School of Mechatronic Engineering (Articles): Recent submissions
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Real-time background subtraction using adaptive thresholding and dynamic updating for biometric face detection
(World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS), 2008)Face biometrics is an automated method of recognizing a person's face based on a physiological or behavioral characteristic. Face recognition works by first obtaining an image of a person. This process is usually known as ... -
Ultrasonic tomography imaging simulation of two-phase homogeneous flow
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2009-09)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to present an implementation of ultrasonic tomography simulation to investigate the laminar flow of stratified liquid between water and oil. Design/methodology/approach - The velocity ... -
Brain machine interface: A comparison between fuzzy and neural classifiers
(ICIC International, 2009)Patients with neurodegenerative disease loose all motor movements including impairment of speech, leaving the patients totally locked-in. One possible option for rehabilitation of such patients is through a brain machine ... -
Tilt detection of connectors using phase shifting
(International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED)/ACTA Press, 2007)AVI's are playing important roles in quality inspection in the electronic industry. Most existing AVIs are single overhead camera and are incapable detecting 3D defects. This work presents solving the shortcoming stated ... -
Supervisory fuzzy learning control for underwater target tracking
(World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 2005-06)This paper presents recent work on the improvement of the robotics vision based control strategy for underwater pipeline tracking system. The study focuses on developing image processing algorithms and a fuzzy inference ... -
The effects of varying target hardness on ricochet angle
(American Institute of Physics, 2007-05-09)This project is a study on ricochet characteristics off wooden targets when fired upon by 22 calibre bolt action rifle. A series of experimental testing has been carried out on three different woods chosen to give range ... -
An optical tomography system using a digital signal processor
(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 ... -
Fast background subtraction for real time monitoring
(International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED)/ACTA Press, 2007)We present an implementation for fast detection of moving objects in real time monitoring applications. We apply a common technique known as background subtraction for this purpose. Background subtraction can be defined ... -
On stereo processing procedure applied towards blind navigation aid - SVETA
(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, ... -
Design and modelling of ultrasonic tomography for two-component high-acoustic impedance mixture
(Elsevier B.V., 2008-10)This paper describes the design and modelling of ultrasonic tomography for two-component high-acoustic impedance mixture such as liquid/gas and oil/gas flow which commonly found in chemical columns and industrial pipelines. ... -
Stereo vision system for a bin picking adept robot
(Universiti Malaya, 2007)In bin picking applications, robots are required to pick up an object from a pile of stacked or scattered objects placed in a bin. To perform such tasks, identification of the objects to be picked using a vision system is ... -
A systematic dry etching process for profile control of quantum dots and nanoconstrictions
(Elsevier B.V., 2007-08)In essence, quantum dot dimensions and others can be laterally and vertically defined by using either bottom up or top down methods respectively. In fabrication that uses top down method, etch process hold a chief role. ... -
Fuzzy matching scheme for stereo vision based electronic travel aid
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), 2005)Navigation is a significant barrier to individuals with visual impairments. In response to this barrier, a wearable stereo-vision system was investigated and a prototype system named Stereo Vision based Electronic Travel ... -
A comparison of circular object detection using Hough transform and chord intersection
(Institute of Eelectrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), 2007-07)In this paper, the circular Hough transform (CHT) and the chord intersection have been used to find the circular object in the feature extraction process. The chord intersection technique does not require any gradient ... -
Vowel classification based on frequency response of vocal tract
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), 2008-05)Automatic speech recognition (ASR) has made great strides with the development of digital signal processing hardware and software especially using English as the language of choice. In this paper, a modified feature ... -
Vowel recognition based on frequency ranges determined by bandwidth approach
(Institute of Eelectrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), 2009-07)Automatic speech recognition (ASR) has made great strides with the development of digital signal processing hardware and software especially using English as the language of choice. In this paper, a new feature extraction ... -
Colour contrast enhancement based on bright and dark stretching for Ziehl-Neelsen slide images
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), 2007-11)The Ziehl-Neelsen stain, also known as the acid-fast stain, was first described by two German doctors; Franz Ziehl (1859 to 1926), a bacteriologist and Friedrich Neelsen (1854 to 1894), a pathologist [1].It is a special ... -
Segmentation and location computation of bin objects
(Ars International, 2007)In this paper we present a stereo vision based system for segmentation and location computation of partially occluded objects in bin picking environments. Algorithms to segment partially occluded objects and to find the ... -
Object localization using stereo sensors for adept SCARA robot
(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 ... -
Fuzzy based classification of EEG mental tasks for a brain machine interface
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2007-11-28)Patients with neurodegenerative diseases loose all motor movements including impairment of speech, leaving the patients totally locked-in. One possible option for rehabilitation of such patients is using a brain machine ...