As an emerging technology, fluorescence immunochromatographic assay (FICA) has the advantages of high sensitivity, strong stability and specificity, which is widely used in the fields of medical testing, food safety and environmental monitoring. The...
This paper presents a novel candidate generation algorithm for pedestrian detection in infrared surveillance videos. The proposed method uses a combination of histogram specification and iterative histogram partitioning to progressively adjust the dy...
Image adjustment methods are one of the most widely used post-processing techniques for enhancing image quality and improving the visual preference of the human visual system (HVS). However, the assessment of the adjusted images has been mainly depen...
Aimed at issues associated with the poor air supply and poor automatic targeting accuracy of existing orchard sprayers, this paper designs a jet-type orchard remote control sprayer with automatic targeting which is suitable for standardized orchards...
This paper details a new automatic calibration method for the boresight angles between a LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) and an inertial measurement unit (IMU), based on a data selection algorithm, followed by the adjustment of boresight angles....
Borehole strainmeters are essential tools for observing crustal deformation. In long-term observational applications, the dynamic changes in crustal deformation over multi-year scales often exceed the single measurement range of borehole strainmeters...
This paper presents a machine vision system that performs the automatic positioning of optical components in LED modules of automotive headlamps. The automatic adjustment of the module is a process of great interest at the industrial level, as it all...
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic increase in the use of PPE by the general public as well as health professionals. Scientists and health organizations have developed measures to protect people and minimize the catastrophic outcomes of COVI...
Sowing depth significantly affects the germination of rapeseed, and different soil moisture conditions require corresponding sowing depths. However, most current trenching devices do not account for soil moisture content, and commonly used hydraulic...
In order to realize automatic steering controls of rice transplanters in paddy fields, an automatic steering control algorithm is essential. In this study, combining the fuzzy control with the proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control and the ki...
Crop cultivation in solar greenhouses is affected by issues such as low levels of automation in spraying machinery, inefficient spraying, and a lack of suitable spraying equipment for vertically cultivated crops, all of which are in urgent need of re...
According to the requirements for the rapid scanning and measurement of the geometric shape during the process of chemical milling of an aviation engine casing, the scanning path of the casing is planned and studied. This paper introduces the princip...
The process of sorting softwood raw materials is aimed at full automation. Techniques such as laser and optical scanning, used in measuring and sorting wood raw material with the layer of bark, are based on an analysis of the external shape of the lo...
Images from high dynamic range (HDR) scenes must be obtained with minimum loss of information. For this purpose it is necessary to take full advantage of the quantification levels provided by the CCD/CMOS image sensor. LinLog CMOS sensors satisfy the...
Complex harvesting environments and varying crop conditions often lead to threshing cylinder blockage and increased entrainment loss in maize grain harvesters. To address these issues, an electric-driven automatic control system for maize threshing c...
A systematic and highly efficient current commands generator for an interior permanent magnet synchronous motor (IPMSM) in electric vehicles is proposed. This paper integrates maximum torque per ampere (MTPA), maximum power control (MPC), and maximum...
Precise control of the manipulating force within an appropriate range is crucial to prevent potential damage to the operating object. However, achieving accurate force control through force feedback is challenging in micro-scale applications. This st...
Body tilt is typically unavoidable for agricultural vehicles or platforms when operated over tough terrain in agricultural production, and, therefore, it is not possible to guarantee the operation performance. Current leveling methods mainly focus on...
A new and simple method to adjust the scale factor of a magnetic force feedback accelerometer is presented, which could be used in developing a rotating accelerometer gravity gradient instrument (GGI). Adjusting and matching the acceleration-to-curre...
This work proposes a proof-of-concept ultrasound blood-flow-monitoring circuit system using a single-element transducer. The circuit system consists of a single-element ultrasonic transducer, an analog interface circuit, and a field-programmable gate...
Electrical stimulation is an important technique for modulating the functions of the nervous system through electrical stimulus. To implement a more competitive prototype that can tackle the domain-specific difficulties of existing electrical stimula...
(1) Background: A proposal for the automatic control of sugar cane honey factories based on simulation with real data is presented. (2) Methods: The P&ID diagram of the artisanal process is designed, as well as the measurement and control systems...
This paper presents a prototype of an auto-ranging phase-locked loop (PLL) with low jitter noise over a wide operating frequency range using the multiband programmable voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) gain stage with automatic band selection. We s...
At this stage, safflower picking is mostly performed manually or semi-manually, the picking method is antiquated and the picking precision is low. In this experimental study, a new attitude tilt levelling system was designed for a safflower-picking r...
Automatic pavement crack detection is crucial for reducing road maintenance costs and ensuring transportation safety. Although convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have been widely used in automatic pavement crack detection, they cannot adequately mo...
External fixators are widely used in deformity correction based on distraction osteogenesis. Traditionally, the rods are manually operated by patients several times a day, which will ensure the patient’s compliance, accumulative adjustment erro...
This paper presents a novel multiple strong tracking adaptive square-root cubature Kalman filter (MSTASCKF) based on the frame of the Sage–Husa filter, employing the multi-fading factor which could automatically adjust the Q value according to the ra...
Cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs) exhibit selective reflection due to their self-assembled helical superstructures. Reconfigurable templates can achieve integration functions via inducing processes of molecular assemblies. Here we demonstrate temper...
Curriculum learning is a method of prioritizing learning data to improve learning performance. In this paper, we propose a new algorithm that determines how to select learning data and when to start and stop curriculum learning by considering learnin...
For an inductive wireless power transfer (IWPT) system, maintaining a reasonable power transfer efficiency and a stable output power are two most challenging design issues, especially when coil distance varies. To solve these issues, this paper prese...
Ultrasonic waves generated and received by electromagnetic acoustic transducers (EMATs) are advantageous in non-destructive testing, mainly due to the ability to operate without physical contact with the medium under test. Nevertheless, they present...
This study describes a novel method for grading pathological sections of gliomas. Our own integrated hyperspectral imaging system was employed to characterize 270 bands of cancerous tissue samples from microarray slides of gliomas. These samples were...
The use of automatic systems in the agriculture sector enhances product quality and the country’s economy. The method used to sort fruits and vegetables has a remarkable impact on the export market and quality assessment. Although manual sortin...
In order to solve the problems of nonlinearity, uncertainty and coupling of multi-hydraulic cylinder group platform of a digging-anchor-support robot, as well as the lack of synchronization control accuracy of hydraulic synchronous motors, an improve...
This paper describes an alternative structural health monitoring (SHM) framework for low-light settings or dark environments using underexposed images from vision-based sensors based on the practical implementation of image enhancement algorithms. Th...
The two-speed automatic transmission can adjust the drive motor speed of electric vehicles and expand their output torque range. This study proposes a rule-based partitioned gear-shifting strategy for pure electric vehicles equipped with a two-speed...
The camera characterization procedure has been recognized as a convenient methodology to correct color recordings in cultural heritage documentation and preservation tasks. Instead of using a whole color checker as a training sample set, in this pape...
Processing errors can result in an asymmetric stiffness distribution within a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) disk resonator gyroscope (DRG) and thereby cause a mode mismatch and reduce the mechanical sensitivity and closed-loop scale factor sta...
At present, the operation control modes of pressurized water reactor (PWR) nuclear power plants in service mainly include Mode-A, Mode-G, and MSHIM. Mode-A is mainly applicable to base load operation and cannot realize load tracking. In the process o...
Increasing attention has been paid to two-dimensional (2D) materials because of their superior performance and wafer-level synthesis methods. However, the large-area characterization, precision, intelligent automation, and high-efficiency detection o...
In this paper, a new closed-loop charge-pump circuit with adjustable output voltage and an on-chip compensation technique is proposed. The environmental temperature and process corner can be detected with an on-chip detection circuit and automaticall...
Twisted string actuators, which are an emerging artificial muscle, efficiently convert rotary motor motion into linear load movement, with advantages like high transmission ratio, compliance, simple structure, and long-distance power transmission. Ho...
In Airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data acquisition practice, discrepancies exist between adjacent strips even though careful system calibrations have been performed. A strip adjustment method using planar features acquired by the Minimu...
In order to solve the problems of bottom pod leakage and soil removal by header, a soybean header profiling system was designed in this paper. The cutter height off-ground detection device was installed on both sides of the header, and the cutter dis...
This paper is focused on the design of a control approach, based on the detection of events and changing between two different conduction modes, to reach high efficiency over the entire power range, especially at medium and low power levels. Although...
This study aimed to examine the associations between a series of mechanical variables automatically generated by a portable force plate (PFP) and the actual performance of professional sprinters over a 150 m course. To test these correlations, 12 top...
An active landslide in Doren, Austria, has been studied by multitemporal airborne and terrestrial laser scanning from 2003 to 2012. To evaluate the changes, we have determined the 3D motion using the range flow algorithm, an established method in com...
Nanostructures based on flexible material are essential for modulating reflected colors by actively changing the unit structure. However, current nanostructures face challenges in achieving active and efficient modulation across a broader spectral ra...
In the case of DC power distribution-based variable speed engine synchronous generators, if the output reference voltage is kept constant regardless of the generator engine operating speed, it may cause damage to the internal device and windings of t...
3D concrete printing (3DCP) requires precise adjustments to parameters to ensure accurate and high-quality prints. However, despite technological advancements, manual intervention still plays a prominent role in this process, leading to errors and in...
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