{"title":"Detection of ammonia at ppm levels using titanium dioxide/polyaniline films deposited on plastic sheets","authors":"G. Scandurra, A. Arena, C. Ciofi, G. Saitta","doi":"10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229547","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229547","url":null,"abstract":"Resistive ammonia sensors are developed by using as sensing material nanostructured titanium dioxide thick films coated with polyaniline (PANI), applied on the top of copier grade transparency sheets. Due to the increased surface area and to the presence of the organic-inorganic interface, the PANI/TiO2 sensors have improved sensitivity towards the target, and shorter transient times compared to resistive sensors based on PANI only. The PANI/TiO2 sensors are found to reversibly change both their resistive and optical properties in response to ammonia. While concentrations below a few tens of ppm are not optically detectable, the PANI/TiO2 sensors resistance is linearly related to the NH3 concentration in the range between 1 ppm and 10 ppm, with a sensitivity of about 1% for 1 ppm.","PeriodicalId":387839,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131792291","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":"An accurate compact ultrasonic 3D sensor using broadband impulses requiring no initial calibration","authors":"C. Walter, H. Schweinzer","doi":"10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229255","url":null,"abstract":"A compact 3D ultrasonic sensor for scene analysis is presented in this paper. A centered transmitter emits a broadband ultrasonic impulse which is reflected by obstacles in the environment. Reflected waves, if propagated back to the sensor, are then received by four identical ultrasonic microphones. These signals are used to provide polar- and azimuth information based on time difference of arrival and in addition, by using a novel method presented in this paper, sub wavelength accurate distance measurements are possible as well. The used algorithm does not rely on the actual shape of the signal but only on its statistical properties. This is a great achievement because commercially available broadband ultrasonic transducers are typically piston membrane types which exhibit a strong frequency dependent radiation pattern. If measurements are performed outside of the main lobe, not only the signal amplitude is greatly reduced requiring algorithms capable of dealing with a low SNR but also the phase of the signal is affected yielding simple pulse compression techniques useless. The article includes a description of the problem, a comparison to existing systems, a theoretical treatment of the system configuration and experimental results demonstrating the performance of our sensor.","PeriodicalId":387839,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132641748","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 simple measuring system for automotive damper wear estimation","authors":"L. Ferrari, S. Cattini, L. Rovati, A. Bosi","doi":"10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229266","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229266","url":null,"abstract":"A low-cost, portable and easy to use measuring system for the diagnosis of worn automotive dampers is proposed. The system is composed by two wireless sensing nodes equipped with MEMS accelerometers. The aim is to provide a measuring system which will yield comparable metrological performances, at a much lower cost than pre-existing systems.","PeriodicalId":387839,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117324732","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":"Dynamic prioritization of multi-sensor feeds for resource limited surveillance systems","authors":"D. Ahmed, M. A. Hossain","doi":"10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229344","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229344","url":null,"abstract":"Processing resource intensive operations for surveillance systems and taking appropriate measures in real-time is a big challenge. In multimodal surveillance system with limited computing resource, it is hard to execute all tasks or processes to identify events and suggest actions to the decision makers. To overcome this problem, we propose a dynamic task prioritization scheme that schedules surveillance tasks or activities according to surveillance context subject to resource availability. A utility analyzer is introduced for this purpose that determines usefulness of sensor data. Based on data utility, the proposed scheme dynamically prioritizes data streams of all sensors so that it can minimize event detection time from the time of its occurrence. Due to such regulation, our method can be used efficiently as an admission controller for real-time task scheduling. The simulation results indicate that the prioritization scheme achieves better system utilization and enhances surveillance functionality.","PeriodicalId":387839,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings","volume":"113 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131237348","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":"Automated mixed-signal SoC BIST synthesis utilizing hardware accelerators","authors":"K. George, C. Chen","doi":"10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229393","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229393","url":null,"abstract":"BIST techniques for analog and mixed-signal circuits have attracted considerable research activity; especially utilizing on-chip ROMs to store high precision sinusoidal stimuli and pre-calculated Delta-Sigma modulated bit-streams. However, usage of ROMs in high-performance circuits has poses substantial challenges, mainly because of its inability to run at-speed tests and high area overhead due to its prohibitively large size. An alternative to ROM utilization is the use of LFSRs. But, the computation time of the LFSR based BIST synthesis for large mixed-signal SoC poses a huge challenge. A high-performance computing (HPC) based automated mixed-signal SoC BIST synthesis technique that can outperform the conventional ROM implementation not only with respect to the computation time needed to generate the test vectors or waveforms, but also the BIST hardware required, is presented in this paper. Furthermore, the versatility of the presented LFSR based BIST test vector generator, that allows itself to be used for embedding deterministic patterns for LBIST and storing sinusoidal stimuli or pre-calculated Delta-Sigma modulated bit-stream for analog BIST, is demonstrated.","PeriodicalId":387839,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130729950","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":"Stepwise suboptimal iterative hard thresholding algorithm for compressive sensing","authors":"Jia Li, Yi Shen, Qiang Wang","doi":"10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229317","url":null,"abstract":"The sparse signal reconstruction problem has been the subject of extensive research in several different communities. Tractable reconstruction algorithm is a crucial and fundamental theme of compressive sensing, which has drawn significant interest in the last few years. In this paper, firstly a novel approach was proposed to improve the original IHT algorithm, which is called Orthogonal Iterative Thresholding algorithm. Compared with IHT algorithm, several simulation results verify its efficiency in reconstructing of Gaussian and Zero-one signals. After that we propose another new iterative algorithm to reconstruct a sparse signal from a underdetermined linear measurements. This algorithm modifies Backtracking-based Iterative Hard Thresholding (BIHT) by adding one atom instead of the simple backtracking step in BIHT, which can guarantee the reduction in residual error. Compared with other algorithms, such as Orthogonal IHT(OIHT), BIHT, Normalized IHT (NIHT), the experiments on Gaussian sparse signal and Zero-one sparse signal demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can provide better reconstruction performances with less computational complexity in each iteration than convex optimization method.","PeriodicalId":387839,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings","volume":"137 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133696927","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":"Concentric neutrals corrosion localization and its impedance analysis in the underground power cable system based on the reflectometry","authors":"Chun-Ku Lee, K. Kwak, Jin Bae Park, T. Yoon","doi":"10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229399","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we adopt a Gaussian enveloped linear chirp as the incident signal of the reflectometry for localizing and analyzing concentric neutrals corrosion in the underground power cable. We model the concentric neutrals corrosion as the cutting of the concentric neutrals. In order to find the concentric neutrals corrosion in the underground power cable, we use the adaptive recursive least squares filtering to extract the reflected signal which is from the concentric neutrals corrosion. We also estimate the resistive impedance of the concentric neutral corrosion. The experiments are conducted to verify the proposed method.","PeriodicalId":387839,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133326464","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. Abdallah, F. Lucklum, M. Heinisch, A. Niedermayer, B. Jakoby
{"title":"Viscosity measurement cell utilizing electrodynamic-acoustic resonator sensors: Issues and improvements","authors":"A. Abdallah, F. Lucklum, M. Heinisch, A. Niedermayer, B. Jakoby","doi":"10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229522","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229522","url":null,"abstract":"Miniaturized viscosity sensors operating at frequencies in the KHz-range offer portability and results comparable to existing lab viscometers. In this paper we will briefly describe a viscosity measurement cell utilizing electrodynamic-acoustic resonator sensors and provide a modified design with interchangeable resonator cards, which allow for ease of maintenance of the device and provides higher measurement repeatability. Some basic experiments made with the new resonator cards are presented, which show the clear dependence of the resonance frequency and Q factor on viscosity. In addition, an approach is taken to optimize the magnetic circuit for the measurement cell using finite element simulations and experiments. A temperature dependence comparison is made between straight beam resonators and S shaped (Meander) beam resonators the result of which is the adoption of the S shaped beam design for further investigation. Finally the data processing approach using a curve fitting function designed for low quality factors is briefly described.","PeriodicalId":387839,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings","volume":"141 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133353727","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":"AC magnetization measurement employing a pair of differentiating coils for magnetic nanoparticle noninvasive and remote temperature estimation","authors":"Jing Zhong, Wenzhong Liu, Ming Zhou, Le He","doi":"10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229432","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229432","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to design a system that can measure AC sample magnetization employing a pair of differentiating detection coils. A pair of Helmholtz coils generated the applied magnetic field. A new model and a pair of differentiating coils were used to reject the intrinsic residual of the applied magnetic field, which was caused by the mechanical positioning error of detection coils. The system design is very simple, low-cost, and easy to implement with only two parts: hardware and software. The experimental results indicated that the rejection of the applied magnetic field with a residual is about 0.05%, relative to the sample magnetization.","PeriodicalId":387839,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133767123","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. Capriglione, L. Ferrigno, Eleonora D'Orazio, V. Paciello, A. Pietrosanto
{"title":"Reliability analysis of RSSI for localization in small scale WSNs","authors":"D. Capriglione, L. Ferrigno, Eleonora D'Orazio, V. Paciello, A. Pietrosanto","doi":"10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229301","url":null,"abstract":"Today, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are finding places in a wide range of applications concerning with remote and mobile measurement, personal tracking also for medical purposes, monitoring of industrial processes, mobile agents and automated warehouses to cite a few. In most of such applications, it is also required to estimate the position of the sensor node or the distances among the nodes. Then, many localization techniques have been studied in recent years, which can be adopted in small scale WSNs and that are characterized by cheapness and simplicity. Among all, those based upon the measurement of the Received Signal Strength (RSS) have found a large deployment since, commonly, the wireless communication modules implement built-in features able to provide an estimation of RSS by means of the RSS Indicator (RSSI). As described in the related literature, RSSI depends upon many practical issues, potentially sources of bias and variability that can influence significantly the localization accuracy.","PeriodicalId":387839,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133769369","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}