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Advances in the detection & repair of flash-eye defects in digital images - a review of recent patents
Corcoran, Peter; Bigioi`, Petronel (Bentham Science, 2012)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 ... -
Biometric technology and smartphones: a consideration of the practicalities of a broad adoption of biometrics and the likely impacts
Corcoran, Peter; Costache, Claudia (IEEE, 2016-04)The Widespread Global Adoption of Smartphones across all demographics and the rapid commoditization of the technology to the point at which an entry-level device can be sold profitably for less than US$100 suggest that we ... -
Biometrics and Consumer Electronics: A Brave New World or the Road to Dystopia?[Soapbox]
Corcoran, Peter M. (IEEE, 2013-04)Biometric systems confirm a person's identity by extracting and comparing patterns in their physical characteristics against computer records of those patterns. Examples include scans of the face, iris, or retina; measurements ... -
Broadening Our Horizons [Notes from the Editor]
Corcoran, Peter (IEEE, 2014-04)As many of you will be aware,IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine evolved from the quarterly newsletter of the IEEE Consumer Electronics (CE) Society. Jim Farmer edited the newsletter before I took over from him during 2010. ... -
Browser and applet interfaces to CEBUS networks
Corcoran, Peter; Desbonnet, Joe (IEEE, 1997-06-13)[no abstract available] -
Champions in our midst: the Apple doesn't fall far from the tree
Corcoran, Peter; Coughlin, Tom; Wozniak, Steve (IEEE, 2016-01)In this issue, we are very proud to introduce you to one of the best-known early pioneers of the computer industry. His work on the early Apple computers catalyzed today's home computer industry, and he participated directly ... -
Champions in our midst: the father of digital video broadcasting
Corcoran, Peter (IEEE, 2015)One of the benefits of joining the IEEE Consumer Electronics (CE) Society is that you get access to senior engineers and researchers from our industry. They are often at our conferences, workshops, and local Chapter meetings ... -
Cloud computing and consumer electronics: a perfect match or a hidden storm? [Soapbox]
Corcoran, Peter M. (IEEE, 2012-04)Cloud computing has emerged strongly into the consumer domain. As industry competes to gain market share from the rapidly growing multitudes of cloud-IT users, both network and data center infrastructures will grow more ... -
Deep learning for consumer devices and services: Pushing the limits for machine learning, artificial intelligence, and computer vision
Lemley, Joseph; Bazrafkan, Shabab; Corcoran, Peter (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2017-04)In the last few years, we have witnessed an exponential growth in research activity into the advanced training of convolutional neural networks (CNNs), a field that has become known as deep learning. This has been triggered ... -
Determining Unique Fingerprint Features for Biometric Encoding of Data
Cucu, Catalin; Cucos, Alex; Corcoran, Peter (2008)A novel approach to determining unique fingerprint features with high repeatibility is described. The techniques described are particularly suitable for CE applications and devices employing inexpensive capacitative ... -
A dual image processing pipeline camera with CE applications
Andorko, Istvan; Corcoran, Peter; Bigioi, Petronel (2011)The implementation of a dual image processing pipeline camera on a state-of-art FPGA system is described. This camera can simultaneously acquire dual images of a scene and process, analyze and merge both images to enable ... -
Effect of logarithmic and linear frequency scales on parametric modelling of tissue dielectric data
Salahuddin, Saqib; Porter, Emily; Meaney, Paul M.; O'Halloran, Martin (IOP Publishing, 2017-02-03)The dielectric properties of biological tissues have been studied widely over the past half-century. These properties are used in a vast array of applications, from determining the safety of wireless telecommunication ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...