Analogic fiber optic position sensor with nanometric resolutionSENSORS, 2002 IEEE - Tập 2 - Trang 926-930 vol.2
F. Lamarque, C. Prelle
This paper describes a miniature analogic position sensor. This sensor is dedicated to high resolution displacement measurement (10 nm) between two positions over a long range (a few millimeters). The working principle of the sensor is presented as well as experimental results.
#Optical fibers #Optical fiber sensors #Sensor phenomena and characterization #Optical sensors #Mirrors #Size measurement #Optical interferometry #Displacement measurement #Capacitive sensors #Position measurement
A gazing point distance detection system for accommodation assisting glassesSENSORS, 2002 IEEE - Tập 2 - Trang 905-910 vol.2
T. Fujita, S. Sato, M. Idesawa
Proposes a gazing point distance detection system which is one of the important key issues in order to realize accommodation assisting glasses, automatic focusing glasses which can assist eye focusing for aged persons who suffer from presbyopia. The new system has a tunnel type light path device which consists of very narrow tunnels with the opening of a vertically long rectangle. The tunnels are ...... hiện toàn bộ
#Glass #Lenses #Vision defects #Focusing #Aging #Automatic control #Gravity #Iris #Manufacturing #Position sensitive particle detectors
Sub-micron range thickness measurements using a novel scanning heterodyne optical interferometerSENSORS, 2002 IEEE - Tập 2 - Trang 1080-1084 vol.2
N.A. Riza, M.A. Arain
Introduces a novel and highly accurate method of thickness measurement using a compact, high performance, scanning heterodyne optical interferometer. The instrument has the potential to measure thickness at an Angstrom resolution over a micron continuous thickness range. The instrument uses acousto-optic devices to implement rapid scanning for thickness measurements of the test medium. As the read...... hiện toàn bộ
#Optical interferometry #Thickness measurement #Optical mixing #Optical beams #Laser beams #High speed optical techniques #Optical refraction #Optical variables control #Instruments #Acoustic testing
Optical fiber sensor using tailored porous sol-gel fiber coreSENSORS, 2002 IEEE - Tập 1 - Trang 71-73 vol.1
S. Tao, C.B. Winstead, R. Jindal, J.P. Singh
Novel techniques for fabricating a porous sol-gel fiber, doping chemical reagent into the fiber, and constructing an optical fiber chemical sensor using the porous fiber as a transducer, have been invented. A moisture sensor employing a CoCl/sub 2/ doped porous sol-gel fiber as a transducer has been constructed as an example. The test result of the moisture sensor verified a conclusion from theore...... hiện toàn bộ
#Optical fiber sensors #Optical fiber communication #Optical fiber testing #Chemical sensors #Transducers #Moisture #Optical fibers #Light sources #Humidity #Coatings
Thermally activated ageing of polysiliconSENSORS, 2002 IEEE - Tập 1 - Trang 602-606 vol.1
M. Ehmann, F. Schubert, P. Ruther, O. Paul
Thermally induced resistance changes and long term stability of polysilicon resistors were characterized for temperatures up to 1400 K. For this purpose, a new test microstructure was developed which is based on a micro hotplate with a central polysilicon resistor as the material under test and two polysilicon heaters for temperature cycling of the membrane. This test system allows the separate me...... hiện toàn bộ
#Aging #Thermal resistance #Resistors #Materials testing #Resistance heating #Temperature dependence #Switches #Cooling #Thermal stability #Microstructure
Implantable glucose sensor: progress and problemsSENSORS, 2002 IEEE - Tập 1 - Trang 270-273 vol.1
F. Moussy
Although the first implantable glucose sensors were developed a few decades ago, there is still no glucose sensor that can work reliably and for a long period of time after implantation. This loss of function in vivo is caused by events that affect the sensor itself (e.g. degradation, fouling...), as well as by changes in the tissue surrounding the sensor, caused by the implantation. Therefore, in...... hiện toàn bộ
#Sugar #Biosensors #Biomembranes #Biological control systems #In vivo #Electrodes #Biological tissues #Sensor phenomena and characterization #Monitoring #Diabetes
Active structural error suppression in MEMS vibratory gyroscopesSENSORS, 2002 IEEE - Tập 2 - Trang 1089-1094 vol.2
C.C. Painter, A.M. Shkel
Due to restrictive tolerancing, structural imperfections that reduce the performance of fabricated micro devices are typical. While feedback control is normally used to compensate for these imperfections, we show that this is insufficient for suppressing errors without interfering with device performance. The only alternatives are costly and time consuming post processing or the implementation of ...... hiện toàn bộ
#Micromechanical devices #Gyroscopes #Feedback control #Electrodes #Electrostatics #Aerospace engineering #Error correction #Force control #Actuators #Optical device fabrication
Design and application of the field-bus-based intelligent robot plug and play sensing systemSENSORS, 2002 IEEE - Tập 2 - Trang 1677-1681 vol.2
Jianjun Zhang, Yunjian Ge, X. Wang, G. Song, J. Jiang
In this paper, a novel design and application method of intelligent robot sensing system is presented in this paper. The multi-functional perceptual system consists of heterogeneous kinds of sensors, such as six-dimensional force/torque, tactile, vision, etc. Supported by the field-bus-based data acquisition and transmission technology, all the sensors work in an open connection environment, namel...... hiện toàn bộ
#Intelligent robots #Plugs #Intelligent sensors #Sensor systems #Design methodology #Tactile sensors #Force sensors #Torque #Data acquisition #Hardware
A textile based capacitive pressure sensorSENSORS, 2002 IEEE - Tập 2 - Trang 1625-1630 vol.2
M. Sergio, N. Manaresi, M. Tartagni, R. Guerrieri, R. Canegallo
This paper introduces an approach for decoding the pressure information exerted over a broad piece of fabric by means of capacitive sensing. The proposed sensor includes a distributed passive array of capacitors (i.e. an array where no active elements are involved), whose capacitance depends on the pressure exerted on the textile surface, and an electronic system that acquire and process the subse...... hiện toàn bộ
#Capacitive sensors #Sensor arrays #Capacitors #Capacitance measurement #Pressure measurement #Decoding #Fabrics #Sensor systems #Textile fibers #Performance evaluation
An Internet-based, inverse-GPS system for monitoring and tracking mobile aquatic sensorsSENSORS, 2002 IEEE - Tập 2 - Trang 1734-1739 vol.2
J. Howell, J. Frolik
This paper presents a novel, Internet-based system designed for continual monitoring and tracking of mobile aquatic sensors. A general overview of current positioning and tracking techniques is presented. The paper then details the two facets of the proposed system: (1) the sensors and signal processing for positioning and monitoring; and (2) the Internet-based tracking. The signal processing syst...... hiện toàn bộ
#Internet #Monitoring #Sensor systems #Signal processing algorithms #Databases #Data mining #Face #Hardware #Signal processing #Web pages