Browsing School of Mechatronic Engineering (Articles) by Title

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    • Object detection using circular hough transform 

      Mohamed Rizon; Haniza, Yazid; Puteh, Saad; Ali Yeon, Md Shakaff, Prof. Dr.; Abdul Rahman, Saad; Sugisaka, Manasori; Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr.; M. Rozailan, Mamat; Karthigayan, M. (Science Publications, 2005)
      In this study we propose a new system to detect the object from an input image. The proposed system first uses the separability filter proposed by Fukui and Yamaguchi (Trans. IEICE Japan J80-D-II. 8, 2170-2177, 1997) to ...

    • Object detection using geometric invariant moment 

      Mohamed Rizon; Haniza, Yazid; Puteh, Saad; Ali Yeon, Md Shakaff, Prof. Dr.; Abdul Rahman, Saad; Mohd Rozailan, Mamat; Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr.; Hazri, Desa, Dr.; Karthigayan, M. (Science Publications, 2006)
      Geometric moment invariant produces a set of feature vectors that are invariant under shifting, scaling and rotation. The technique is widely used to extract the global features for pattern recognition due to its discrimination ...

    • Object localization using stereo sensors for adept SCARA robot 

      Hema, Chengalvarayan Radhakrishnamurthy; Paulraj, Murugesapandian; Nagaran, R.; Sazali, Yaacob (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2006)
      In this paper we present a stereo vision system for segmentation of partially occluded objects and computation of object grasping point in bin picking environments. The stereo vision system was interfaced with an Adept ...

    • Objective evaluation of speech dysfluencies using wavelet packet transform with sample entropy 

      Hariharan, Muthusamy, Dr.; Chong, Yen Fook; Sindhu, Ravindran; Abdul Hamid, Adom, Prof. Dr.; Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr. (Elsevier Inc, 2013-05)
      Dysfluency and stuttering are a break or interruption of normal speech such as repetition, prolongation, interjection of syllables, sounds, words or phrases and involuntary silent pauses or blocks in communication. Stuttering ...

    • Objective investigation of vision impairments using single trial pattern reversal visually evoked potentials 

      Vijean, vikneswaran; Hariharan, Muthusamy, Dr.; Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr.; Mohd Nazri, Sulaiman; Abdul Hamid, Adom, Prof. Dr. (Elsevier Ltd., 2013-07)
      Visually evoked potentials (VEPs) originate from the occipital cortex and have long been used as a reliable indicator for vision impairments by ophthalmologists. Any abnormalities in the visual pathways of a person can be ...

    • On stereo processing procedure applied towards blind navigation aid - SVETA 

      Balakrishnan, G.; Sainarayanan, G.; Nagarajan, Ramachandran; Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), 2005)
      This paper presents a portable traveling support system using stereo image processing for the visually impaired people's navigation. This system named as SVETA consists of a helmet molded with stereo cameras in the front, ...

    • Optical properties of ultraphosphate glasses containing mixed divalent zinc and magnesium ions 

      Khor, Shing Fhan, Dr.; Zainal Abidin, Talib, Prof. Dr.; Mohd Fareq, Abd. Malek, Dr.; Cheng, Ee Meng, Dr. (Elsevier B.V., 2013-01)
      Ternary zinc magnesium ultraphosphate glasses corresponding to (ZnO)x (MgO)30 x (P2O5)70 were prepared by melt quenching technique in the range of 5 6 x 6 20 mol%. The optical absorption spectra of the glasses were ...

    • Optical tomography hardware development for solid gas measurement using mixed projection 

      Siti Zarina, Mohd Muji; Chiew, Loon Goh; Nor Muzakkir, Nor Ayob; Ruzairi, Abdul Rahim, Prof. Dr. ; Mohd Hafiz, Fazalul Rahiman, Dr.; Herlina, Abdul Rahim, Dr.; Muhammad Jaysuman, Pusppanathan; Naizatul Shima, Mohd Fadzil (Elsevier Ltd, 2013-10)
      The ability to implement fan beam projection in parallel view in an optical tomography setup is one of the novelties of this research. This design involves a sensor jig specifically designed for parallel applications that ...

    • Optical tomography system based on charge-coupled device linear image sensors: Particle size measurement 

      Idroas, M.; Ruzairi, Abdul Rahim; Mohd Hafiz, Fazalul Rahiman; Ibrahim, M. N. (Elsevier B.V, 2011-08)
      This paper discussed an optical tomography system based on charge-coupled device (CCD) linear image sensors. The developed system consists of a lighting system, a measurement section and a data acquisition system. Four CCD ...

    • Optical tomography system based on charge-coupled device linear image sensors: Particle size measurement 

      Mariani, Idroas; Ruzairi, Abdul Rahim; Mohd Hafiz, Fazalul Rahiman; M. N., Ibrahim (Elsevier B.V., 2011-08)
      This paper discussed an optical tomography system based on charge-coupled device (CCD) linear image sensors. The developed system consists of a lighting system, a measurement section and a data acquisition system. Four CCD ...

    • An optical tomography system using a digital signal processor 

      Ruzairi, Abdul Rahim; Chiam, Kok Thiam; Mohd Hafiz, Fazalul Rahiman (Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI), 2008-03)
      The use of a personal computer together with a Data Acquisition System (DAQ) as the processing tool in optical tomography systems has been the norm ever since the beginning of process tomography. However, advancements in ...

    • Optical tomography system using digital signal processor: Velocity profile measurement 

      Ruzairi, Abdul Rahim; Chiam, Kok Thiam; Mohd Hafiz, Fazalul Rahiman; Yvette-Shan Li, Susiapan; Jayasuman, P. (Inderscience Enterprises Limited, 2009-06)
      The DSP system was customised to control the data acquisition process of 16 x 16 optical sensors array, arranged in parallel beam projection. The data collected was used to reconstruct the cross sectional image of the ...

    • Optical tomography system using microprocessor and ethernet 

      Ruzairi, Abdul Rahim; Goh, Chiew Loon; Chan, Kok San; Pang, Jon Fea; Leong, Lai Chan; Mohd Hafiz, Fazalul Rahiman (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2010-01-01)
      Purpose: Owing to the high cost of data acquisition (DAQ) card in the market, the purpose of this paper is to develop a high speed, low-cost microprocessor and ethernet controller-based DAQ in optical tomography system. ...

    • Optical tomography: A review on sensor array, projection arrangement and image reconstruction algorithm 

      Siti Zarina, Mohd. Muji; Ruzairi, Abdul Rahim; Mohd Hafiz, Fazalul Rahiman; Shafishuhaza, Sahlan; Mohd Fadzli, Abdul Shaib; Muhammad, Jaysuman; Elmy Johana, Mohamad (Kyushu Tokai University, 2011-07)
      This paper reviews previous research on sensor arrays, projection arrangements and image reconstruction algorithms of optical tomography for industrial processes. These include the review of sensor selection and projection ...

    • Optical tomography: Image improvement using mixed projection of parallel and fan beam modes 

      Siti Zarina, Mohd Muji; Ruzairi, Abdul Rahim, Prof. Dr.; Mohd Hafiz, Fazalul Rahiman, Dr.; Zarina, Tukiran; Nor Muzakkir, Nor Ayob; Elmy Johana, Mohamad, Dr.; Muhammad Jaysuman, Pusppanathan (Elsevier Ltd, 2013-07)
      Mixed parallel and fan beam projection is a technique used to increase the quality images. This research focuses on enhancing the image quality in optical tomography. Image quality can be defined by measuring the Peak ...

    • Optical tomography: Velocity profile measurement using orthogonal and rectilinear arrangements 

      Ruzairi, Abdul Rahim; Yusri, Mohd Yunosa; Mohd Hafiz Fazalul, Rahiman; Siti Zarina, Mohd Muji; Chiam, Kok Thiam; Herlina, Abdul Rahim (Elsevier Ltd., 2012-03)
      In tomography applications, flow velocity is an important flow characteristic for analysis. Excessively high particle velocity will cause high energy consumption, severe pipeline wear and particle degradation. This paper ...

    • Optimal coefficient of friction onartificial knee joint contact surfaces 

      Mohd Hafis, Sulaiman; Nur Farahana, Ramli; Mohd Ridzuan, Mohd Jamir; Nur Adlina, Mohd Takhiudin (Trans Tech Publications, 2013)
      Wear generated by the presence of frictiononknee joint contact surfaces can cause debris, which may lead to failure of the artificial knee joint. In this study, the effects of friction coefficients occur on the knee joint ...

    • Optimal selection of long time acoustic features using GA for the assessment of vocal fold disorders 

      Sindhu, Ravindran; Neoh, Siew Chin, Dr.; Muthusamy, Hariharan, Dr. (Trans Tech Publications, 2013)
      In recent times, vocal fold problems have been increasing dramatically due to unhealthy social habits and voice abuse. Non-invasive methods like acoustic analysis of voice signals can be used to investigate such problems. ...

    • Optimising PCM thermal storage systems for maximum energy storage effectiveness 

      Nasrul Amri, Mohd Amin; Belusko, Martin; Bruno, Frank; Liu, Ming (Elsevier Ltd., 2012-09)
      A new performance parameter for PCM thermal storage systems, the energy storage effectiveness, is defined. This parameter can be used to optimise the design of any PCM thermal storage system to maximise the use of the ...

    • Optimization of 67% powder loading co-30cr-6Mo μMIM part by Taguchi method 

      Azizah, Wahi; Norhamidi, Muhamad, Prof. Dr.; Hafizawati, Zakaria (Penerbit UTM Press, 2014)
      This research studies the effect of injection moulding parameters on the density of green body of Cobalt-30Chromium-6Molybdenum (Co-30Cr-6Mo) for powder injection moulding (PIM) feedstock. In this paper 20 micron Co-Cr-Mo ...