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An Array-Based Sensor for Seafood Freshness Assessment

  • Gonzalez-Martin, Anuncia;Lewis, Brian;Raducanu, Marius;Kim, Jin-Seong
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.31 no.11
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    • pp.3084-3092
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    • 2010
  • This paper describes the development of an automated, hand-held sensor for the fast assessment of seafood freshness. The sensor developed here combined: an array-based chemical sensor, composed of incrementally different conducting polymer elements deposited on a small chip; a highly sensitive, custom-made electronics for the detection of very small signal changes; precise temperature control of the sensor chamber; and an on-board microcontroller for data collection, storage, automation, and analysis. The instrument was used to successfully test seafood samples with different degree of freshness and spoilage. A linear relationship between microbiological count and e-Nose signal for three different fish fillet was developed. Once the linear relationship is included into the hand-held unit software, the e-Nose signal can be used for assessment of seafood freshness without performing the microbiological count technique.

Implementation of ARM11 Platform for Gas Sensor Based on Embedded Linux (Embedded Linux를 기반으로 한 Gas센서용 ARM11 플랫폼 구현에 관한 연구)

  • Ahn, Jong-Chan;Kim, Young-Kil;Na, Sang-Sin
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.13 no.7
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    • pp.1335-1343
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    • 2009
  • This paper focuses on the implementation of hand held typeARM11 Platform for gas sensor based on Embedded Linux OS. The S3C6400, which is ARM11 architecture based, is the key component of the ARM11 Platform, Bluetooth is adapted to consist the network for the wireless transmission of environmental data between a sensor node and hand held type ARM11 Platform. Linux is ported to the Platform, QT/embedded is used for the application development.

Development and Performance of a Hand-Held CZT Detector for In-Situ Measurements at the Emergency Response

  • Ji, Young-Yong;Chung, Kun Ho;Kim, Chang-Jong;Yoon, Jin;Lee, Wanno;Choi, Geun-Sik;Kang, Mun Ja
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.41 no.2
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    • pp.87-91
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    • 2016
  • Background: A hand-held detector for an emergency response was developed for nuclide identification and to estimate the information of the ambient dose rate in the scene of an accident as well as the radioactivity of the contaminants. Materials and Methods: To achieve this, the most suitable sensor was first selected as a cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) semiconductor and the signal processing unit from a sensor and the signal discrimination and storage unit were successfully manufactured on a printed circuit board. Results and Discussion: The performance of the developed signal processing unit was then evaluated to have an energy resolution of about 14 keV at 662 keV. The system control unit was also designed to operate the CZT detector, monitor the detector, battery, and interface status, and check and transmit the measured results of the ambient dose rate and radioactivity. In addition, a collimator, which can control the inner radius, and the airborne dust sampler, which consists of an air filter and charcoal filter, were developed and mounted to the developed CZT detector for the quick and efficient response of a nuclear accident. Conclusion: The hand-held CZT detector was developed to make the in-situ gamma-ray spectrometry and its performance was checked to have a good energy resolution. In addition, the collimator and the airborne dust sampler were developed and mounted to the developed CZT detector for a quick and efficient response to a nuclear accident.

Simple image artifact removal technique for more accurate iris diagnosis

  • Kim, Jeong-lae;Kim, Soon Bae;Jung, Hae Ri;Lee, Woo-cheol;Jeong, Hyun-Woo
    • International journal of advanced smart convergence
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.169-173
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    • 2018
  • Iris diagnosis based on the color and texture information is one of a novel approach which can represent the current state of a certain organ inside body or the health condition of a person. In analysis of the iris images, there are critical image artifacts which can prevent of use interpretation of the iris textures on images. Here, we developed the iris diagnosis system based on a hand-held typed imaging probe which consists of a single camera sensor module with 8M pixels, two pairs of 400~700 nm LED, and a guide beam. Two original images with different light noise pattern were successively acquired in turns, and the light noise-free image was finally reconstructed and demonstrated by the proposed artifact removal approach.

Disposable in-field electrochemical potable sensor system for free available chlorine (FAC) detection

  • Chang, Seung-Cheol;Park, Deog-Su
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.449-456
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    • 2007
  • The work described in this study concerns the development of a disposable amperometric sensor for the electrochemical detection of a well-known aqueous pollutant, free available chlorine (FAC). The FAC sensor developed used screen printed carbon electrodes (SPCEs) coupled with immobilised syringaldazine, commonly used as an indicator in photometric FAC detection, which was directly immobilised on the surface of SPCEs using a photopolymer PVA-SbQ. To enable in-field analysis of FAC, a prototype hand-held electrochemical analyzer has been developed to withstand the environment with its rugged design and environmentally sealed connections; it operates from two PP3 (9 volt) batteries and is comparable in accuracy and sensitivity to commercial bench top systems. The sensitivity of the FAC sensor developed was $3.5{\;}nA{\mu}M^{-1}cm^{-2}$ and the detection limit for FAC was found to be $2.0{\;}{\mu}M$.

ALIS : GPR System for Humanitarian Demining and Its Deployment in Cambodia

  • Sato, Motoyuki;Yokota, Yuya;Takahashi, Kazunori
    • Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.55-62
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    • 2012
  • Humanitarian demining is very important issue not only in mine affected courtiers but also for the courtiers which are technically, politically and financially supporting the mine affected courtiers. In order to achieve higher efficiency of the mine clearance operation, new technologies can significantly contribute to the societies. Since 2002, Tohoku University, Japan has developed a sensor system "ALIS" for humanitarian demining. ALIS is a hand-held dual sensor, which combines an electromagnetic induction sensor (EMI) and a Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR). ALIS has a real-time sensor tracking system based on a CCD camera and which enables the image reconstruction. We have tested ALIS in Cambodia and found that it can eliminate more than 70 % metal fragments. Since 2009, 2 sets of ALIS have detected more than 80 anti-personnel mines, and cleared more than 137,000 $m^2$ in Cambodia.

Investigations of process factors in the sensitivity of embedded digital switching TSP

  • Han, Sang-Youn;Oh, Keun-Chan;Seong, Dong-Gi;Ham, Yeon-Sik;Lyu, Jae-Jin;Cho, Young-Je
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.10a
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    • pp.1531-1534
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    • 2009
  • Effect of process factors on the sensitivity of inner-type digital switching TSP was analyzed. From these results, we have successfully fabricated inner-type digital switching TSP embedded in 3.2-inch WQVGA PLS mode LCD panel. During many factors, TFT sensor structure for reducing the PI thickness and a separation distance of $0.3{\mu}m$ between the conductive column spacer (C/S) and TFT sensor were essential. Glass thickness and main C/S density were also important factors. This technology can be applied to wide angle of view hand-held phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and tablet PCs.

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Diagnostic ex vivo assay of glucose in live cell using voltammetry

  • Ly, Suw Young;Leea, Chang Hyun
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.1379-1385
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    • 2018
  • The hand held voltammetry systems searched diabetic assay using glucose sensor of fluorine nafion doped carbon nanotube electrode (FCNE). An inexpensive graphite carbon pencil was used as an Ag/AgCl reference and Pt counter electrode. Upon combining and using three electrode systems, optimum square wave (SW) stripping results were attained to 1.0-9.0 ug/L with 8 points. Statistic RSD precision was of 6.02 % with n=15 in 0.1 mg/L glucose. After a total of 200 second accumulation times, analytical detection limit of 0.8 ug/L was obtained. This developed technique was applied to urine samples from diabetic patients urine for fluid analysis, it was determined that the sensor can be used with a diagnostics in the ex vivo of live cells and non treated biological fluid.

Control Network using Bluetooth with Wire Network (유선 네트워크 기반의 근거리 무선 통신을 이용한 제어용 네트워크)

  • Gwak, Jae-Hyeok;Im, Jun-Hong
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2003.11c
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    • pp.476-479
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    • 2003
  • Recently, Bluetooth has been regarded as a new technology for short-range wireless connection. Although initial application of Bluetooth technology has been focused mainly on replacing cables between hand-held devices due to a limited packet size and short-range, general wireless telecommunication such as PAN and Ad hoc networks via Bluetooth-equipped devices is expected to be one of the most popular applications. Wireless equipments have been used to exchange data between host and mobile unit. The exchanging data may be several bytes of control command and the value of sensors with ultra-sonic, vision sensor, and encoder from mobile robot. However, most wireless equipments have some drawbacks such as lack of authentication, large size and high price. On the other hand, the benefits of Bluetooth are small size, low power, low price except short-range. Especially, there are some difficulties when wireless modules are used in indoor environments. In this paper, a method of using wire network in Bluetooth network is investigated as a solution to overcome the short-range problem of Bluetooth and difficulty in indoor environment.

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Group Control System for Field Trip using Wireless Sensor Networks (무선 센서 네트워크를 이용한 현장 견학의 그룹 관리 시스템)

  • Jung, Kyung-Kwon;Lee, Seung-Joon;Kim, Min-Chul;Kyung, Yeo-Sun;Eom, Ki-Hwan
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2010.10a
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    • pp.489-492
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    • 2010
  • In paper present a group control system for field trip using wireless sensor networks. The teacher in charge of every group carries a hand-held device which is used to manage the lists of children, identify them and detect if any child goes away from the group. Every child uses a sensor node which serves to transmit packet in every 5 seconds and locate in an area of 30 meters around the teacher. The teacher controls the children, detect possible absence children escaping or lost. The proposed system can be used during the excursions, and picnics as well as field trips.

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