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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 ... -
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 ... -
An optimal day-ahead load scheduling approach based on the flexibility of aggregate demands
Ayón, X.; Gruber, Jorn K.; Hayes, Barry P.; Usaola, J.; Prodanović, M. (Elsevier, 2017-04-26)The increasing trends of energy demand and renewable integration call for new and advanced approaches to energy management and energy balancing in power networks. Utilities and network system operators require more assistance ... -
Optimised analytical models of the dielectric properties of biological tissue
Salahuddin, Saqib; Porter, Emily; Krewer, Finn; O’Halloran, Martin (Elsevier, 2017-02-09)The interaction of electromagnetic fields with the human body is quantified by the dielectric properties of biological tissues. These properties are incorporated into complex numerical simulations using parametric models ... -
The Patent Prosecution Process [IP Corner]
Corcoran, Peter (IEEE, 2014-01)Patents are legal documents, but they capture and preserve rights to important engineering ideas. For this reason, they are very important to the corporations and research institutions that employ engineers. And as a ... -
A portable Java API interface to simplify user access to digital cameras
Corcoran, Peter (IEEE, 1998-08)The digital camera is one of the main successes of recent years in consumer electronics. However ii typical digital camera remains tied to proprietary software on a personal computer. In this paper we describe the design ... -
Proof-of-concept and evaluation of a dual function visible/NIR camera for iris authentication in smartphones
Thavalengal, Shejin; Andorko, Istvan; Drimbarean, Alexandru; Bigioi, Petronel; Corcoran, Peter (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2015-05)As a robust method of person authentication, iris biometrics is making its way in to consumer devices such as smartphones. Current iris image acquisition devices typically work under controlled environment and constrained ... -
PTP/IP adapter design and connectivity techniques for legacy imaging appliances
Bigioi, Petronel; Corcoran, Peter (IEEE, 2007)PTP/IP is an emerging connectivity standard for networked imaging appliances. It combines the ease of use and seamless connectivity of Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) with the ubiquity of TCP/IP networks. In this paper we ... -
Real-Time Eye Gaze Tracking for Gaming Design and Consumer Electronics Systems
Corcoran, Peter; Bigioi, Petronel (2012)Real time face detection combined with eye-gaze tracking can provide a means of user input into a gaming environment. Game and CE system designers can use facial and eye-gaze information in various ways to enhance UI design ... -
Real-time eye gaze tracking for gaming design and consumer electronics systems
Corcoran, Peter (IEEE, 2012)Real time face detection combined with eyegaze tracking can provide a means of user input into a gaming environment. Game and CE system designers can use facial and eye-gaze information in various ways to enhance ... -
Repairability Smackdown II: iPhone versus iPhone
Corcoran, Peter (IEEE, 2013-01)Following our award-winning article last January [1], I thought it might be time to have another repair "smackdown," courtesy of Kyle Wiens and the iFixit repair gurus. But what could we do that would equal our previous ... -
Repairability smackdown: how do the latest tablet models stack up?
Corcoran, Peter (IEEE, 2013)Tablets are the latest craze in the consumer electronics (CE) world. New models are hitting the shelves every few months, many featuring new screen and speaker technologies and the latest in low-power, high-performance ... -
The rôle of information technology in enterprise reengineering.
Lyons, Gerard J. (Wiley, 1997)Information Technology has often been argued to be central to the development and implementation of redesigned business processes from the first appearance of the term Business Process Reengineering . Yet, the contribution ... -
A secure and efficient micropayment solution for online gaming
Grzonkowski, Slawomir; Corcoran, Peter (2009)An innovative micropayment solution is proposed which incorporates both distributed security and social networking features. This has significant potential to impact on both the provision of new services and community ... -
Smart cameras: 2D affine models for determining subject facial expressions
Bacivarov, Ioana; Corcoran, Peter M.; Ionita, Mircea (IEEE, 2010-07-15)In this paper we consider how next generation of smart cameras will move beyond face detection and tracking to develop more useful analysis tools for determining the expressions and emotions of the subjects in images. An ... -
SMART MOVE - a smartphone-based intervention to promote physical activity in primary care: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Glynn, Liam G.; Hayes, Patrick S.; Casey, Monica; Glynn, Fergus; Alvarez-Iglesias, Alberto; Newell, John; Ó Laighin, Gearóid; Heaney, David; Murphy, Andrew W. (BioMed Central, 2013-05-29)Background: Sedentary lifestyles are now becoming a major concern for governments of developed and developing countries with physical inactivity related to increased all-cause mortality, lower quality of life, and increased ... -
Statistical models of appearance for eye tracking and eye-blink detection and measurement
Bacivarov, Ioana; Ionita, Mircea; Corcoran, Peter (IEEE, 2008-08)A statistical Active Appearance Model (AAM) is developed to track and detect eye blinking. The model has been designed to be robust to variations of head pose or gaze. In particular we analyze and determine the model ... -
Understanding Patent Applications [IP Corner]
Corcoran, Peter (IEEE, 2012)In order to obtain the grant of a patent, a person or more commonly an organization, must file an application at a patent office with jurisdiction to grant a patent in the relevant geographic area. This is often be a ...