In this paper, we focus on naturally incorporating contact modes estimation in a dynamical simulation of an object with multiple contacts. More specifically, this paper presents an algorithm to simulate a meter stick trick using a Linear Complementarity Problem (LCP) formulation. A meter stick, modeled as a planar uniform horizontal rod in gravity, is supported by two point contacts or ”fingers...

In this paper we present PRIMA: a new model tailored to symbolic music that detects the meter and the first downbeat position of a piece. Given onset data, the metrical structure of a piece is interpreted using the Inner Metric Analysis (IMA) model. IMA identifies the strong and weak metrical positions in a piece by performing a periodicity analysis, resulting in a weight profile for the entire...

Fundamental to the experience of music, beat and meter perception refers to the perception of periodicities while listening to music occurring within the frequency range of musical tempo. Here, we explored the spontaneous building of beat and meter hypothesized to emerge from the selective entrainment of neuronal populations at beat and meter frequencies. The electroencephalogram (EEG) was reco...

The smart grid is an electrical grid that uses information and communications technology to gather and act on information, such as information about the behaviors of suppliers and consumers, in an automated fashion to improve the efficiency, reliability, economics, and sustainability of the production and distribution of electricity. In the smart grid environment, it is a very important factor ...

The practice of singing dates back to the beginnings of human history and represents the convergence of two similar systems: language and music. Within these two systems, the fields of linguistic prosody and musical meter each use the temporal domain to express their underlying structure. At times, these expressional requirements differ, necessitating either compromise or dominance of one syste...

'I'he purpose of this paper is to build a computer vision system that cndows an ant onomous mobile robot the ability of automatic measnring of the anlog and digital meters installed in nuclear power plant (NPP). In the m ~ t e r image captured by the camera, the meter area is sorted out using mainly the thresholding and the region labeling. The positions and the angles of the needles in analog ...

According to the related technology about power meter, single-phase power meter based on Ethernet is designed and researched. Single-chip processor MC9S12NE64 is used as system’s CPU and in charge of the system control and information processing. Power measurement chip CS5460A is applied to calculate electrical parameters. EMAC and EPHY modules which are MC9S12NE64’s inter parts are adopted to ...

In this paper the authors detail the TREND meter, a tool for monitoring the power and the utilization of networked devices. Their solution is based on standard measurements and data export methods. The TREND meter provides graphed energy consumption and load information of each measured device. After detailing the TREND meter architecture, the authors reported the main results that they had obt...

Mass flow measurement is the basis of most technoeconomic formulations in the chemical industry. This calls for reliable and accurate detection of mass flow. Flow measurement laboratory experiments were conducted using various instruments. These consisted of orifice plates, various sized rotameters, wet gas meter and soap bubble meter. This work was aimed at evaluating appropriate operating con...

In smart power grids, a smart meter placed at a consumerend point reports fine-grained usage information to utility providers. Based on this information, the providers can perform demand prediction and set on-demand pricing. However, this also threatens user privacy, since users’ specific activity or behavior patterns can be deduced from the finely granular meter readings. To resolve this issue...