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Sensors, Volume 24, Issue 18

2024 September-2 - 299 articles

Cover Story: In public security and surveillance, efficacy and privacy protection measures must be continually evaluated. Our work deploys sensor fusion for the discrete detection of concealed metal objects on persons whilst preserving their privacy. This is achieved by coupling mmWave radar and depth camera technology with a novel neural network architecture that processes radar signals using convolutional Long Short-Term Memory blocks and depth signals using convolutional operations. We demonstrate the detection of presence and 3D location of concealed metal objects, achieving accuracies of up to 95% using a technique that is robust to multiple persons. This work provides a demonstration of the potential for cost-effective and portable sensor fusion with strong opportunities for further development. View this paper
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Articles (299)

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,324 Views
16 Pages

23 September 2024

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are effective tools for identifying road anomalies with limited detection coverage due to the discrete spatial distribution of roads. Despite computational, storage, and transmission challenges, existing detection algo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,565 Views
31 Pages

flyDetect: An Android Application for Flight Detection

  • Jonas Reinholdt,
  • Eric Jul and
  • Paulo Ferreira

23 September 2024

Over the past years, transport mode recognition has become a large field of research. However, flight as a type of transportation has been mostly overlooked. A system for flight detection might be useful for context-aware applications, but more impor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
12,105 Views
22 Pages

Machine Learning-Based Gesture Recognition Glove: Design and Implementation

  • Anna Filipowska,
  • Wojciech Filipowski,
  • Paweł Raif,
  • Marcin Pieniążek,
  • Julia Bodak,
  • Piotr Ferst,
  • Kamil Pilarski,
  • Szymon Sieciński,
  • Rafał Jan Doniec and
  • Marcin Grzegorzek
  • + 4 authors

23 September 2024

In the evolving field of human–computer interaction (HCI), gesture recognition has emerged as a critical focus, with smart gloves equipped with sensors playing one of the most important roles. Despite the significance of dynamic gesture recogni...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
9,068 Views
22 Pages

23 September 2024

Advancements in wireless communication and automation have revolutionized mobility systems, notably through autonomous vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). UAV spatial coordinates, determined via Global Positioning System (GPS) signals, are...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,359 Views
14 Pages

Signal Quality in Continuous Transcutaneous Bilirubinometry

  • Fernando Crivellaro,
  • Anselmo Costa and
  • Pedro Vieira

23 September 2024

Bilirubin is a product of the metabolism of hemoglobin from red blood cells. Higher levels of bilirubin are a sign that either there is an unusual breaking down rate of red blood cells or the liver is not able to eliminate bilirubin, through bile, in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,018 Views
11 Pages

A Mixed Approach for Clock Synchronization in Distributed Data Acquisition Systems

  • Gabriele Manduchi,
  • Andrea Rigoni,
  • Luca Trevisan and
  • Tommaso Patton

23 September 2024

Proper timing synchronization is important when data from sensors are acquired by different devices. This paper proposes a simple but effective solution for System on Chip (SoC) architectures that integrates a general-purpose Field Programmable Gate...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,696 Views
26 Pages

Gas Sensing Properties of Indium–Oxide–Based Field–Effect Transistor: A Review

  • Chengyao Liang,
  • Zhongyu Cao,
  • Jiongyue Hao,
  • Shili Zhao,
  • Yuanting Yu,
  • Yingchun Dong,
  • Hangyu Liu,
  • Chun Huang,
  • Chao Gao and
  • Yong He
  • + 1 author

23 September 2024

Excellent stability, low cost, high response, and sensitivity of indium oxide (In2O3), a metal oxide semiconductor, have been verified in the field of gas sensing. Conventional In2O3 gas sensors employ simple and easy–to–manufacture resis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,309 Views
24 Pages

Location Privacy Protection for the Internet of Things with Edge Computing Based on Clustering K-Anonymity

  • Nanlan Jiang,
  • Yinan Zhai,
  • Yujun Wang,
  • Xuesong Yin,
  • Sai Yang and
  • Pingping Xu

23 September 2024

With the development of the Internet of Things (IoT) and edge computing, more and more devices, such as sensor nodes and intelligent automated guided vehicles (AGVs), can serve as edge devices to provide Location-Based Services (LBS) through the IoT....

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,178 Views
24 Pages

23 September 2024

With the development of automation and intelligent technologies, the demand for autonomous mobile robots in the industry has surged to alleviate labor-intensive tasks and mitigate labor shortages. However, conventional industrial mobile robots’...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,258 Views
19 Pages

A Recommendation System for Trigger–Action Programming Rules via Graph Contrastive Learning

  • Zhejun Kuang,
  • Xingbo Xiong,
  • Gang Wu,
  • Feng Wang,
  • Jian Zhao and
  • Dawen Sun

23 September 2024

Trigger–action programming (TAP) enables users to automate Internet of Things (IoT) devices by creating rules such as “IF Device1.TriggerState is triggered, THEN Device2.ActionState is executed”. As the number of IoT devices grows,...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,086 Views
28 Pages

From Biosensors to Robotics: Pioneering Advances in Breast Cancer Management

  • Mohd. Rahil Hasan,
  • Mohd Mughees,
  • Shifa Shaikh,
  • Furqan Choudhary,
  • Anam Nizam,
  • Amber Rizwan,
  • Onaiza Ansari,
  • Yusra Iqbal,
  • Roberto Pilloton and
  • Jagriti Narang
  • + 1 author

23 September 2024

Breast cancer stands as the most prevalent form of cancer amongst females, constituting more than one-third of all cancer cases affecting women. It causes aberrant cell development, which can assault or spread to other sections of the body, perhaps l...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,770 Views
25 Pages

23 September 2024

For the future of sixth-generation (6G) wireless communication, simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) technology is emerging as a promising solution to achieve lower power transmission and flawless c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,927 Views
13 Pages

23 September 2024

A compact VHF/UHF ultrawideband discone antenna with consistent patterns is proposed in this article. The proposed antenna consists of a disk, a modified cone, an inverted cone, four shorting probes, and two sleeves. To improve the radiation angular...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,265 Views
19 Pages

Farm Monitoring System with Drones and Optical Camera Communication

  • Shinnosuke Kondo,
  • Naoto Yoshimoto and
  • Yu Nakayama

23 September 2024

Drones have been attracting significant attention in the field of agriculture. They can be used for various tasks such as spraying pesticides, monitoring pests, and assessing crop growth. Sensors are also widely used in agriculture to monitor environ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,201 Views
30 Pages

Study of Acoustic Emission Signal Noise Attenuation Based on Unsupervised Skip Neural Network

  • Tuoya Wulan,
  • Guodong Li,
  • Yupeng Huo,
  • Jiangjiang Yu,
  • Ruiqi Wang,
  • Zhongzheng Kou and
  • Wen Yang

23 September 2024

Acoustic emission (AE) technology, as a non-destructive testing methodology, is extensively utilized to monitor various materials’ structural integrity. However, AE signals captured during experimental processes are often tainted with assorted...

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,550 Views
22 Pages

Dual-Band Passive Beam Steering Antenna Technologies for Satellite Communication and Modern Wireless Systems: A Review

  • Maira I. Nabeel,
  • Khushboo Singh,
  • Muhammad U. Afzal,
  • Dushmantha N. Thalakotuna and
  • Karu P. Esselle

23 September 2024

Efficient beam steerable high-gain antennas enable high-speed data rates over long-distance networks, including wireless backhaul, satellite communications (SATCOM), and SATCOM On-the-Move. These characteristics are essential for advancing contempora...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
3,943 Views
19 Pages

Blockchain 6G-Based Wireless Network Security Management with Optimization Using Machine Learning Techniques

  • Ponnusamy Chinnasamy,
  • G. Charles Babu,
  • Ramesh Kumar Ayyasamy,
  • S. Amutha,
  • Keshav Sinha and
  • Allam Balaram

23 September 2024

6G mobile network technology will set new standards to meet performance goals that are too ambitious for 5G networks to satisfy. The limitations of 5G networks have been apparent with the deployment of more and more 5G networks, which certainly encou...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,432 Views
14 Pages

Multilayer Fused Correntropy Reprsenstation for Fault Diagnosis of Mechanical Equipment

  • Qi Deng,
  • Guanhui Zhao,
  • Weixiong Jiang,
  • Jun Wu and
  • Tianjiao Dai

23 September 2024

Fault diagnosis is vital for improving the reliability and safety of mechanical equipment. Existing fault diagnosis methods require a large number of samples for model training. However, in real-world environments, mechanical equipment usually operat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,778 Views
26 Pages

an-QNA: An Adaptive Nesterov Quasi-Newton Acceleration-Optimized CMOS LNA for 65 nm Automotive Radar Applications

  • Unal Aras,
  • Lee Sun Woo,
  • Tahesin Samira Delwar,
  • Abrar Siddique,
  • Anindya Jana,
  • Yangwon Lee and
  • Jee-Youl Ryu

23 September 2024

An adaptive Nesterov quasi-Newton acceleration (an-QNA)-optimized low-noise amplifier (LNA) is proposed in this paper. An optimized single-ended-to-differential two-stage LNA circuit is presented. It includes an improved post-linearization (IPL) tech...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,719 Views
16 Pages

23 September 2024

In this paper, we present the implementation of an artificial intelligence health assistant designed to complement a previously built eHealth data acquisition system for helping both patients and medical staff. The assistant allows users to query med...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,029 Views
13 Pages

A Photoelectrochemical Biosensor Mediated by CRISPR/Cas13a for Direct and Specific Detection of MiRNA-21

  • Yang Zhang,
  • Pei Miao,
  • Jingyuan Wang,
  • Yan Sun,
  • Jing Zhang,
  • Bin Wang and
  • Mei Yan

23 September 2024

Direct detection of miRNA is currently limited by the complex amplification and reverse transcription processes of existing methods, leading to low sensitivity and high operational demands. Herein, we developed a CRISPR/Cas13a-mediated photoelectroch...

  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
13,053 Views
21 Pages

23 September 2024

Modern vehicles are increasingly interconnected through various communication channels, which requires secure access for authorized users, the protection of driver assistance and autonomous driving system data, and the assurance of data integrity aga...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,196 Views
20 Pages

23 September 2024

In recent years, the intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has attracted increasing attention for its capability to intelligently reconfigure the wireless propagation channel. However, most existing works ignore the dynamic power consumption of IRS re...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
7,354 Views
30 Pages

23 September 2024

Although the physical properties of a structure, such as stiffness, can be determined using some statical tests, the identification of damping parameters requires a dynamic test. In general, both theoretical prediction and experimental identification...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,734 Views
23 Pages

23 September 2024

In the process of wireless energy transmission from a Space Solar Power Station (SSPS) to a satellite, the efficiency of energy transmission is closely related to the accuracy of beam control. The existing methods commonly ignore the impact of array...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,682 Views
18 Pages

23 September 2024

Teleoperation services are expected to operate on-road and often in urban areas. In current teleoperation applications, teleoperators gain a higher viewpoint of the environment from a camera on the vehicle’s roof. However, it is unclear how thi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,823 Views
16 Pages

23 September 2024

Given the increasing application of eddy current sensors for measuring turbine tip clearance in aero engines, enhancing the performance of these sensors is essential for improving measurement accuracy. This study investigates the influence of coil sh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,798 Views
13 Pages

Augmented Physics-Based Models for High-Order Markov Filtering

  • Shuo Tang,
  • Tales Imbiriba,
  • Jindřich Duník,
  • Ondřej Straka and
  • Pau Closas

23 September 2024

Hybrid physics-based data-driven models, namely, augmented physics-based models (APBMs), are capable of learning complex state dynamics while maintaining some level of model interpretability that can be controlled through appropriate regularizations...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,671 Views
23 Pages

23 September 2024

Anomaly detection in industrial control system (ICS) data is one of the key technologies for ensuring the security monitoring of ICSs. ICS data are characterized as complex, multi-dimensional, and long-sequence time-series data that embody ICS busine...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,410 Views
16 Pages

Application of the Semi-Supervised Learning Approach for Pavement Defect Detection

  • Peng Cui,
  • Nurjihan Ala Bidzikrillah,
  • Jiancong Xu and
  • Yazhou Qin

23 September 2024

Road surface quality is essential for driver comfort and safety, making it crucial to monitor pavement conditions and detect defects in real time. However, the diversity of defects and the complexity of ambient conditions make it challenging to devel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,821 Views
15 Pages

Monitoring Eastern White Pine Health by Using Field-Measured Foliar Traits and Hyperspectral Data

  • Sudan Timalsina,
  • Parinaz Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran,
  • Pulakesh Das,
  • José Eduardo Meireles and
  • Rajeev Bhattarai

23 September 2024

Canopy foliar traits serve as crucial indicators of plant health and productivity, forming a vital link between plant conditions and ecosystem dynamics. In this study, the use of hyperspectral data and foliar traits for white pine needle damage (WPND...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,652 Views
13 Pages

23 September 2024

This paper presents a novel 3 × 3 phased array antenna optimized for 4 GHz operation, achieving a realized gain of 13.2 dBi and enabling 30-degree beam steering with a minimal capacitance variation of 1.5 pF. The design features a series apertu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,679 Views
16 Pages

Data-Driven Power Prediction for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Reactor Systems

  • Shuai He,
  • Xuejing Wu,
  • Zexu Bai,
  • Jiyao Zhang,
  • Shinee Lou and
  • Guoqing Mu

22 September 2024

Enhancing high-performance proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) technology is crucial for the widespread adoption of hydrogen energy, a leading renewable resource. In this research, we introduce an innovative and cost-effective data-driven appr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,011 Views
23 Pages

Advances in Group-10 Transition Metal Dichalcogenide PdSe2-Based Photodetectors: Outlook and Perspectives

  • Tawsif Ibne Alam,
  • Kunxuan Liu,
  • Sumaiya Umme Hani,
  • Safayet Ahmed and
  • Yuen Hong Tsang

22 September 2024

The recent advancements in low-dimensional material-based photodetectors have provided valuable insights into the fundamental properties of these materials, the design of their device architectures, and the strategic engineering approaches that have...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,958 Views
21 Pages

22 September 2024

This study presents the results of the practical application of the first prototype of WEMoS, the Wearable Environmental Monitoring System, in a real case study in Singapore, along with two other wearables, a smart wristband to monitor physiological...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,403 Views
13 Pages

Optimizing Real-Time MI-BCI Performance in Post-Stroke Patients: Impact of Time Window Duration on Classification Accuracy and Responsiveness

  • Aleksandar Miladinović,
  • Agostino Accardo,
  • Joanna Jarmolowska,
  • Uros Marusic and
  • Miloš Ajčević

22 September 2024

Brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) are promising tools for motor neurorehabilitation. Achieving a balance between classification accuracy and system responsiveness is crucial for real-time applications. This study aimed to assess how the duration...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,385 Views
23 Pages

22 September 2024

Wearable technologies represent a significant advancement in facilitating communication between humans and machines. Powered by artificial intelligence (AI), human gestures detected by wearable sensors can provide people with seamless interaction wit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,725 Views
19 Pages

Jointly Optimization of Delay and Energy Consumption for Multi-Device FDMA in WPT-MEC System

  • Danxia Qiao,
  • Lu Sun,
  • Dianju Li,
  • Huajie Xiong,
  • Rina Liang,
  • Zhenyuan Han and
  • Liangtian Wan

22 September 2024

With the rapid development of mobile edge computing (MEC) and wireless power transfer (WPT) technologies, the MEC-WPT system makes it possible to provide high-quality data processing services for end users. However, in a real-world WPT-MEC system, th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,816 Views
30 Pages

22 September 2024

In recent times, the value of data has grown. This tendency is also observeable in the construction industry, where research and digitalisation are increasingly oriented towards the collection, processing and analysis of different types of data. In a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,853 Views
30 Pages

Player Experience Evaluation in Game-Based Systems for Older Adults

  • Johnny Alexander Salazar-Cardona,
  • Bryjeth Ceballos-Cardona,
  • Patricia Paderewski-Rodriguez,
  • Francisco Gutiérrez-Vela and
  • Jeferson Arango-López

22 September 2024

Significant efforts are currently being made to improve the quality of life of the older adult population. These efforts focus on aspects such as health, social interaction, and mental health. One of the approaches that has shown positive results in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,538 Views
16 Pages

A Statistical Approach for Functional Reach-to-Grasp Segmentation Using a Single Inertial Measurement Unit

  • Gregorio Dotti,
  • Marco Caruso,
  • Daniele Fortunato,
  • Marco Knaflitz,
  • Andrea Cereatti and
  • Marco Ghislieri

22 September 2024

The aim of this contribution is to present a segmentation method for the identification of voluntary movements from inertial data acquired through a single inertial measurement unit placed on the subject’s wrist. Inertial data were recorded fro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,369 Views
17 Pages

22 September 2024

In modern urban traffic, vehicles and pedestrians are fundamental elements in the study of traffic dynamics. Vehicle and pedestrian detection have significant practical value in fields like autonomous driving, traffic management, and public security....

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,765 Views
23 Pages

22 September 2024

Seed geometric parameters are important in yielding trait scorers, quantitative trait loci, and species recognition and classification. A novel method for automatic measurement of three-dimensional seed phenotypes is proposed. First, a handheld three...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
3,029 Views
13 Pages

Design and Simulation of High-Performance D-Type Dual-Mode PCF-SPR Refractive Index Sensor Coated with Au-TiO2 Layer

  • Xin Ding,
  • Qiao Lin,
  • Mengjie Wang,
  • Shen Liu,
  • Weiguan Zhang,
  • Nan Chen and
  • Yiping Wang

22 September 2024

A novel surface plasmon resonance (SPR) refractive index (RI) sensor based on the D-type dual-mode photonic crystal fiber (PCF) is proposed. The sensor employs a side-polished few-mode PCF that facilitates the transmission of the fundamental and seco...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,552 Views
22 Pages

21 September 2024

Global trade depends on long-haul transportation, yet comfort for drivers on lengthy trips is sometimes neglected. Rough roads have a major negative influence on driver comfort and increase the risk of weariness, distracted driving, and accidents. Us...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,219 Views
23 Pages

21 September 2024

The point cloud is one of the measurement results of local measurement and is widely used because of its high measurement accuracy, high data density, and low environmental impact. However, since point cloud data from a single measurement are general...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,343 Views
29 Pages

21 September 2024

In this paper, we present the development and evaluation of a contextually relevant, cost-effective, multihop cluster-based agricultural Internet of Things (MCA-IoT) network. This network utilizes commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Bluetooth Low-Energy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,525 Views
19 Pages

Lightweight Sewer Pipe Crack Detection Method Based on Amphibious Robot and Improved YOLOv8n

  • Zhenming Lv,
  • Shaojiang Dong,
  • Jingyao He,
  • Bo Hu,
  • Qingyi Liu and
  • Honghang Wang

21 September 2024

Aiming at the problem of difficult crack detection in underground urban sewage pipelines, a lightweight sewage pipeline crack detection method based on sewage pipeline robots and improved YOLOv8n is proposed. The method uses pipeline robots as the eq...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,983 Views
18 Pages

21 September 2024

Assessing the quality of corn seeds necessitates evaluating their water, fat, protein, and starch content. This study integrates hyperspectral imaging technology with chemometric analysis techniques to achieve non-invasive and rapid detection of mult...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,617 Views
22 Pages

Few-Shot Image Classification of Crop Diseases Based on Vision–Language Models

  • Yueyue Zhou,
  • Hongping Yan,
  • Kun Ding,
  • Tingting Cai and
  • Yan Zhang

21 September 2024

Accurate crop disease classification is crucial for ensuring food security and enhancing agricultural productivity. However, the existing crop disease classification algorithms primarily focus on a single image modality and typically require a large...

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