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Advanced hardware real time face detector
Bigioi, Petronel; Zaharia, Corneliu; Corcoran, Peter (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 ... -
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 ... -
An analytical method to assess the impact of distributed generation and energy storage on reliability of supply
Escalera, Alberto; Hayes, Barry; Prodanovic, Milan (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 ... -
Beyond stream processing??? A distributed vision architecture for the Internet of Things
Corcoran, Peter (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 ... -
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] -
CEBus network access via the world-wide-web
Corcoran, Peter; Desbonnet, Joe (IEEE, 1996)Several methods of providing access to CEBus networks using the World Wide Web are described. Details of a working demonstration system are given. The system software incorporates CGI-Bin scripts and Java applets ... -
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 ... -
A crash course on patents for engineers
Corcoran, Peter (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 ... -
A crash course on patents for engineers
Corcoran, Peter (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 ... -
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 ... -
Detection and repair of flash-eye in handheld devices
Corcoran, Peter; Bigioi, Petronel; Nanu, Florin (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 ... -
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 ... -
Digital imaging services using PTP (picture transfer protocol)
Corcoran, Peter (IEEE, 2002-06-20)Interconnectivity of digital cameras with other devices seems to be one of the main concerns of consumers and digital camera manufacturers. Interconnectivity features in digital cameras provide better usage of digital ... -
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 ...