Sensor Review: Volume 30 Issue 3

Powering tomorrow's sensor: a review of technologies – Part 1

This paper aims to provide a technical review of new and emerging power sources and their application to sensors.

Sensor innovations at the combined manufacturing‐related shows

The purpose of this paper is to review of the sensor technology at the combined manufacturing‐related shows which included quality, design and manufacturing, assembly…

A review of data logging systems, software and applications

The purpose of this paper is to examine the design and capabilities of data acquisition systems, and review various interesting applications.

A new method for automatically identifying the shaft orbit moving direction of hydroelectric generating set

Shaft orbit is an important characteristic for vibration monitoring and diagnosing system of hydroelectric generating set. Because of the low accuracy and poor reliability of…

Assessment of particle filter and Kalman filter for estimating velocity using odometery system

The purpose of this paper is to propose multisensory integration for train positioning application, to support recent automatic train control systems and also moving block…

An automatic occlusion handling method in augmented reality

To make an augmented image realistic, the virtual objects should be correctly occluded by foreground objects. The purpose of this paper is to propose a new approach that resolves…

A new fast converging Kalman filter for sensor fault detection and isolation

The purpose of the paper is to present an approach to detect and isolate the sensor failures, using a bank of extended Kalman filters (EKF) using an innovative initialization of…

An implementation of a novel vision‐based robotic tracking system

The purpose of the paper is to present an approach to detect and isolate the sensor failures, using a bank of extended Kalman filters (EKFs) using an innovative initialization of…

Determination of tissue properties using microfabricated piezoelectric tactile sensor during minimally invasive surgery

The purpose of this paper is to present the design, analysis, fabrication, and assembly of four tooth annular microfabricated tactile sensors integrated with the upper and lower…

A fairly balanced clustering algorithm for routing in wireless sensor networks

Routing protocols in wireless sensor networks (WSN) are a crucial challenge for which the goal is maximizing the system lifetime. Since the sensor nodes are with limited…

New tool ensures girth welds in oil and gas pipes are right first time

Patent abstracts

EnOcean Alliance reaches milestone toward becoming an international standard

The NanoKTN supports EC’s investment in economic wealth of Europe

Sensor power sources

New 12-bit AM4096 programmable magnetic encoder chip offers UVW outputs and non-contact ruggedness for digital motor and motion control Encoder IC from Renishaw’s RLS product line provides high-resolution speed/position feedback at reduced cost

Web sites

Keeping trucks on the road

Book review

Solar powered sensor is only 9 mm3 in volume

Diary

Engineers get the measure of the larger things in life

Biometrics and security are on the rise

Harvesting opportunities

LMI Technologies announces US patent for robot milking application