Recent Advances in Sensing Technology

✍ Scribed by C. P. Gooneratne, A. Kurnicki, M. Iwahara, M. Kakikawa, S. C. Mukhopadhyay, S. Yamada (auth.), Subhas Chandra Mukhopadhyay, Gourab Sen Gupta, Ray Yueh-Min Huang (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 329
• Series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 49
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This Special Issue titled "Recent Advances in Sensing Technology" in the book series of "Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering" contains the extended version of the papers selected from those that were presented at the 3^rd International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST 2008) which was held in November 30 to December 3, 2008 at National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. A total of 131 papers were presented at ICST 2008, of which 19 papers have been selected for this special issue.

This Special Issue has focussed on the recent advancements of the different aspects of sensing technology, i.e. information processing, adaptability, recalibration, data fusion, validation, high reliability and integration of novel and high performance sensors. The advancements are in the areas of magnetic, ultrasonic, vision and image sensing, wireless sensors and network, microfluidic, tactile, gyro, flow, surface acoustic wave, humidity, gas, MEMS thermal and ultra-wide band. While future interest in this field is ensured by the constant supply of emerging modalities, techniques and engineering solutions, many of the basic concepts and strategies have already matured and now offer opportunities to build upon.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages -
A GMR Needle Probe to Estimate Magnetic Fluid Weight Density Inside Large Tumors....Pages 1-14
Evaluation of Surface Flaw by Magnetic Flux Leakage Testing Using Amorphous MI Sensor and Neural Network....Pages 15-33
A Scalable Ultrasonic-Based Localization System Using the Phase Accordance Method....Pages 35-54
VHDL-AMS Modelling of Ultrasound Measurement System in Linear Domain....Pages 55-73
Application of Laser-Ultrasound to Non-contact Temperature Sensing of Heated Materials....Pages 75-89
Vision Sensor with an Active Digital Fovea....Pages 91-111
Development of a Real-Time Full-Field Range Imaging System....Pages 113-129
Development of a Stereo Image Distribution System....Pages 131-142
From Labs to Real Environments: The Dark Side of WSNs....Pages 143-168
Loading Analysis of a Remotely Interrogatable Passive Microvalve....Pages 169-188
Flexible Piezoelectric Tactile Sensors with Structural Electrodes Array....Pages 189-202
A New Method for Direct Gravity Estimation and Compensation in Gyro-Based and Gyro-Free INS Applications....Pages 203-219
Model-Based Phasor Control of a Coriolis Mass Flow Meter (CMFM) for the Detection of Drift in Sensitivity and Zero Point....Pages 221-240
Wireless Interrogation of a Micropump and Analysis of Corrugated Micro-diaphragms....Pages 241-256
Synthesis of Aligned ZnO Nanorods with Different Parameters and Their Effects on Humidity Sensing....Pages 257-269
Ultra-Wideband Radars for Through-Wall Imaging in Robotics....Pages 271-282
Electrical and Gas Sensing Perfomanance of Coppergermanate....Pages 283-291
Studies on Gas Sensing Performance of Pure and Nano- Ag Doped ZnO Thick Film Resistors....Pages 293-307
Micro Temperature Sensors and Their Applications to MEMS Thermal Sensors....Pages 309-326
Back Matter....Pages -

✦ Subjects

Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation; Electrical Engineering; Information Systems and Communication Service; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Control, Robotics, Mechatronics; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineerin