag between “Power On” to “Ready for operation”. Sensor operation immediately at Power On, is a demand for time critical field applications such as fire fighting, night time rescue operations, etc. This paper describes an approach for temperature compensation and calibration of shutter-less Bolometer based thermal imaging camera, suitable for these time critical applications. The paper also briefly brings out major building blocks of such a camera.","PeriodicalId":367665,"journal":{"name":"2012 Sixth International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST)","volume":"21 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123566452","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}
D. Shah, A. Chatterjee, A. Banerjee, J. Aggarwal, J. Patel, I. Patel
{"title":"Optical imaging detector for solar corona intensity oscillations study","authors":"D. Shah, A. Chatterjee, A. Banerjee, J. Aggarwal, J. Patel, I. Patel","doi":"10.1109/ICSENST.2012.6461724","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENST.2012.6461724","url":null,"abstract":"Intensity of the solar corona is million times fainter than that of the photosphere in the visible wavelengths. The solar corona can be observed either during occurrences of total solar eclipses when the bright photospheric light is blocked by moon or by using an instrument called the `coronagraph'. The existence of waves in the solar corona creates high frequency intensity, velocity and/ or line-width oscillations. These are interesting objectives for scientific community involved in research on solar physics. Amplitudes of these oscillations are feeble and need to be detected under high background photon flux. Photon noise generated by the background flux is significantly higher compared to peak signals generated by intensity oscillations. Identification of appropriate imaging detector and detection methodology to detect low amplitude oscillations overriding on high background flux is important for the design of coronagraph instrument. This paper discusses developed test setup to simulate intensity oscillations, with proposed detection methodology and also describes results of study carried out on two candidate imaging detector arrays.","PeriodicalId":367665,"journal":{"name":"2012 Sixth International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST)","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117180238","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}
R. Srivastava, S. K. Singh, A. Dwivedi, S. Gollapudi
{"title":"Operation of BLAC motor using PM enhanced sensing of internal EMF variation","authors":"R. Srivastava, S. K. Singh, A. Dwivedi, S. Gollapudi","doi":"10.1109/ICSENST.2012.6461697","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENST.2012.6461697","url":null,"abstract":"Permanent Magnet (PM) Brushless AC (henceforth referred as PMBLAC) motor operation is based on application of alternating higher voltage than the rotational EMF induced in its winding. The applied voltage and rotational induced EMFs should have identical zero crossing. The rotational induced EMF, which depends on instantaneous rotor position, is sensed using PM enhanced sensing, which is amplified using power operational amplifier (power OP AMP) for supplying power to the main winding of BLAC motor.","PeriodicalId":367665,"journal":{"name":"2012 Sixth International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST)","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123957649","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}