An electronic vehicle immobilizer is an anti-theft device which prevents the engine of the vehicle from starting unless the corresponding transponder is present. Such a transponder is a passive RFID tag which is embedded in the car key and wirelessly authenticates to the vehicle. It prevents a perpetrator from hot-wiring the vehicle or starting the car by forcing the mechanical lock. Having suc...

A parametric method based on spatial filter techniques (beamforming) is proposed to estimate the propagation speed of acoustic waves. The propagation speed estimate is analyzed for the case of narrowband signals and compared to the maximum likelihood estimate (MLE) of the propagation speed. It is shown that for an array of 3 sensors our estimate coincides with the ML estimate but its performanc...

The core objective of this paper is to analyse the impact of changes in fuel intensity and car size on energy demand of passenger cars in EU-15 countries. Of special relevance in this context is how the rebound effect due to the change in car fuel intensity and car size (average engine power) affects the energy conservation effect. Lower fuel intensity reduces the cost of car travel, and may le...

Small diesel engines are widely used for commercial vehicle and passenger car applications due to their higher torque requirements, fuel economy, and better thermal efficiency. These engines are exposed to different operating and environmental conditions and hence emissions from these engines are erratic. Strategies are required to enhance performance and reduce engine-out emissions considering...

Internal Combustion Engines are known for their unique sound characteristics. Through these characteristics, an experienced car mechanic will be able to diagnose the type of engine damage just by listening sound. This reduces need disassemble components pinpoint machine faults which also contributes a significant reduction in overall repair time. The main aim this paper is build process identif...

Mobile technology plays a vital role in modern era. In the emerging trend of speech technologies, speech/non-speech detection is an unsolved problem, which affects numerous speech related applications. One of the major reasons for these thefts is the unauthenticated access to the car doors and engine. Recently the Remote keyless system emerged for users to operate their cars without keys. For i...

In this paper a novel method for car racing controller learning is proposed. Car racing simulation is an active research field where new advances in aerodynamics, consumption and engine power are modelled and tested. The proposed approach is based on Neural Networks that learn the driving behaviour of other rule-based bots. Additionally, the resulted neural-networks controllers are evolved in o...