This paper presents a novel vision based obstacle detection algorithm that is adapted from a powerful background subtraction algorithm: ViBe (VIsual Background Extractor). We describe an adaptive obstacle detection method using monocular color vision and an ultrasonic distance sensor. Our approach assumes an obstacle free region in front of the robot in the initial frame. However, the method dy...

We present here a new ultrasonic diagnosis technique in natural, porous rocks. This method, based on the ultrasonic velocity changes, allows us to measure the transient spacial distribution of two liquids (water and oil) in a sandstone.

The ultrasonic inspection technique can be very useful to determine the state of non reachable structure. In this paper a method based on the neural network classification to evaluate the corrosion level of non accessible pipes is shown. A set of optimal features constitutes the database and feeds the neural network. These features are chosen by time and frequency features extracted from simula...

An ultrasonic transducer is a key component to achieve ultrasonic imaging. This paper designs a new type of Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) based capacitive ultrasonic transducer and a linear array based on the transducer. Through directivity analysis, it can be found that its directivity is weak due to the small size of the designed transducer, but the directivity of the designed linear ...

The paper describes a new method and system, designed for application to upper extremity prosthesis. Artificial limb with our new system is robot arm controlled by EMG signals and monitored and corrected by set of ultrasonic sensors. The control system used to control robotic arms measured EMG signals from muscles and the signal from the ultrasonic sensors detect obstacles in the robot's motion...

A conventional ultrasonic bath was used to examine the feasibility of forming aqueous spherical gold nanoparticles (GNPs) under atmospheric conditions. The effects of ultrasonic energy on the size and morphology of GNPs were also investigated. Highly monodispersed spherical GNPs were successfully synthesised by sodium citrate reduction in a conventional ultrasonic bath, without an additional he...

This paper describes an ultrasonic tagging system developed for robustly observing human activity in a living area. Using ultrasonic transmitter tags with unique identifiers, the system is shown through experimental application to be able to track the three-dimensional motion of tagged objects in real time with high accuracy, resolution and robustness to occlusion. The use of an ultrasonic syst...

In this work, the ultrasonic signals are modelled as a superposition of many Gaussian echoes with unknown parameters. The detection of ultrasonic echoes using Maximum A Posteriori estimation principle, based on the prior knowledge of the spectral characteristic of the ultrasonic transducer, has been used in order to estimate the unknown parameters. A simulation study validated by experimentatio...

Ultrasonic speech is a novel technology which implies exciting human vocal tract (VT) with an ultrasonic signal to provide a speech mode in the ultrasonic frequency range. This has several applications including speech-aid prostheses for voice-loss patients, silent speech interfaces, secure mode of communication in mobile phones and speech therapy. Linear prediction has recently been proven to ...

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