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Showing 1 to 20 of 164 for “"sensor system"”.
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Integrated optical fluorescence multi-sensor system
… integrated optical immunoassay multisensing systems has gained growing interest in the last ten years. This is because the systems have the potential to simultaneously detect multiple analytes in a single measurement, and the techniques involved are fast, robust and cost-effective. Therefore …
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Multi-ISFET sensor system for soil analysis
… parameters. The development of soil nutrient sensors may both improve the accuracy of soil nutrient maps and decrease the cost of soil sampling.
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Impedimetric Sensor System for Edible Oil Quality Assessment
… illnesses like heart diseases. For this purpose, sensor systems for oil quality assessment are necessary. In fact, changes of the composition due to frying leads to variation of its dielectric parameters. This can be measured using a capacitive sensor and the measurement of its impedance change. …
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An integrated sensor system for early fall detection
Physical activity monitoring using wearable sensors give valuable information about patient's neuro activities. Fall among ages of 60 and older in US is a leading cause for injury-related health issues and present serious concern in the public health care sector. If the emergency treatments are not …
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Physiological Sensor System for a wireless tactile display
… on the development of a wearable Physiological Sensor System (PSS) that can be used with a wireless tactile control unit to monitor the physiological status of a mobile user. Two physiological variables, heart rate and respiration rate, were selected for initial study, and technologies that …
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A wearable, wireless sensor system for sports medicine
… thesis describes a compact, wireless, wearable system that measures, for purposes of biomechanical analysis, signals indicative of forces, torques and other descriptive and evaluative features that the human body undergoes during bursts of extreme physical activity (such as during athletic …
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Characterizing carbon-nanotube devices for an integrated sensor system
… the metal and CNT. Finally, a prototype CMOS-CNT sensor system is demonstrated. This hybrid system demonstrates the need for variation-toleration circuit interfaces and highlights some outstanding issues regarding integration for full scale CNT circuit applications.
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Wearable Sensor System for Quantifying Proprioceptive Competence in Microgravity
… for our neurovestibular and proprioceptive systems. Past spaceflight and parabolic research have shown degraded movement control upon microgravity exposure and adaptation of performance with time. However, most research does not address the functional, dynamic, whole-body movements we expect …
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Development, Testing, and Evaluation of Bridge Bearing Movement Sensor System
… is required. Structural health monitoring systems have been developed to measure important features of bridges though one limiting factor of their use in practice is their high cost. With the advent of low-cost microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and internet of things (IoT) platforms a …
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SeaVipers - Computer Vision and Inertial Position Reference Sensor System (CVIPRSS)
… of an optical, Computer Vision (CV) based sensor for use as a Position Reference System (PRS) in Dynamic Positioning (DP). Using a combination of robotics and CV techniques, the sensor provides range and heading information to a selected reference object. The proposed optical system is …
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A Secure Behavior Modification Sensor System for Physical Activity Improvement
<p>Today, advances in wireless sensor networks are making it possible to capture large amounts of information about a person and their interaction within their home environment. However, what is missing is how to ensure the security of the collected data and its use to alter human behavior for …
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An analysis of multiple sensor system payloads for unmanned aerial vehicles
… will be equipped solely with electrooptical (EO) sensors. This thesis provides a comparative analysis of the mission effectiveness between UAVs equipped with EO sensors and those equipped with a multiple sensor system payload. A historical review of UAV development and employment is provided so …
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Design, development and characterization of an integrated multispectral polarimetric sensor system
In this thesis, a new type of integrated imaging sensor is introduced to detect multispectral and polarimetric signatures in an infrared scene. The sensor is a stack consisting of an infrared detector array, and an array of multispectral and polarimetric filters. In this first phase of the …
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Sensor system design to determine position and orientation of articulated structures
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1985.
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Development and Evaluation of Integrated Sensor System for Observing Particulate Matter Concentration
… the development and evaluation of an integrated sensor system for observing particulate matter concentration in the environment. The study was motivated by the need for a practical and flexible monitoring platform capable of supporting localized air-quality observation in settings influenced by …
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FLY-EAR INSPIRED MINIATURE SENSOR SYSTEM FOR TWO-DIMENSIONAL SOUND SOURCE LOCALIZATION
A micro-scale sound localization sensor is developed and studied in this thesis to address the fundamental challenge of miniaturizing sound localization systems. When miniaturizing a microphone array, there is a critical size limitation at which the array will be unable to localize the sound source …
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Self-powered wireless sensor system using MEMS piezoelectric micro power generator (PMPG)
… has been integrated with a commercial wireless sensor node (Telos), to demonstrate a self-powered RF temperature sensor module. PMPG and a power management module are designed to satisfy sensor node's power requirement. An electro-mechanical model of PMPG has been developed to maximize power …
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