Suganti A P Senivasan, M. Drieberg, B. Singh, P. Sebastian, Lo Hai Hiung
{"title":"An MPPT micro solar energy harvester for wireless sensor networks","authors":"Suganti A P Senivasan, M. Drieberg, B. Singh, P. Sebastian, Lo Hai Hiung","doi":"10.1109/CSPA.2017.8064943","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSPA.2017.8064943","url":null,"abstract":"Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) have been successfully deployed in many applications areas including agriculture, transportation, industrial and healthcare. However, they are generally powered by batteries and constrained by its finite energy resource. Therefore, energy harvesting has been proposed to ensure a longer lifespan for the WSNs. Solar energy harvesting is considered the most effective for WSN that are placed outdoor, because it has the highest power density. In this paper, solar harvesting using a low-power IC based Maximum Power Point Tracker (MPPT) is designed to provide better efficiency from solar panel. The solar harvester also includes rechargeable batteries that provides energy during the absence of sunlight and a DC-DC converter to regulate the voltage to the WSN mote. Results from the hardware prototype testing show that the MPPT enabled solar harvester can provide not only the required energy to sustain the operation of the mote, but also an increase in efficiency.","PeriodicalId":445522,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 13th International Colloquium on Signal Processing & its Applications (CSPA)","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126565451","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. Abas, N. Zubir, N. Ismail, N. A. Ali, M. Rahiman, A. Yassin, S. N. Tajuddin, M. Taib
{"title":"Development of web application for agarwood oil quality discriminator in virtualization platform","authors":"M. A. Abas, N. Zubir, N. Ismail, N. A. Ali, M. Rahiman, A. Yassin, S. N. Tajuddin, M. Taib","doi":"10.1109/CSPA.2017.8064916","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSPA.2017.8064916","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, the demand for agarwood oil has increased tremendously. Agarwood oil is being used widely in fragrance, incense and religious ceremony. The quality of agarwood oil will determine the price of the oil. However, there are some limitations on using standard approach to classify its quality as they are time consuming, expensive and the results is questionable. This paper presents on the development of web application on providing a proper classification platform to determine the quality of agarwood oil based on the sample that end user input. The main purpose of this web application is to provide a proper interface for end user to determine the quality of their agarwood oil without spending a lot of time and money. The whole web development is done inside Virtual Machine (VM) using VMWare Workstation Pro 12 as the virtualization platform. The web application is being construct using PHP programming language that runs on Apache Webserver. MySQL database is used to store and organize the data. Agarwood oil sample will be classified using Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) function inside MATLAB R2016a. The development carried out in this study is success and ready to be used for agarwood oil intelligent quality classification.","PeriodicalId":445522,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 13th International Colloquium on Signal Processing & its Applications (CSPA)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132461536","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":"Development of low-cost embedded-based electrooculogram blink pulse classifier for drowsiness detection system","authors":"K. M. Tabal, J. D. dela Cruz","doi":"10.1109/CSPA.2017.8064919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSPA.2017.8064919","url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses the development of a low-cost embedded-based electrooculogram (EOG) blink pulse classifier. A signal conditioning circuit from a single quad operational amplifier (Op-Amp) and an Arduino based on the ATmega32u4 AVR 8-bit microcontroller board comprised the major components of the embedded-based classifier. The evaluation of the nearest neighbor algorithm classifier resulted to an accuracy of 87.14%, precision of 93.33% and sensitivity of 80.00%. Further, based on the participants who evaluated the drowsiness detection system the results were 3.38 and 4.13 with verbal interpretations of comfortable and very convenient respectively.","PeriodicalId":445522,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 13th International Colloquium on Signal Processing & its Applications (CSPA)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125093157","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":"No-reference image quality assessment algorithm for contrast-distorted images enhanced by using directional contrast feature in curvelet domain","authors":"I. T. Ahmed, C. S. Der","doi":"10.1109/CSPA.2017.8064925","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSPA.2017.8064925","url":null,"abstract":"Reduced-reference Image Quality Metric for Contrast-changed images (RIQMC) and No-Reference Quality metric for Contrast-Distorted Images (NR-IQACDI) are the state-of-the-art IQA for Contrast-Distorted Images (CDI). Nevertheless, there is room for improvement especially for the assessment results using image database called TID2013 and CSIQ. Most of the existing No-Reference Image Quality Assessment Algorithm (NR-IQA) metrics designed for CDI use features in spatial domain. In the current work, we pursue to compliment it with feature in Curvelet domain which is powerful in capturing multiscale and multidirectional information in an image. Indeed, the Directional Contrast (DC) is captured in the Curvelet domain of CDI by decomposing the image into several directional subbands across multiple scales using curvelet transform. Due to the fact that high-frequency subband consists of many directional information, the directional contrast of each directional subband coefficient is generated as feature vector. Finally a Support Vector Regressor (SVR) is used to predict the image quality score. Experiments are conducted to assess the effect of adding DC feature in the Curvelet domain. The experimental results based on i-fold cross validation with K ranging from 2 to 10 and statistical test indicate that the performance of NRIQACDI can be improved by adding DC feature in the Curvelet domain.","PeriodicalId":445522,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 13th International Colloquium on Signal Processing & its Applications (CSPA)","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115061217","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":"Event and feature based electrical load disaggregation using graph signal processing","authors":"Kriti Kumar, M. Chandra","doi":"10.1109/CSPA.2017.8064945","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSPA.2017.8064945","url":null,"abstract":"Electrical load disaggregation continues to attract new explorations due to its challenging nature as well as utility. When the loads to be separated are characterized by suitable features, there is a possibility to solve the problem by utilizing the techniques from the emerging area of Graph Signal Processing (GSP). In this paper, we propose a three-staged approach comprising of (i) Event Detection and Clustering (ii) Event Pairing and Feature Extraction and (iii) Load Classification, each of them being pivoted on GSP. For load classification in particular, a robust spectral clustering strategy is appropriately adopted using joint spectrum computed from different features. The efficacy of this novel combination is demonstrated through the results obtained on both public data sets and the simulated active power signals.","PeriodicalId":445522,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 13th International Colloquium on Signal Processing & its Applications (CSPA)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129634950","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}
Nurul Nadia Mohammad, Mohd Hezri Marzaki, R. Adnan, M. Rahiman, S. N. Tajuddin
{"title":"Evaluation of energy consumption in small-scale agarwood distillation pot based on averaged control signal simulation","authors":"Nurul Nadia Mohammad, Mohd Hezri Marzaki, R. Adnan, M. Rahiman, S. N. Tajuddin","doi":"10.1109/CSPA.2017.8064965","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSPA.2017.8064965","url":null,"abstract":"Water temperature of a hydro distillation process are represented by using first order plus dead time (FOPDT) model by performing a step test. From the model obtained, a PID controller have been implemented based on several tuning method includes Ziegler-Nichols, Cohen-Coon and Integral Square Error (ISE)-Load to enhance the performance of the system. In this study, a setpoint was set to 80°C and the comparative performance of PID controller with several tuning rules was evaluate and analyse via simulation. The analysis of the performance was depend on settling time, percentage of overshoot and rise time. Moreover, in this study, the average amount of control signal have been evaluated based on several tuning rules by using an integral control signal. The simulation result shows the ISE-Load that completed with minimum percentage of overshoot could result in best temperature control for hydro distillation process. However, in term of energy consumption, PID ZN gives lower energy usage.","PeriodicalId":445522,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 13th International Colloquium on Signal Processing & its Applications (CSPA)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121969256","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. A. Razak, A. Abdullah, K. Kamarudin, M. Bakar, J. E. M. Salih, B. Ilias, S. Shukor, F. S. A. Sa'ad, M. H. Mustafa
{"title":"Development of mobile robot in confined space application","authors":"A. A. Razak, A. Abdullah, K. Kamarudin, M. Bakar, J. E. M. Salih, B. Ilias, S. Shukor, F. S. A. Sa'ad, M. H. Mustafa","doi":"10.1109/CSPA.2017.8064949","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSPA.2017.8064949","url":null,"abstract":"Atmospheric hazards that may be present in confined space poses serious threat to human while carrying out special task in the respective location. Areas that are considered as confined space are utility tunnel, boiler, storage tank, sewage lines, man holes and underground electrical fault. Currently, there is no specific technique to replace worker in performing tasks such as collecting air sample in the confined space for hazards monitoring. Alternatively, a mobile robot which integrated with CCD camera can be used to maneuver through the environment and monitor the environment in confined space simultaneously. Therefore, this paper presents the development of the mobile robot in confined space application. Fuzzy Logic Control is implemented in the mobile robot where it allows mobile robot to function manually or automatically in completing the tasks. Furthermore, the mobile robot is also built with four wheels skid-steering driving mechanism system which provides immediate and sharp turning for obstacle avoidance. Hence, it can be proven that the mobile robot is feasible in confined space application.","PeriodicalId":445522,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 13th International Colloquium on Signal Processing & its Applications (CSPA)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114331927","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":"Construction of corpus for learning fatigue detection from speech","authors":"Shuxi Chen, Heming Zhao, Xueqin Chen","doi":"10.1109/CSPA.2017.8064953","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSPA.2017.8064953","url":null,"abstract":"Fatigue, which belongs to human body's natural response and self-regulation for protection, is a complex physiological and mental phenomena. In recent years, a large amount of researchers from both speech signal processing and machine learning domains have already proved that fatigue detection from speech can be carried out automatically. However, the main researches concentrate on driving fatigue detection which contribute for people under work force. Besides, no one pay attention to students in school regardless of the truth of that learning fatigue is becoming more and more indispensable for its positive significance in students' school life experience, the efficiency of learning, even their physical and mental health. Although there are many methods to detect fatigue, detection from speech is a more convenient assumption. So, the corpus is the foundation of researches in detecting learning fatigue from speech. While there are several corpora about fatigue detection, few of them focus on learning fatigue (which is mainly caused by brain activities) and proving the authority and reliability of these corpora. In this paper, we construct the Soochow University Speech Processing Researches-Learning Fatigue Detection (SUSP-LFD) corpus to implement learning fatigue detection from speech. In order to solve the issues among existing corpora, we use heart rate and mean arterial blood pressure to evaluate our corpus. We first describe the construction approach in detail, and then we verify and evaluate the applicability of the corpus.","PeriodicalId":445522,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 13th International Colloquium on Signal Processing & its Applications (CSPA)","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131106916","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":"Linear predictive coding without Yule-Walker approximation for transient signal analysis: Application to switching noise","authors":"F. Ishiyama, Y. Okugawa, K. Takaya","doi":"10.1109/CSPA.2017.8064922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSPA.2017.8064922","url":null,"abstract":"We are investigating countermeasure techniques against electric noise on telecommunication and related equipment. There are many types of electric noise, and we focus on the characterization of transient noise such as the switching noise of switching power supplies. We are developing a method of transient signal analysis based on linear predictive coding (LPC) for the purpose. Unfortunately, as standard LPC contains Yule-Walker (YW) approximation, which replaces a given time series with a periodic time series for simplification, it is not suitable for transient signal analysis. Therefore, our method of transient signal analysis does not contain YW approximation. Instead, we use the local linearization technique, which was developed in the field of quantum mechanics. Our method makes it possible to obtain instantaneous frequencies and instantaneous decay rates simultaneously with high precision from a small number of samples. We discuss our LPC method avoid using YW approximation and using the local linearization technique and its application to repetitive ringing signals, which mimics the switching noise of a switching power supply, to show the efficiency of our method.","PeriodicalId":445522,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 13th International Colloquium on Signal Processing & its Applications (CSPA)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122357728","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":"Video quality assessment: A review of full-referenced, reduced-referenced and no-referenced methods","authors":"Hoong-Cheng Soong, P. Lau","doi":"10.1109/CSPA.2017.8064957","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSPA.2017.8064957","url":null,"abstract":"Whenever a video is being digitized, compressed and transmitted across the network, some degradation might be introduced that could affect the quality of the video received. Thus, it is essential to provide feedback system to the provider which could allow them the freedom to feedback to the system, if the quality of video being transmitted could be improved, in terms of video quality. This is an emerging research area from the usual normal definition objective quality metrics in the multimedia layer for High Definition (HD) video, 3D video, Mobile Video, Image Retargeted and Scalable Video. This paper discussed the evolution a popular metric SSIM and a review of some full-referenced (FR), reduced-referenced (RR) and (No-Reference) of the video quality assessment (VQA).","PeriodicalId":445522,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 13th International Colloquium on Signal Processing & its Applications (CSPA)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133162830","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}