Browsing Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Conference Papers) by Issue Date
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Advanced hardware real time face detector
(IEEE, 2012)Face detection and tracking can be considered an enabling technology for a range of image enhancements technologies, authentications and advanced UIs in handheld devices. Several modes of implementing a face detection ... -
A crash course on patents for engineers
(2013)Most engineers are aware of the existence of patents. Indeed the preparation of patent disclosures is an important aspect of most research engineering job functions. Yet for many engineers the world of patents remains ... -
The Influence of Cell Type on Artificial Development
(2013)Two variants of biologically inspired cell model, namely eukaryotic (containing a nucleus) and prokaryotic (without a nucleus) are compared in this research. Experiments are designed to provide an understanding of how the ... -
A crash course on patents for engineers
(IEEE, 2013-01-12)Most engineers are aware of the existence of patents. Indeed the preparation of patent disclosures is an important aspect of most research engineering job functions. Yet for many engineers the world of patents remains ... -
Half-face detector for enhanced performance of flash-eye filter
(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 ... -
On thin-clients and the cloud; can smartphones and tablets really reduce electricity consumption?
(2014)Cloud computing suggests that we can move many computational and data storage services from the desktop onto the network. New thin clients provide an excellent user interface for cloud services and also reduce both ... -
Detection and repair of flash-eye in handheld devices
(IEEE, 2014)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 ... -
Wide field of view (WFoV) imaging for consumer devices
(2014)The concepts of wide field of view (WFoV) imaging for consumer devices are explained. Some current examples and enabling technologies are provided. The need for real-time distortion correction is outlined. Several new ... -
A practical challenge for iris authentication on handheld imaging devices
(IEEE, 2015)Following on the introduction of fingerprint biometrics, iris authentication for handheld imaging devices has become a hot research topic. However widespread adoption of this technology faces a significant challenge as ... -
Iris recognition on consumer devices - challenges and progress
(IEEE, 2015-11-11)This article outlines various technical, social and ethical challenges in implementing and widely adopting iris recognition technology on consumer devices such as smartphone or tablets. Acquisition of sufficient quality ... -
Beyond stream processing??? A distributed vision architecture for the Internet of Things
(IEEE, 2016)An ‘edge-based’ image processing architecture for the internet of things (IoT) is devised, drawing on the existing image processing pipelines that are implemented in today’s imaging modules in digital cameras and ... -
Challenges for semantically driven collaborative spaces
(Springer, 2016)Linked Data initiatives have fostered the publication of more than one thousand of datasets in the Linking Open Data (LOD) cloud from a large variety of domains, e.g., Life Sciences, Media, and Government. Albeit large ... -
Technological requirements for microwave ablation of adrenal masses
(IEEE, 2017)Microwave thermal ablation is under consideration for minimally invasive treatment of bilateral adrenal adenomas, symptomatic of Conn's syndrome. Currently available microwave technologies are ill-suited to precise ablation ... -
Real-time automotive street-scene mapping through fusion of improved stereo depth and fast feature detection algorithms
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2017-01-08)The real-time tracking of street scenes as a vehicle is driving is a key enabling technology for autonomous vehicles. In this work we provide the basis for such a system through combining an improved advanced random walk ... -
Deep learning for facial expression recognition: A step closer to a smartphone that knows your moods
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2017-01-08)By growing the capacity and processing power of the handheld devices nowadays, a wide range of capabilities can be implemented in these devices to make them more intelligent and user friendly. Determining the mood of the ... -
Impact of histology region size on measured dielectric properties of biological tissues
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2017-05-22)Accurate knowledge of the dielectric properties of biological tissues is necessary for the design and development of electromagnetic medical technologies. Both electromagnetic diagnostic and therapeutic techniques depend ... -
An analytical method to assess the impact of distributed generation and energy storage on reliability of supply
(CIRED International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution, 2017-06-12)Efficient integration of Distributed Generation (DG) and Energy Storage Systems (ESS) to distribution networks can help improve the reliability of supply. In order to evaluate the impact of these technologies on ... -
An end-user led approach for assessing the feasibility of small-scale wind energy projects
(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 ... -
A novel tissue-mimicking material for phantom development in medical applications of EIT
(EIT2017, 2017-06-21)A solid Tissue-Mimicking Material (TMM) with adjustable conductivity properties, which can be matched to those of biological tissue, is presented. TMM models of breast fat and gland matching the conductivity of real tissue ... -
Realistic 3D finite element mesh of the adult human pelvis for electrical impedance tomography
(Zenodo, 2017-06-21)The finite element method is a numerical technique used to solve forward models for electrical impedance tomography. To date, realistic finite element models (FEMs) have been created for the head and thorax, but pelvic ...