{"title":"Direct Blind Equalization Corresponding to Noisy Environment using Rayleigh Quotient","authors":"Minoru Komatsu, N. Tanabe, T. Furukawa","doi":"10.1109/CSPA.2019.8696078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSPA.2019.8696078","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes direct blind equalization corresponding to noisy environment using Rayleigh Quotient. Direct blind equalization using Zero-Forcing (ZF) criterion as the conventional method has problem that the performance of equalizer is lower because this method is used for the signals including noises. To solving this problem, in this paper, we propose Direct Blind Equalization based on Data least Square (DLS) method consideration on the noises. The proposed method is directly estimated equalizer by observed signals for modeling input-output relation of equalizer based on constrain conditions of ZF criterion and the matrix constructed observed signals is input signals of systems. The noises of the matrix constructed observed signals is suppressed DLS method based on Rayleigh Quotient. The features of proposed method are (i) realization of high performance and stable equalizer estimation with Rayleigh Quotient and (ii) construction of new model for suppressing the noises. We show the effectiveness of the proposed method using computer simulation.","PeriodicalId":400983,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE 15th International Colloquium on Signal Processing & Its Applications (CSPA)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132327102","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}
Mohd Aufa Hadi Putera Zaini, Mohd Mawardi Saari, N. A. Nadzri, Aiman Mohd Halil, K. Tsukada
{"title":"An MFL Probe using Shiftable Magnetization Angle for Front and Back Side Crack Evaluation","authors":"Mohd Aufa Hadi Putera Zaini, Mohd Mawardi Saari, N. A. Nadzri, Aiman Mohd Halil, K. Tsukada","doi":"10.1109/CSPA.2019.8696064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSPA.2019.8696064","url":null,"abstract":"Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL) is one of the common methods in Non-destructive Tests employing magnetic technique. It can be used to detect flaws such as cracks in metallic materials such as steel, whereas, steel is widely known as a base material used for constructions. Therefore, early detection of these flaws is very crucial in order to prevent any accident that could cost lives. Conventionally, MFL method utilizes a strong magnetic field to saturate samples and detects the magnetic flux leakage. However, in this study, a sensitive magnetic probe has been developed to remove the need of using a strong magnetic field to saturate samples. the MFL probe is fabricated with 2 AMR sensors, a home-made amplifier circuit, a set/reset circuit and a flexible yoke. Furthermore, the flexible yoke is proposed in order to apply the magnetic field to the sample at different magnetization angles. Using the developed probe, we measure the magnetic responses at front and back side surfaces of a 2-mm galvanized steel plate at different frequencies. The sample itself is embedded with artificial slits with different depth, ranging from 1.0 mm to 1.6 mm. Moreover, the effect of different magnetization angle of 60° and 90° from the surface is also discussed. From the results, it can be said that the 60° magnetization angle from the surface is proved to provide a considerable improvement for the surface slit detection, while, having close to no effect compared to the 90° magnetization angle on the back side slit detection.","PeriodicalId":400983,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE 15th International Colloquium on Signal Processing & Its Applications (CSPA)","volume":"33 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126071755","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":"Investigating the Effect of Mass Variation for Sliding Mode Control of Functional Electrical Stimulation Aided Sit-to-Stand in Paraplegia","authors":"M. Ahmed, M. S. Huq, B. S. K. Ibrahim","doi":"10.1109/CSPA.2019.8696082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSPA.2019.8696082","url":null,"abstract":"Presented is an evaluation of the sliding mode controller (SMC) for regulation of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) induced sit-to-stand (STS) movement considering a global human mass variation. It is aimed at the elimination of the retuning issue associated with control systems for different subjects. Results show that despite the changes in mass the control system maintained the tracking error close to zero; that is close to the desired, and without any disturbance scenario, it was also achieved within the suitable specifications. Thus, it shows that the SMC system can be employed to solve the issue of universality; therefore relieving the necessity of altering the control parameters always.","PeriodicalId":400983,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE 15th International Colloquium on Signal Processing & Its Applications (CSPA)","volume":"320 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132325560","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}
Shaliza Jumahat, G. Beng, N. Misran, M. Islam, Nurhafizah Mahri
{"title":"Automatic QRS Onset Detection of ECG Signal using Secant Line Slope Formula","authors":"Shaliza Jumahat, G. Beng, N. Misran, M. Islam, Nurhafizah Mahri","doi":"10.1109/CSPA.2019.8695982","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSPA.2019.8695982","url":null,"abstract":"In automatic electrocardiogram (ECG) signal analysis, the QRS onset must be identified prior to QT interval or QRS duration measurements. These measurements are decisive ECG parameters for diagnosing cardiac abnormalities among cardiologists. Hence, the efficiency of the developed automatic algorithm to detect the QRS onset is essential to obtain an accurate result of the ECG parameters. In this report, an algorithm to detect the QRS onset based on secant line slope formula is proposed. The preprocessing and wave delineation process were implemented in MATLAB using modified Pan-Tompkins algorithm (an established adaptive threshold method). The window of the preceding Q-wave was determined before calculating the slope of secant line along the descending slope for QRS onset detection. The performance of the proposed algorithm was evaluated using 25 subjects from Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (PPUKM) and volunteered participants under the approval of Research and Ethics Committee, PPUKM (Code of ethics approval: FF-2013-313). All data were acquired using biosignal amplifier (g.USBamp by g.tec, Austria) with 2 minutes duration of recording and sampled at 512 Hz. The efficiency of the proposed algorithm has obtained a sensitivity of 99.67%, positive predictivity of 99.39%, and accuracy of 99.07%. The result shows stable performance and insensitivity of the proposed algorithm towards ECG wave morphology changes.","PeriodicalId":400983,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE 15th International Colloquium on Signal Processing & Its Applications (CSPA)","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116178203","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. Lokuarachchi, K. Gunarathna, Lahiru Muthumal, Tharindu D. Gamage
{"title":"Automated Detection of Exudates in Retinal Images","authors":"D. Lokuarachchi, K. Gunarathna, Lahiru Muthumal, Tharindu D. Gamage","doi":"10.1109/CSPA.2019.8696052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSPA.2019.8696052","url":null,"abstract":"Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is a major cause of blindness which is caused by damage to the small blood vessels of the retina. Early detection of Diabetic Retinopathy is important to prevent vision loss. Main two stages of diabetic retinopathy are non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). Microaneurysms, hemorrhages, cotton-wool spots and exudates are symptoms of non proliferative diabetic retinopathy which is the early stage of diabetic retinopathy. Of these symptoms exudates detection is more important for the early detection of diabetic retinopathy. In this paper, we are proposing a method for the automated detection of exudates by using retinal images. We show that different morphological operations could be incorporated in order to detect exudates quite accurately. In the process of exudates detection optic disk detection is an important part. Otherwise, optic disk could be wrongly identified as exudates. We have used different morphological operations for the exudates detection from the retinal images and the developed algorithm has a sensitivity and specificity 94.59% and 88.46% respectively. This is considerably a higher success rate with the existing systems.","PeriodicalId":400983,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE 15th International Colloquium on Signal Processing & Its Applications (CSPA)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126912062","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":"Smart Manufacturing with An Artificial Neural Network to Predict Manufacturing Healthiness","authors":"Eng Chai Ang, S. A. Suandi","doi":"10.1109/CSPA.2019.8695975","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSPA.2019.8695975","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, Smart Manufacturing with an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) system is proposed to perform the prediction of the healthiness of the manufacturing line. There are three main stations in the manufacturing line in Season Malaysia Manufacturing (SMM); Surface Mount Technology, Manual Solder and Functional Testing. With the advancement of big data and artificial intelligence, it is worth to turn the production data into meaningful information to the manufacturer. Since these production data come from different resources, it is necessary to normalize the data so that they are consistent. The data collection was been conducted hourly so that the manufacturer could monitor the production healthiness hourly. The ANN is trained with a range of different configurations. The best ANN model is selected based on two main criteria; misclassification percentage and validation value. With the data available, the best ANN model was selected and incorporated into the design to develop the smart production healthiness monitoring system. The network evaluation shows 3.75% of misclassification and the mean square error (MSE) of 0.0875, in which the network response is satisfactory. The ANN system would certainly help the manufacturer to predict the healthiness of the manufacturing line and take-action on it timely. This will maximize the return on investment with lesser effort and higher productivity.","PeriodicalId":400983,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE 15th International Colloquium on Signal Processing & Its Applications (CSPA)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125505241","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}
Panayu Keelawat, Nattapong Thammasan, B. Kijsirikul, M. Numao
{"title":"Subject-Independent Emotion Recognition During Music Listening Based on EEG Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks","authors":"Panayu Keelawat, Nattapong Thammasan, B. Kijsirikul, M. Numao","doi":"10.1109/CSPA.2019.8696054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSPA.2019.8696054","url":null,"abstract":"Emotion recognition during music listening using electroencephalogram (EEG) has gained more attention from researchers, recently. Many studies focused on accuracy on one subject while subject-independent performance evaluation was still unclear. In this paper, the objective is to create an emotion recognition model that can be applied to multiple subjects. By adopting convolutional neural networks (CNNs), advantage could be gained from utilizing information from electrodes and time steps. Using CNNs also does not need feature extraction which might leave out other related but unobserved features. CNNs with three to seven convolutional layers were deployed in this research. We measured their performance with a binary classification task for compositions of emotions including arousal and valence. The results showed that our method captured EEG signal patterns from numerous subjects by 10-fold cross validation with 81.54% and 86.87% accuracy from arousal and valence respectively. The method also showed a higher capability of generalization to unseen subjects than the previous method as can be observed from the results of leave-one-subject-out validation.","PeriodicalId":400983,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE 15th International Colloquium on Signal Processing & Its Applications (CSPA)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117350098","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}
Enwelum I. Mbadiwe, Laili Iwani Jusoh, Syed Muhammad Naufal, E. Sulaiman
{"title":"High Performance Flux Switching Machine using Segmented Rotor and PM Technology for In-Wheel Motorcycle and Scooter Applications","authors":"Enwelum I. Mbadiwe, Laili Iwani Jusoh, Syed Muhammad Naufal, E. Sulaiman","doi":"10.1109/CSPA.2019.8696058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSPA.2019.8696058","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a high torque flux switching motor using permanent magnet excitation flux and employing segmented rotor for in-wheel application is presented. The paper explains the choice of segmented rotor rather than conventional salient rotor pole. Flux switching machine (FSM) is an advance form of synchronous machine whose electrical frequency doubles the conventional synchronous machine, thus is suitable for speed application. A feasible combination of 24/10 stator-rotor configuration was designed using JMAG Designer tool solver version 14. The motor embraced radial permanent magnet pattern placed on stator tip alternately in opposite direction. Armature winding is alternately wound which segmented rotor permits using permanent magnet excitation flux for high flux linkage. Performance of proposed motor was compared with conventional permanent magnet synchronous motor whose torque and power output are 110Nm and 6000W whose construction lacked proper mechanical assembly to operate at high temperature condition, thus liable to low performance and breakdown. General analysis of the proposed segmented outer rotor in terms of flux linkage, cogging torque, induced emf and achieved high average torque of 212Nm with secured mechanical assembly higher than permanent magnet synchronous machine. Therefore, assessment of proposed motor is reliable for high torque suitable for electric motorcycle and scooter applications.","PeriodicalId":400983,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE 15th International Colloquium on Signal Processing & Its Applications (CSPA)","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127438950","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":"Modified Adaptive Bats Sonar Algorithm with Doppler Effect Mechanism for Solving Single Objective Unconstrained Optimization Problems","authors":"N. Azlan, N. M. Yahya","doi":"10.1109/CSPA.2019.8696057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSPA.2019.8696057","url":null,"abstract":"A modified adaptive bats sonar algorithm with Doppler Effect (MABSA-DE) is a new algorithm with an element of Doppler Effect theory that helped the transmitted bats’ beam towards a superior position. The performances of the proposed algorithm are validated on a several well-known single objective unconstrained benchmark test functions. The obtained results show that the algorithm can perform well to find an optimum solution. The statistical results of MABSA-DE to solve all the test functions also has been compared with the results from the original MABSA on similar test functions. The comparative study has shown that MABSA-DE outperforms the original algorithm, and thus, it can be an efficient alternative method in solving single objective unconstrained optimization problems.","PeriodicalId":400983,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE 15th International Colloquium on Signal Processing & Its Applications (CSPA)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126969674","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}
L. Yan, Huzein Fahmi Hawari, Gunawan Witjaksono Bin Djaswadi
{"title":"Highly Sensitive SnO2-Reduced Graphene Oxide Hybrid Composites for Room Temperature Acetone Sensor","authors":"L. Yan, Huzein Fahmi Hawari, Gunawan Witjaksono Bin Djaswadi","doi":"10.1109/CSPA.2019.8695987","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSPA.2019.8695987","url":null,"abstract":"Human exhaled breath contains thousands of different volatile organic compounds (VOCs) derived from the body’s metabolic processes. Amount of acetone in human breath is an important biomarker for metabolic (diabetes) conditions in the bloodstream. Metal oxide semiconductor (MOX) is one of the archetypal sensing material for VOC. However, MOX sensors are perilous with notable disadvantages, such as low sensitivity and high operating temperature. This research work focuses on developing a new hybrid gas sensor based on metal oxide and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) by hydrothermal method at mild conditions. The performance of tin oxide-reduced graphene oxide (SnO2-rGO) composite towards acetone at room temperature has been evaluated. The hybrid sensor displays a good response (frequency shift: 1089 Hz) towards 10 ppm acetone, fast response time and recovery time of below 16 s, and regression R2 = 0.8647. This shows that the synergetic effect of rGO and SnO2 can be used as an effective acetone detector and, at the same time, offers a cost-effective alternative to bulkier systems for noninvasive diagnosis of diabetes.","PeriodicalId":400983,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE 15th International Colloquium on Signal Processing & Its Applications (CSPA)","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124111920","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}