{"title":"Synthesis and modeling of influence of precipitation conditions on growth speed, composition and structure of amorphous hydrogenised carbon films","authors":"V. Tarala, B. Sinelnikov, M. Shevchenko","doi":"10.1109/SSD.2012.6197906","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SSD.2012.6197906","url":null,"abstract":"This researh is devoted to evaluation of synthesis condition influence on properties of amorphous hydrogenised carbon (a-C:H) film precipitation processes. Analysis of technological parameters (partial methane pressure PCH4, power of HF radiation W and self-bias Ubias) impact on precipitation speed, composition and structure of a-C:H films is presented in the frame of precipitation and growth of amorphous and crystalline materials model [1]. It is shown that growth speed is proportional to √P(CH4) and fraction of sp2-hybridised carbon is proportional to 1/√P(CH4); increase of methane pressure or decrease of HF radiation power and self-bias yields higher bonded hydrogen concentration.","PeriodicalId":425823,"journal":{"name":"International Multi-Conference on Systems, Sygnals & Devices","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115799099","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":"Influence of surface effects on the characteristic curves of detergent sensors","authors":"Roman Gruden, O. Kanoun, Uwe Troltzsch","doi":"10.1109/SSD.2012.6198053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SSD.2012.6198053","url":null,"abstract":"The dynamic investigation of detergent properties during a washing process requires a sensitive measuring procedure, e.g. impedance spectroscopy. High selectivity and reproducibility are necessary to understand these properties. To keep down cross-sensitivity and interference, high requirements are demanded from the sensor element. The aims are to develop a sensor element which fulfills these requirements and to investigate the side-effects. Unavoidable cross-sensitivities and interferences will be described and eliminated as errors of measurement.","PeriodicalId":425823,"journal":{"name":"International Multi-Conference on Systems, Sygnals & Devices","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132338612","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":"Training a neural observer using a hybrid approach","authors":"R. Loukil, M. Chtourou, T. Damak","doi":"10.1109/SSD.2012.6197985","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SSD.2012.6197985","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, we use the approach based on observers such as the neural observer in order to introduce the diagnosis of nonlinear systems. There are different techniques for training the neural networks. Among these techniques, we quote the backpropagation technique, the backpropagation technique with momentum and the hybrid one which is a mixture between the backpropagation technique and the sliding variable structure. The robustness of this kind of training for neural observer is tested through a physical example. The obtained results show that the third type of training is better than using a classic kind of training especially concerning the rapidity of convergence.","PeriodicalId":425823,"journal":{"name":"International Multi-Conference on Systems, Sygnals & Devices","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131048505","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":"Continuous fractional Kalman filter","authors":"M. Aoun, S. Najar, M. Abdelhamid, M. Abdelkrim","doi":"10.1109/SSD.2012.6198068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SSD.2012.6198068","url":null,"abstract":"This paper develops a new Kalman filter for linear systems described with continuous time fractional model. It extends the classical Kalman filter to deals with fractional differentiation. It is called continuous fractional Kalman Filter. The algorithm of the new filter is detailed and a suboptimal filter can be deduced. A numerical example illustrates the state estimation of a fractional model with the new filter.","PeriodicalId":425823,"journal":{"name":"International Multi-Conference on Systems, Sygnals & Devices","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133295737","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":"Comparison of engineering results within domain specific languages regarding information contents and intersections","authors":"T. Jäger, A. Fay, T. Wagner, U. Löwen","doi":"10.1109/SSD.2012.6197913","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SSD.2012.6197913","url":null,"abstract":"Engineering of automated facilities requires to deal with hidden and case specific interdependencies between the involved disciplines and the technical artifacts. Each technical specification or design decision in one discipline can affect other disciplines. Interdependencies might be visible or known to the other disciplines, but due to the different domain specific languages used in the different disciplines, the visibility is not necessarily given. Between the different domain specific languages, information intersections exist, but also information gaps. Within this paper, the results of a case study on domain specific languages and interdependencies within the engineering process of automated facilities are presented. The paper gives an overview of the typically used domain specific languages in the context of the particular tasks and engineering artifacts. To identify and evaluate the cross discipline intersections a new method combining workflow and dataflow analysis is presented.","PeriodicalId":425823,"journal":{"name":"International Multi-Conference on Systems, Sygnals & Devices","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133406847","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":"Set membership parameter estimation of linear fractional systems using parallelotopes","authors":"M. Amairi, M. Aoun, S. Najar, M. Abdelkrim","doi":"10.1109/SSD.2012.6198103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SSD.2012.6198103","url":null,"abstract":"The paper deals with set-membership parameter estimation of fractional models in the time-domain. In such a context, the noise is supposed to be unknown-but-bounded with a priori known bounds. The proposed algorithm computes the set of all feasible parameters represented by a parallelotop. Simulation results and performance comparison with the ellipsoidal approach are also given.","PeriodicalId":425823,"journal":{"name":"International Multi-Conference on Systems, Sygnals & Devices","volume":"247 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132101756","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}
P. Lorwongtragool, E. Sowade, N. T. Dinh, O. Kanoun, T. Kerdcharoen, R. Baumann
{"title":"Inkjet printing of chemiresistive sensors based on polymer and carbon nanotube networks","authors":"P. Lorwongtragool, E. Sowade, N. T. Dinh, O. Kanoun, T. Kerdcharoen, R. Baumann","doi":"10.1109/SSD.2012.6198043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SSD.2012.6198043","url":null,"abstract":"We report about the manufacturing of sensor devices for detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the air. The sensor comprises three fully inkjet-printed layers of (i) silver interdigitated electrodes (SIDE), (ii) multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and (iii) poly (styrene-co-maleic acid) partial isobutyl/methyl mixed ester (PSE). We have found that inkjet printing of MWCNT layers and a PSE layer on top yields an interfacial layer leading to the formation of a MWCNTs/PSE composite-like structure. The printed layers act as chemiresistive vapor sensors due to the change of electrical resistance in presence of selected VOCs. The sensor responses to various VOCs were studied by varying the concentration of the chemicals in the air between 50 and 500 ppm. The sensing mechanism can be understood as a fractional volume change of the inkjet-printed polymer that occurs during exposure to VOCs, resulting in a structural alteration of the MWCNT-polymer network. We have found that the sensor response can be defined as a function of the VOC's concentration. To investigate the morphologies of the inkjet-printed thin films, profilometry and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were employed.","PeriodicalId":425823,"journal":{"name":"International Multi-Conference on Systems, Sygnals & Devices","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132266649","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}
Barbara Odenthal, M. Mayer, Wolfgang Kabuß, C. Schlick
{"title":"Design and evaluation of an Augmented Vision System for human-robot cooperation in cognitively automated assembly cells","authors":"Barbara Odenthal, M. Mayer, Wolfgang Kabuß, C. Schlick","doi":"10.1109/SSD.2012.6197931","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SSD.2012.6197931","url":null,"abstract":"A research project has been initiated to study self-optimizing assembly cells and to design innovative ergonomic human-machine interfaces of the cell's numerical control. An experimental assembly cell was designed where a robot carries out a certain repertoire of coordinated pick and place operations with small work pieces. In order to support the human operator while monitoring the operations and intervening in the case of assembly errors, an Augmented Vision System (AVS) has been designed and developed. The study described in this paper deals with the ergonomic presentation of assembly information by the AVS in order to support the human operator in developing a cooperative disassembly strategy between the human operator and robot. A laboratory experiment was carried out to compare two different participant groups (different professional education) and to investigate different decision support modes. A total of 44 participants participated in the experiments. The statistical analysis shows that the decision support mode as well as the different participant groups significantly influence the execution time of the participants (α=0.05).","PeriodicalId":425823,"journal":{"name":"International Multi-Conference on Systems, Sygnals & Devices","volume":"153 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134506570","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":"Low-power concept and prototype of distributed resistive pressure sensor array for smart floor and surfaces in intelligent environments","authors":"J. Morgado, A. König","doi":"10.1109/SSD.2012.6198020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SSD.2012.6198020","url":null,"abstract":"Large area tactile sensing is finding more and more interest in technical applications from robotics to smart environments. Existing solutions could be improved with regard to increase of resolution or reduction of power consumption. In this paper, a concept of a variable or multi resolution and low-power system for tactile sensors based on conductive foam or rubber. A small-scale prototype has been conceived for a smart or sensate floor, in which tiles in sleep mode can be reduced in spatial and value resolution to a minimum until a touch or step brings them back to life and full resolution activity. Readout, recognition, and tracking of the tiled smart floor can be then organized as for state-of-the-art solutions. Furthermore, the best performance contact geometry has been explored in order to obtain the maximum sensitivity and the minimum hysteresis in the pressure. The current prototype from discrete electronics offers improvement potential in future work by dedicated integrated silicon or organic realization of switch and readout electronics.","PeriodicalId":425823,"journal":{"name":"International Multi-Conference on Systems, Sygnals & Devices","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115515036","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}
Lars Zimmermann, Alexander Goetz, G. Fischer, R. Weigel
{"title":"GSM mobile phone localization using time difference of arrival and angle of arrival estimation","authors":"Lars Zimmermann, Alexander Goetz, G. Fischer, R. Weigel","doi":"10.1109/SSD.2012.6197970","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SSD.2012.6197970","url":null,"abstract":"The localization methods time difference of arrival (TDOA) and angle of arrival (AOA) are investigated in their capability of high-resolution detection of GSM signals. Because GSM is of narrowband nature, a bandwidth expansion technique that significantly increases the resolution of TDOA is introduced. The algorithms maximum likelihood estimator (for TDOA), root multiple signal classification and estimation of signal parameters via rotational invariance techniques (for AOA) are proposed as a reference for each method. Simulations conducted with noisy signals and multipath propagation demonstrate the potential of TDOA for GSM localization, especially for search and rescue applications. AOA on the other hand is very sensitive to multipath, and is therefore only recommended for open space scenarios.","PeriodicalId":425823,"journal":{"name":"International Multi-Conference on Systems, Sygnals & Devices","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114892130","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}