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A novel concept for tissue-metal detection and differentiation using an inductive proximity sensor
PublicationIn this paper a novel application of inductive proximity sensors for detection of living tissue by means of measurements of the coil impedance changes at different frequencies is described. The mathematical analyses utilizing Bessel function estimation include detected object size and its distance from a sensor. The main aim of this study is to prove the possibility of distinguishing between metal objects and living tissues. The...
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FIBRE-OPTIC SENSOR FOR SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT OF THICKNESSAND REFRACTIVE INDEX OF LIQUID LAYERS
PublicationIn this paper, we present a fibre-optic sensor for simultaneous measurement of refractive index and thickness of liquid layers. We designed an experimental low-coherence setup with two broadband light sources and an extrinsic fibre-optic Fabry–Pérot interferometer acting as the sensing head. We examined how the refractive index of a liquid film and its thickness affect spectrum at the output of a fibre-optic interferometer. We...
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Using differential pressure sensor to measure nitrous oxide level in a tank
PublicationA method for measuring the level of liquid nitrous oxide oxidizer in a hybrid rocket motor oxidizer tank is proposed. Presented approach is more accurate than the most commonly used method of this measurement, which employs weighting of the whole sounding rocket or an oxidizer tank. In our solution we use a differential pressure sensor to measure the change of pressure at the bottom of an oxidizer tank in comparison to the pressure...
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Road surface roughness estimation employing integrated position and acceleration sensor
PublicationAssessment of a surface quality being an essential task for the authorities supervising the roads provides the subject of the paper. Information about riding quality of a pavement, important for drivers, both in terms of their comfort and safety is collected during experiments employing mobile sensors. The paper describes the use of a miniature position and acceleration sensor for evaluation of the roughness of the road surface....
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Low-strain sensor based on the flexible boron-doped diamond-polymer structures
PublicationA free-standing high boron-doped diamond nanosheet (BDDNS) has been fabricated for the development of a flexible BDDNS strain senor. High boron-doped diamond was initially grown on a tantalum substrate in a microwave plasma-assisted chemical vapor deposition method, and was then transferred to a Kapton polymer substrate to fabricate the flexible BDDNS/Kapton device. Before performing the transfer process, the thin BDDNS’s morphology...
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The Neural Knowledge DNA Based Smart Internet of Things
PublicationABSTRACT The Internet of Things (IoT) has gained significant attention from industry as well as academia during the past decade. Smartness, however, remains a substantial challenge for IoT applications. Recent advances in networked sensor technologies, computing, and machine learning have made it possible for building new smart IoT applications. In this paper, we propose a novel approach: the Neural Knowledge DNA based Smart Internet...
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Efficiency of linear and non-linear classifiers for gas identification from electrocatalytic gas sensor
PublicationElectrocatalytic gas sensors belong to the family of electrochemical solid state sensors. Their responses are acquired in the form of I-V plots as a result of application of cyclic voltammetry technique. In order to obtain information about the type of measured gas the multivariate data analysis and pattern classification techniques can be employed. However, there is a lack of information in literature about application of such...
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Wireless data transmission for fiber optical sensor system
PublicationW artykule opisano możliwość wykorzystania bezprzewodowego systemu transmisji danych do transmisji sygnałów z czujników światłowodowych.
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Localization of sound sources with dual acoustic vector sensor
PublicationThe aim of the work is to estimate the position of sound sources. The proposed method uses a setup of two acoustic vector sensors (AVS). The intersection of azimuth rays from each AVS should indicate the position of a source. In practice, the result of position estimation using this method is an area rather than a point. This is a result of inaccuracy of the individual sensors, but more importantly, of the influence of a source...
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Electrical properties of polymer humidity sensor based on polyethyleneimine.
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań amperometrycznych właściwości czujników wilgotności na bazie PEI. Pokazano, że przepływ prądu jest wynikiem reakcji elektrodowej na anodzie.
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Targed tracking with adaptive fusionof multiple sensor measurements.
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono metodę adaptacyjnej selekcji pomiarów z wielu radarów wykorzystywanych w procesie integracji pomiarów dla śledzenia obserwowanego obiektu. W przypadku dużego zróżnicowania dokładności pomiarów pochodzących z różnych radarów, rezultaty integracji pomiarów nie różnią się znacząco od wyników śledzenia opartego na pomiarach z najbardziej dokładnego źródła.
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White-light interferometric temperature sensor for biomedical diagnostic.
PublicationW artykule opisano opracowany model miniaturowego, światłowodowego czujnika temperatury z interferometrem Fabry-Perot wykorzystującego interferencję światła białego przeznaczonego do zastosowań biomedycznych. Analizowano czujnik wykonany ze światłowodu wielomodowego o skokowym profilu współczynnika załamania oraz ze światłowodu monomodowego. Zasadniczym celem był dobór parametrów mający na celu uzyskania maksymalnej widzialności...
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Analog multiplier for a low-power integrated image sensor
PublicationArtykuł przedstawia nowe podejście do projektowania tanich niskomocowych zintegrowanych sensorów optycznych. W odróżnieniu od wcześniej stosowanych rozwiązań opartych na masowym przetwarzaniu równoległym, zaproponowany mnożnik macierzowy charakteryzuje się korzystniejszymi cechami. Proponowane rozwiązanie, chociaż mniej elastyczne w sensie liczby możliwych do zaimplementowania algorytmów wstępnej obróbki obrazu, cechuje się znaczącą...
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Analog multiplier for a low-power integrated image sensor
PublicationArtykuł przedstawia nowe podejście do projektowania tanich niskomocowych zintegrowanych sensorów optycznych. W odróżnieniu od wcześniej stosowanych rozwiązań opartych na masowym przetwarzaniu równoległym, zaproponowany mnożnik macierzowy charakteryzuje się korzystniejszymi cechami. Proponowane rozwiązanie, chociaż mniej elastyczne w sensie liczby możliwych do zaimplementowania algorytmów wstępnej obróbki obrazu, cechuje się znaczącą...
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Optical Diffraction Strain Sensor Prepared by Interference Lithography
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Distributed Trust Management Model for Wireless Sensor Networks
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Localization in wireless sensor networks based on zigbee platform
PublicationW artykule porównano dwie różne metody lokalizacji w sieciach sensorów bezprzewodowych. Jedną z metod jest implementacja sprzętowa algorytmu w układzie nadawczo odbiorczym CC2431. Drugą metodą jest implementacja programowa. Wyniki testów przeprowadzonych na otwartym terenie oraz w pomieszczeniach zamkniętych zostały przedstawione i porównane w pracy.
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Wave propagation in a sensor/actuator diffusion bond model
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Analytical characteristics of a new amperometric sulfur dioxide sensor
PublicationZaprojektowano i skonstruowano wyposażony w układ trójelektrodowy amperometryczny czujnik ditlenku siarki. Elektroda pracująca czujnika była napylona bezpośrednio na powierzchnię membrany. Zbadano charakterystyki czujnika z membranami z mikroporowatego Teflonu oraz Nafionu. Porównano parametry statyczne i dynamiczne tych czujników wypełnionych roztworami elektrolitów wewnętrznych, zawierających dodatek dimetylosulfotlenku.
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Pattern matching localization in ZigBee wireless sensor networks.
PublicationLokalizacja typu Pattern matching w sieciach sensorów bezprzewodowych ZigBee.Prezentacja metod implementacji algorytmów lokalizacji. Praktyczne zastosowanie i testowanie lokalizacji sieci ZigBee.
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Electrochemical sensor for measurement of volatile organic compounds in air
PublicationPrzedstawiono rezultaty badań prototypowego czujnika do oznaczania mrówczanu etylu i formaldehydu w powietrzu. Określono czułość wskazań czujnika i jego granice oznaczalności wykorzystując jako techniki detekcyjne pulsową woltamperometrię różnicową (DPV) oraz woltamperometrię fali prostokątnej (SWV). Elektrodę roboczą i przeciwelektrodę stanowiły elektrody z Pt. Elektrolitem wewnętrznym była ciecz jonowa (chlorek 1-heksylo,3-metyloimidazolinowy)....
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New Manufacturing Method Of Sensor Oriented Optical Fibers
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Optimal placement of IMU sensor for the detection of children activity
PublicationIn this paper an investigation to determine the optimal placement of IMU sensors for the purpose of children characteristic activity detection is presented. The article compares four different placement of two IMU sensors on human body. Ten healthy volunteers participated within the study. Data were collected firstly from two wireless 9-axial IMU sensors placed at the left and right wrists, then sensors were placed at lower back...
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A model of the response of the MGS-6 gravity sensor to tilting
PublicationThe reliable interpretation of the measurements made by the Micro-g marine gravimetric system (MGS-6) depends on how the temporary changes of the scale coefficients such as gravimeter scale factor, vertical cross-coupling (VCC) effect, tiltmeter cross and tiltmeter long are compensated for during the signal analysis. The listed coefficients cannot be determined from readings during the measurements or by analysing the final data....
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Trajectories detection in a distributed multi-sensor tracking system
PublicationW pracy rozważono problem śledzenia obiektów poruszających się za pomocą rozproszonego systemu wieloczujnikowego. Głównym zadaniem systemu śledzenia jest detekcja i estymacja trajektorii obiektów poruszających się w obserwowanej przestrzeni. Trajektoria obiektu to ciąg estymat kinematycznego stanu obiektu, jego pozycji, prędkości, itp. Klasyczne systemy śledzenia oparte są na filtrze Kalmana korzystającym z danych z pojedynczego...
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A Microwave Sensor with Operating Band Selection to Detect Rotation and Proximity in the Rapid Prototyping Industry
PublicationThis paper presents a novel sensor for detecting and measuring angular rotation and proximity, intended for rapid prototyping machines. The sensor is based on a complementary split-ring resonator (CSRR) driven by a conductor-backed coplanar waveguide. The sensor has a planar topology, which makes it simple and cost-effective to produce and accurate in measuring both physical quantities. The sensor has two components, a rotor, and...
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Determination of Odor Air Quality Index (OAQII) Using Gas Sensor Matrix
PublicationThis article presents a new way to determine odor nuisance based on the proposed odor air quality index (OAQII), using an instrumental method. This indicator relates the most important odor features, such as intensity, hedonic tone and odor concentration. The research was conducted at the compost screening yard of the municipal treatment plant in Central Poland, on which a self-constructed gas sensor array was placed. It consisted...
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Multiple sound sources localization in real time using acoustic vector sensor
PublicationMethod and preliminary results of multiple sound sources localization in real time using the acoustic vector sensor were presented in this study. Direction of arrival (DOA) for considered source was determined based on sound intensity method supported by Fourier analysis. Obtained spectrum components for considered signal allowed to determine the DOA value for the particular frequency independently. The accuracy of the developed...
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Sounding Mechanism of a Flue Organ Pipe—A Multi-Sensor Measurement Approach
PublicationThis work presents an approach that integrates the results of measuring, analyzing, and modeling air flow phenomena driven by pressurized air in a flue organ pipe. The investigation concerns a Bourdon organ pipe. Measurements are performed in an anechoic chamber using the Cartesian robot equipped with a 3D acoustic vector sensor (AVS) that acquires both acoustic pressure and air particle velocity. Also, a high-speed camera is employed...
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Response of a New Low-Coherence Fabry-Perot Sensor to Hematocrit Levels in Human Blood
PublicationIn this paper, a low-coherence Fabry-Perot sensor with a spectrally measured signal processing response to the refractive index of liquids is presented. Optical fiber sensors are potentially capable of continuous measuring hematocrit levels in blood. Low-coherence Fabry-Perot interferometric sensors offer a robust solution, where information about the measurand is encoded in the full spectrum of light reflected from the sensing...
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Application of a Gas Sensor Array to Effectiveness Monitoring of Air Contaminated with Toluene Vapors Absorption Process
PublicationThis article demonstrates the application of a gas sensor array to monitor the effectiveness of the absorption process of air stream purification from odorous compounds (toluene vapors). A self-constructed matrix consisting of five commercially available gas sensors was used. Multiple linear regression (MLR) was selected as the statistical technique used to calibrate the matrice. Gas chromatography coupled with a flame ionization...
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INVESTIGATION OF ACIDIC SOLUTIONS BY POTENTIOMETRIC TASTE SENSOR WITH ALL SOLID STATE ELECTRODES
PublicationPotentiometric taste sensors with electrodes containing lipophilic compound / polymer membranes were already used to distinguish commercial liquid products. In this paper a new potentiometric taste sensor consisting of six All Solid State Electrodes (ASSEs) has been presented. Each of the membrane contains a selected lipophilic compound. The set-up consists of a reference electrode and six ASSEs. The inner layer made of a conducting...
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MONTE CARLO MODELING OF OPTICAL SENSOR FOR POST-OPERATIVE FREE FLAP MONITORING
PublicationAfter a preliminary study of the currently employed methods in vitality monitoring of the tissue flaps (TRAM, DIEP, SIEA), a usefulness of optical techniques is discussed. It seems that one of the most promising in monitoring tissue flaps blood flow is a near infrared spectrometry (NIRS). However, a special design of a measurement sensor has to be developed. First, basing on the literature study an optical “window” is characterized....
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Support for Employees with ASD in the Workplace Using a Bluetooth Skin Resistance Sensor–A Preliminary Study
PublicationThe application of a Bluetooth skin resistance sensor in assisting people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), in their day-to-day work, is presented in this paper. The design and construction of the device are discussed. The authors have considered the best placement of the sensor, on the body, to gain the most accurate readings of user stress levels, under various conditions. Trial tests were performed on a group of sixteen...
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A measurement method for capacitive sensors based on a versatile direct sensor-to-microcontroller interface circuit
PublicationIn the paper, there is presented a new time-domain measurement method for determining the capacitance values of capacitive sensors, dedicated, among others, to capacitive relative humidity sensors. The method is based on a versatile direct sensor-to-microcontroller interface for microcontrollers with internal analog comparators (ACs) and with precision voltage reference sources, e.g. digital-to-analog converters (DACs). The reference...
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Determination of toxic gases based on the responses of a single electrocatalytic sensor and pattern recognition techniques
PublicationA response from an electrocatalytic gas sensor contains fingerprint information about the type of gas and its concentration. As a result, a single gas sensor can be used for the determination of different gases. However, information about the type of gas and its concentration is hidden in the unique shape of the current–voltage response and it is quite difficult to explore. One of the ways to get precise information about the measured...
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Assessing the time effectiveness of trust management in fully synchronised wireless sensor networks
PublicationThe paper presents the results of the time effectiveness assessment of the distributed WSN Cooperative Trust Management Method - WCT2M in a fully synchronized Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). First we introduce some basic types of synchronization patterns in WSN based on the idea of sleep scheduling. Then we explain how WCT2M works in the network applying the fully synchronized sleep scheduling pattern. Such networks were subjected...
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Optical Sensor Based Gestures Inference Using Recurrent Neural Network in Mobile Conditions
PublicationIn this paper the implementation of recurrent neural network models for hand gesture recognition on edge devices was performed. The models were trained with 27 hand gestures recorded with the use of a linear optical sensor consisting of 8 photodiodes and 4 LEDs. Different models, trained off-line, were tested in terms of different network topologies (different number of neurons and layers) and different effective sampling frequency...
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Multilevel inverter neutral-point voltage sensor diagnostic based on the Extended Kalman Filter
PublicationA new algorithm for neutral point voltage imbalance estimation in DC link of the three-level (3L) neutral point clamped (NPC) voltage source inverter (VSI) is proposed. Application of the proposed algorithm does not require any additional sensors. The unbalanced voltage calculation is based on the information derived from the inverter output measured currents and from the knowledge of the load model parameters. In order to estimate...
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Marek Moszyński dr hab. inż.
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Stability of an optical displacement sensor using a two-beam polarization interferometer
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wyniki pomiarów stabilności wybranej konfiguracji dwuwiązkowego interferometru polaryzacyjnego. Przedyskutowano źródła występującej niestabilności.
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Influence of vacuum sublimation deposited metal layer thickness on metrological parameters of the amperometric gas sensor with Nafion membrane
PublicationThe paper presents the results of investigation on an influence of vacuum sublimation deposited platinum layer thickness on the signal, sensitivity and response time of a prototype of sulphur dioxide sensor with Nafion membrane. The working electrode was made by vacuum sublimation deposition of platinum on a surface of Nafion membrane. Pt layers deposited changed an initial structure of Nafion membrane and that phenomenon was utilized...
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A New Approach to Capacitive Sensor Measurements Based on a Microcontroller and a Three-Gate Stable RC Oscillator
PublicationA complete smart capacitive sensor solution basedA complete smart capacitive sensor solution based on a microcontroller was developed. This approach includes the development of both the hardware and software. The hardware part comprises an 8-bit microcontroller equipped with two timers/counters and a three-gate stable RC relaxation oscillator. The software part handles system configuration, measurement control, communication control,...
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Design, Realization and Measurements of Enhanced Performance 2.4 GHz ESPAR Antenna for Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks
PublicationThis paper presents the design, realization and measurements of an Electronically Steerable Parasitic Array Radiator (ESPAR) antenna with enhanced performance of estimating the incoming signal direction. Designed antenna is dedicated for 2.4 GHz ISM applications with emphasis on Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). Proposed antenna provides different radiation patterns by proper configuration of the parasitic elements. Thus, several...
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A novel luminescent chemical sensor for the determination of Pb 2+ and Cu 2+ ions
PublicationSilica xerogel surface grafted with aminopropyl (PrNH2) groups was additionally treated by cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) surfactant and ascorbic acid (asc) in alkaline solution. This material symbolized as SiO2-PrNH2-CTAB/asc, proved to be a stable luminescent material, exhibited an emission band peaked at 393 nm under excitation wavelength 335 nm. Time evolution of the band intensity suggests changes of defect concentration...
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Detection of immunological agent by optical fiber sensor: preliminary study
PublicationThe objective of this study is the application of optical methods for detection of immunological agent concentration. As the agent we used the Cyclaid, produced by Apotex Inc. In this article we investigated different Cyclaid concentrations in water. We used a Fabry-Pérot interferometer working in a reflective mode, the measurements were performed with source with central wavelength λ = 1550 nm. The preliminary investigation have...
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Power quality conditioners with minimum number of current sensor requirement
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Modeling of active fiber Bragg grating underwater acoustic sensor.
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono wyniki modelowania nowego typu przetwornika hydroakustycznego wykorzystującego światłowodową siatkę Bragga. Siatka ta, domieszkowana jonami pierwiastków ziem rzadkich, pracuje jako laser z rozłożonym sprzężeniem zwrotnym, co pozwala na znaczne zwiększenie czułości tego prztwornika w porównaniu z rozwiązaniami wykorzystującymi siatki pasywne. W celu uzyskania równomiernego rozkładu naprężeń siatki zastosowano...