Browsing Electrical and Electronic Engineering by Issue Date

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    • Architecture of a PVR appliance with 'Long Tail' internet-TV capabilities 

      Corcoran, Peter; Callaly, Frank (IEEE, 2006)
      The design and implementation of a networked PVR appliance incorporating support for Internet-TV is described. The appliance incorporates support for the bittorrent protocol and employs user tools for content location, ...

    • SIOC browser- towards a richer blog browsing experience 

      Bojars, Uldis; Breslin, John G.; Passant, Alexandre (Books on Demand, 2006)
      [No abstract available]

    • 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 ...

    • In-camera person-indexing of digital images 

      Costache, G.; Mulryan, R.; Steinberg, E.; Corcoran, Peter (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2006-01-07)
      A prototype implementation of an automatic in-camera cataloging tool is presented. An external infrastructure to store and analyze images and support the in-camera cataloging tool is also described.

    • Home networking middleware infrastructure for improved audio/video appliance functionality and interoperability 

      Corcoran, Peter; Cucos, Alex; Callaly, Frank (IEEE, 2006-05-15)
      A software architecture is described which significantly improves the accessability of multiple home appliances on a heterogeneous home network. Methods for aggregating devices into virtual clusters on a local middleware ...

    • Rapid prototyping of networked A/V CE appliances 

      Corcoran, Peter; Callaly, Frank (IEEE, 2006-05-15)
      In this paper the design and rapid prototyping of networked A/V CE appliances is described. Practical implementations of three types of appliance are described: (i) a streaming A/V server; (ii) a streaming A/V client device ...

    • Next Generation Face Tracking Technology Using AAM Techniques 

      Corcoran, Peter; Ionita, Mircea C.; Bacivarov, Ioana (IEEE, 2007)
      This paper realizes an investigation of the active appearance model (AAM) techniques, with particular emphasis on problems related to the implementation of AAM in realtime face tracking applications for embedded systems. ...

    • Biometric access control for digital media streams in home networks 

      Corcoran, Peter; Iancu, Claudia; Callaly, Frank; Cucos, Alexandru (IEEE, 2007)
      Methods for controlling access to digital media content in the home environment using biometric sensing techniques are described. A wireless rebroadcast system for IP-TV content was retrofitted with a combination of ...

    • PTP/IP adapter design and connectivity techniques for legacy imaging appliances 

      Corcoran, Peter M. (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 ...

    • Online social and business networking communities 

      O'Murchu, Ina; Breslin, John G.; Decker, Stefan (IUP Publications, 2007)
      [No abstract available]

    • Semantic community portals 

      O’Murchu, Ina; Zhdanova, Anna V.; Breslin, John G. (IGI Global, 2007)
      Many virtual communities have surfaced and come together on the World Wide Web. Web-based community portals serve as a one-stop place for all information needs serving a group of users that have common interests. As ...

    • 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 Fingerprint Analysis & Authentication for Embedded Appliances 

      Callaly, Frank; Cucu, Catalin; Cucos, Alex; Leyden, Mark; Corcoran, Peter (IEEE, 2007-04-10)
      A complete fingerprint analysis system is described. The design and architecture of a loadable device driver for a USB fingerprint sensor is described. Image processing filters to enhance the raw image data and to extract ...

    • Enabling Legacy PTP Cameras and Printers as Networked PTP/IP Appliances 

      Corcoran, Peter (IEEE, 2007-04-10)
      PTP/IP is a new connectivity standard for networked imaging appliances which combines the ease of use and seamless connectivity of picture transfer protocol (PTP) with the ubiquity of TCP/IP networks. In this paper we ...

    • Separating Directional Lighting Variability in Statistical Face Modelling Based on Texture Space Decomposition 

      Ionita, Mircea C.; Bacivarov, Ioana; Corcoran, Peter (IEEE, 2007-07-04)
      In this paper we propose a simple method for decomposing the linear texture space of a facial appearance model into two linear subspaces, one for inter-individual variability and another for variations caused by directional ...

    • Managing Digital Image Collections from your TV-Set: A State-of-Art Review 

      Corcoran, Peter; Callaly, Frank; Bigioi, Petronel (IEEE, 2007-07-14)
      The problem of managing growing digital image collections is discussed in the context of a home user. The use of a conventional television set as both a viewing and management tool is discussed. The problem of linking ...

    • A Review of Face Recognition Techniques for In-Camera Applications 

      Iancu, Claudia; Costache, Gabriel; Corcoran, Peter M. (IEEE, 2007-08-20)
      This paper presents an overview of a number of classical face recognition techniques, including an assessment of their suitability for applications in real-time embedded systems such as digital cameras, and a generalized ...

    • Trust models for community aware identity management 

      Choi, Hee-Chul; Kruk, Sebastian Ryszard; Grzonkowski, S\lawomir; Grzonkowski, Slawomir; Stankiewicz, Katarzyna; Davis, Brian; Breslin, John G. (IUP Publications, 2008)
      [No abstract available]

    • 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 statistical modeling based system for blink detection in digital cameras 

      Corcoran, Peter; Bacivarov, Ioana; Jonita, Mircea C (IEEE, 2008)
      In this paper we describe a system which uses statistical eye modeling to track the eyes and detect eyes blinking. The main challenge was to design an eye model robust to small variations of head pose and to extract the ...