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Electricity in a Climate Constrained World [Book Review]
Corcoran, Peter (IEEE, 2014-01)This latest study by the International Energy Agency (IEA) on world electricity consumption, its current status, and the most likely developments we are going to see during the next few years. If you are familiar with ... -
An end-user led approach for assessing the feasibility of small-scale wind energy projects
Miu, Luciana M.; Hayes, Barry P.; Djokic, Sasa Z. (NUI Galway, 2017-06-18)The successful realization of a wind energy project, i.e. a wind farm, wind plant or, in its simplest form, a single wind turbine generator, WTG, strongly depends on accurate assessment of wind energy resources at the ... -
Evaluation of Combined Visible/NIR Camera for Iris Authentication on smartphones
Thavalengal, Shejin; Bigioi, Petronel; Corcoran, Peter (IEEE, 2015)Iris biometrics provide a mature and robust method of authentication, but are typically applied in a controlled environment and under constrained acquisition conditions. In this paper, the adaption of iris biometrics for ... -
Facial enhancement and beautification for HD video cameras
Corcoran, Peter (IEEE, 2011)Influenced by the widespread adoption of HDTV consumer imaging devices have begun to feature full HD (high density) video capture. With this high-resolution capability, small imperfections in human faces are captured with ... -
Facial expression modeling using component AAM models-Gaming applications
Bacivarov, Ioana; Corcoran, Peter (2009)In this paper we provide preliminary results on a new modeling approach for improved determination of facial expressions from a low-resolution video stream. An initial proof-of-concept using an extension of an Active ... -
Haemodynamic performance of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) during recovery from total hip arthroplasty
Broderick, Barry J.; Breathnach, Oisin; Condon, Finbarr; Masterson, Eric; Ó Laighin, Gearóid (2013-03-05)Background: Patients post total hip arthroplasty (THA) remain at high risk of developing Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) during the recovery period following surgery despite the availability of effective pharmacological and ... -
Half-face detector for enhanced performance of flash-eye filter
Corcoran, Peter; Bigioi, Petronel (IEEE, 2013-01-12)Red-eye and flash-eye defects in still photography continue to cause problems for digital imaging devices. New variants of flash-eye defects have appeared as cameras and cameras sub-systems get smaller in size. This paper ... -
Home gateway architecture for generic multimedia services
Cucos, A.; Corcoran, Peter; Bigioi, Petronel; Hanrahan, R.B.W. (1999)Development of a prototype residential gateway based on low-cost off-the-shelf PC components is described. The goal is to show how such a gateway might operate to satisfy the requirements of a broad spectrum of customer ... -
Hybrid video-frame pre-processing architecture for HD-video
Bigioi, Petronel; Corcoran, Peter (IEEE, 2011)As imaging devices begin to support full frame rate video at 720p and higher resolutions image processing algorithms which operate on full image frames become severely challenged due to both the processing costs of operating ... -
Image processing techniques to detect and filter objectionable images based on skin tone and shape recognition
Corcoran, Peter (IEEE, 2001-06-09)In this paper we describe image-processing techniques to detect and categorize potentially objectionable images based solely on the image content. The techniques include a novel method of matching skin tones based on a ... -
The Innovations and Inventions of Steve Jobs [IP Corner]
Corcoran, Peter (IEEE, 2014-04)Much of the world of patents is shrouded in layers of legal mysticism, semantic nuances, and subtle complexities. Those of you who are regular readers of "IP Corner" will know that I often try to explain the principles ... -
The Internet of Things: why now, and what's next?
Corcoran, Peter (IEEE, 2016-01)The technology to connect "things" to the Internet has existed for more than 20 years, so if we take a look back at recent history, we might well be tempted to ask the question "Why now" In this article, I address that ... -
Introducing the IEEE Biometrics Compendium: Insight into the current issue.
Corcoran, Peter (IEEE, 2014-01)IEEE biometrics compendium is the first IEEE virtual journal, which is a collection of previously published IEEE papers in specific scientific and technical disciplines paired with value-added commentary from technology ... -
Iris authentication in handheld devices - considerations for constraint-free acquisition
Corcoran, Peter; Bigioi, Petronel; Thavalengal, Shejin (IEEE, 2015-05)As a near ideal biometric, iris authentication is widely used and mobile acquisition techniques are known. But iris acquisition on handheld imaging devices, such as smartphones, poses multiple, unique challenges. In this ... -
Just another year in the consumer electronics industry? [notes from the editor]
Corcoran, Peter (IEEE, 2016-01-01)Welcome to another CES show issue of IEEE Conumer Electronics Magazine. This issue is aligned with the International CES held in Las Vegas, a global meeting for the consumer electronics (CE) industry where you can view the ... -
Kickstarting Collaboration [Notes from the Editor]
Corcoran, Peter (IEEE, 2014-07)[no abstract available] -
A Lexicon of Patent Jargon [IP Corner]
Corcoran, Peter (2014)Often when I am doing work related to patents and IP, I find myself talking a different language. It is a strange legal dialect that patent lawyers have developed over many years. Now while its original purpose was ... -
Managing Resources for Better Behaved Robots
Kennelly, Ronan; Morgan, Fearghal; Galvin, Martin (2006)This paper presents an architecture based on features of the QNX real-time operating system (RTOS) that translate directly into aspects of a behaviour-based robotic model.Significant research effort has been expended on ... -
Methods for detecting objectionable internet images based on graphical content.
Corcoran, Peter (IEEE, 2001-07)[no abstract available] -
A multistage selective weighting method for improved microwave breast tomography
Shahzad, Atif; O'Halloran, Martin; Jones, Edward; Glavin, Martin (Elsevier, 2016-08-24)Microwave tomography has shown potential to successfully reconstruct the dielectric properties of the human breast, thereby providing an alternative to other imaging modalities used in breast imaging applications. Considering ...