Sensor Review: Volume 36 Issue 1

Nanosensors and MEMS: connecting the nanoscale with the macro world with microscale technology

Robert Bogue

This paper aims to illustrate how sensors can be fabricated by combining nanomaterials with micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) technology and to give examples of recently…

A kind of infrared expand depth of field vision sensor in low-visibility road condition for safety-driving

Hui-Feng Wang, Gui-ping Wang, Xiao-Yan Wang, Chi Ruan, Shi-qin Chen

This study aims to consider active vision in low-visibility environments to reveal the factors of optical properties which affect visibility and to explore a method of obtaining…

Innovative soft fault diagnosis method for dual-redundancy sensors

Yaoming Zhou, Yongchao Wang, Shunan Dou, Zhijun Meng

This paper aims to conduct soft fault diagnosis of dual-redundancy sensors. An innovative fault diagnosis method, which combines a tracking differentiator and a sequential…

Hybrid feature matrix construction and feature selection optimization-based multi-objective QPSO for electronic nose in wound infection detection

Jia Yan, Shukai Duan, Tingwen Huang, Lidan Wang

The purpose of this paper is to improve the performance of E-nose in the detection of wound infection. Feature extraction and selection methods have a strong impact on the…

Time series estimation of gas sensor baseline drift using ARMA and Kalman based models

Lei Zhang, Xiongwei Peng

The purpose of this paper is to present a novel and simple prediction model of long-term metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) gas sensor baseline, and it brings some new perspectives…

A tapered fibre optics biosensor for histamine detection

Hamza Usman, Muhammad Hafiz Abu Bakar, Amir Syahir Hamzah, Abu bakar Salleh

This paper aims to estimate the level of histamine in fish and fish products, as it is very important because of their implication in fish poisoning in humans; hence, ascertaining…

The spectral calibration method for a crop nitrogen sensor

Jun Ni, Jifei Dong, Jingchao Zhang, Fangrong Pang, Weixing Cao, Yan Zhu

– The purpose of this paper is to improve the accuracy and signal-to-noise ratio (SN) of a crop nitrogen sensor.

A portable embedded explosion gas detection and identification device based on intelligent electronic nose system

Gu Gong, Hua Zhu

The purpose of this study satisfied the need for rapid, sensitive and highly portable identification of an explosion gas. In our study, a battery-operated, low-cost and portable…

Electrical capacitance tomography: a review on portable ECT system and hardware design

Wan Norhisyam Abd Rashid, Elmy Johana Mohamad, Ruzairi Abdul Rahim, Jaafar Abdullah, Hanis Liyana Mohmad Ameran

There are demands from the industry to have a modern application of Electrical Capacitance Tomography (ECT) system which is mobile and agile. One of the factors why such system is…

Optimization of magnetic hat for quartz flexible accelerometer

Cuo Wang, Xingfei Li, Ke Kou, Chunguo Long

This study aims to ameliorate the strength and uniformity of the magnetic field in the air-gap of quartz flexible accelerometers. Quartz flexible accelerometers (QFAs), a type of…

Design of capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) linear array for underwater imaging

Rui Zhang, Wendong Zhang, Changde He, Jinlong Song, Linfeng Mu, Juan Cui, Yongmei Zhang, Chenyang Xue

The purpose of this paper was to develop a novel capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) reception and transmission linear array for underwater imaging at 400 kHz…

Surface defect detection for high-speed rails using an inverse P-M diffusion model

Zhendong He, Yaonan Wang, Feng Yin, Jie Liu

When using a machine vision inspection system for rail surface defect detection, many complex factors such as illumination changes, reflection inequality, shadows, stains and rust…

Modeling, simulation and coupling experiment for integrated passive wireless multi-parameters ceramic sensor

Tanyong Wei, Qiulin Tan, Tao Luo, Guozhu Wu, Shun Tang, Dan-Dan Shen, Chen Li, Jijun Xiong

The purpose of this paper is to propose a pressure-, temperature- and acceleration-sensitive structure-integrated inductor-capacitor (LC) resonant ceramic sensor to fulfill the…