Sensor science is a modern discipline which addresses issues, problems and solutions involving various facets of the phenomenon of perception of phenomena. Perception is oriented toward natural phenomena, both external and internal to man, moreover, perception is also oriented toward artifacts devised by man. In both cases any sensor device is itself an artifact that man has conceived and desig...

In her paper, "Aesthetics and Audiovisual Metaphors in Media Perception," Kathrin Fahlenbrach presents a model of audiovisual analysis where focus is on audiovisual aesthetics perceived physically and affectively. Fahlenbrach starts out from the assumption that image and sound are inseparable in audiovisual media and must be treated as a unit, a "synchresis" (Chion). Fahlenbrach proposes that o...

Rhythmic perception is intimately related to the production of rhythm in the form of music or dance movements. In this paper we present an architecture and the development of a robotic system using humanoid robots, based on the Lego Mindstorms NXT, which tries to simulate the human rhythmic perception from audio signals, and its reactive behavior in the form of dance. To do so we used a rhythmi...

Consumers’ food quality perception and sensorial experience are important in food consumption behavior and food choice. Red fruit juices are appreciated fruit juices for almost all consumers, due to their flavor and intense red color. Studies have also shown that their phytochemical composition, which is associated with their antioxidant activity, shows a protective effect against many chronic ...

3D virtual environments (VE) require an advanced user interface to fully express their information contents. New I/O devices enable the use of multiple sensorial channels (vision, hearing, touch, etc.) to increase the naturalness and the efficiency of complex interactions. Haptic and acoustic interfaces extend the effective experience of virtual reality to visually impaired users. For these use...

In this article, a dynamic localization method based on multi-target tracking is presented. The originality of this method is its capability to manage and propagate uncertainties during the localization process. This multi-level uncertainty propagation stage is based on the use of the Dempster–Shafer theory. The perception system we use is composed of an omnidirectional vision system and a pano...

Iberian ham presents superior sensorial quality than other ones. Currently, chemical procedures are being used to determine fat level of the ham, but they can not give any information about its distribution. Some research made on Iberian hams from pigs with different feeding reveal similar fat level, but pigs fed on acorns and grass reached better qualifications in a sensorial analysis of the s...

Bedridden patients are in risk to developing pressure ulcers and represent a priority group to be studied to identify this condition. To reach this goal, specific instruments are used to assess this problem. The objective of this study was to analyze the risk factors to developing pressure ulcers in adult patients hospitalized in ICUs. This is a sectional analytical study, in which evaluations ...

Most of control algorithms for robotic reaching and grasping tasks, from visual and motor perception systems, are based on feedbacked systems. It supposes a limitation for the performance of remote reaching applications and for the robustness of the system. In this paper, a very robust learning-based model for visual-motor coordination is presented. This architecture is based on how the human s...