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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Motion sensor"”.
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Embedded Linux driver development for a 9-DOF motion sensor
… to develop an embedded Linux driver for a 9-DOF motion sensor.
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Understanding and mitigating the privacy risks of smartphone sensor fingerprinting
… we study the feasibility of using on-board sensors such as microphones, accelerometers and gyroscopes to fingerprint smartphones. During fabrication, subtle imperfections arise in device sensors which induce distinctive anomalies in the generated signal. Using machine learning techniques we …
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Metrics for analytics and visualization of big data with applications to activity recognition
… detect the hidden actions of an agent from sensor measurements made on the agents' actions and the environmental conditions. For such systems, metrics are important for both performance evaluation and visualization purposes. In this thesis, such metrics are developed and illustrated. For …
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The use of motion-tracking games for rehabilitation of the paretic upper extremity in individuals with stroke
… web-based games, a commercially available Leap Motion sensor, a custom stand designed to hold the sensor, and a laptop computer. To use the game, participants moved their hand underneath the motion sensor which interacts with the games on the computer screen. The researchers adjusted the …
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A cost effective solar powered led street light
… a thirty day data collection at site utilizing motion sensor to record movement at the area. A proposed algorithm to control the LED light intensity was presented. The new load profile was processed based on the proposed algorithm. Simulation to design a new solar powered LED street light was …
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Avaliação do Microsoft Kinect v2 como instrumento de medição das oscilações posturais
… Kinect v2, which is a portable and markerless motion sensor, was used as an instrument to measure body sway. Fortysix volunteers had their trajectories of center of mass (CM) and center of pressure (CP) measured by a Kinect v2 and a force plate, respectively, during upright stance with eyes …
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Compensating for On-Body Placement Effects in Activity Recognition
… devices influence the possibility of using sensors integrated in those devices for context recognition. The vast majority of context recognition research assumes well defined, fixed sen- sor locations. Although this might be acceptable for some application domains (e.g. in an industrial …
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Automatic Internet of Things Device Category Identification using Traffic Rates
… to 4 distinct types (IP camera, on/off switch, motion sensor, and temperature sensor) are generalized and used to identify new devices previously unseen on the network. Our results indicate some categories have patterns that are easier to generalize, while other categories are harder but we are …
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Managing resources on a multi-modal sensing device for energy-aware state estimation
… of a smartphone, mobile computing device, remote sensor node, or a sensor-packed robot, they are used almost everywhere. Often these devices run on battery power or on energy harvested from the environment. In these situations, energy is at a premium, and resources must be intelligently managed to …
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Community-Based Optimal Scheduling of Smart Home Appliances Incorporating Occupancy Error
… real-time pricing and algorithm to service as motion sensor were proposed. It can be said that the proposed scheduling scheme and pricing scheme (real-time pricing) provided enough incentives for the customers to encourage them to accept the proposed scheme. Significant savings on electricity …
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Protingų namų kūrimas naudojant daiktų interneto sistemas /
… temperature and humidity modules, LED devices, motion sensor and camera module. To reach the system from outside of single-board computer, "Nginx" proxy server was configured.
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Can exergaming improve mental health of university students?
… enhancing mental health is exergaming which uses motion-sensor technology requiring players to move their bodies to complete the videogame sessions (Huang et al., 2017). However, studies focused on the effectiveness of exergaming for improving mental health of university students are scarce in …
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Large group musical interaction using disposable wireless motion sensors
… To address these issues, a low-cost, wireless motion sensor has been developed. The sensor is inexpensive enough to be considered disposable, allowing it to be given away to participants at large dance events, enabling the dancers to participate concurrently in a realtime, interactive musical …
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Fabrication of nanostructured surfaces with well-defined chemistry using particle lithography
… (MSM). The AFM tip serves as a force and motion sensor for mapping the vibrational response of magnetic nanomaterials. The information acquired from MSM images includes the distribution of individual magnetic domains as well as spectra of the characteristic resonance frequencies of the …
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Community ecology of small-mammal pollinated proteas
… pollinators were observed through footage from motion sensor cameras placed facing the inflorescences of SMP proteas. The results of this study confirmed that Protea canaliculata, Protea sulphurea and Protea humiflora are pollinated by small mammal pollinators. The evidence supporting this is …
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Probabilistic impact-echo method for nondestructive detection of defects around steel reinforcing bars in reinforced concrete
… location and the selection of a relatively noisy motion sensor. Future researchers are cautioned against the use of reduced-scale specimens for laboratory testing and are encouraged to perform additional physical verification of as-built internal features that may require lightly destructive …
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Methods and Technologies for the Analysis and Interactive Use of Body Movements in Instrumental Music Performance
… and qualitative analysis of data collected in motion capture laboratories, the development and implementation of technologies for the interpretation and interactive use of motion data, and the creation of short musical pieces that actively employ the movement of the performers as an expressive …
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Controlled particle systems for nonlinear filtering and global optimization
… include the problem of attitude estimation and motion tracking in aerospace engineering, robotics and computer vision. In global optimization, the challenges typically arise from the presence of a large number of local minimizers as well as the computational scalability of the solution. …
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Validating a Proposed Data Mining Approach (SLDM) for Motion Wearable Sensors to Detect the Early Signs of Lameness in Sheep
… from treatment. The development of wearable sensor technologies enables the idea of remotely monitoring the changes in animal behaviours or movements which relate to lameness.<br/><br/>The aim of this thesis was to evaluate the feasibility and accessibility of a proposed data mining approach …
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Communication technologies and data processing for safety
… capable of monitoring, by means of camera and sensor data harvesting about people and vehicles movements. It provides automatic and semi-automatic risk prevention measures thanks to the work in progress on designing and implementing a first working prototype of sensor network based on RFID BAN. …