Sensor Review: Volume 29 Issue 2

Miniature electronic modules for advanced health care

Christine Connolly

The purpose of this paper is to explore progress in electronic circuit miniaturisation, and study the new medical sensor devices emerging.

Touch‐sensitive skins for Japanese health care robots

Christine Connolly

The purpose of this paper is to study the scientific developments behind the announcement of a sensor mimicking the human skin.

Inspired by nature: developments in biomimetic sensors

Robert Bogue

This paper aims to provide an insight into recent biomimetic sensor developments.

An overview of biomimetic sensor technology

J.K. Stroble, R.B. Stone, S.E. Watkins

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the wide range of biomimetic sensor technology and innovations.

Sensors and control systems for micro‐air vehicles: lessons from flies

Thomas Hesselberg

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the recent research on the interaction between flight mechanics and sensory/control systems in flies. It furthermore…

Force sensor system for structural health monitoring using passive RFID tags

Yusuke Ikemoto, Shingo Suzuki, Hiroyuki Okamoto, Hiroki Murakami, Hajime Asama, Soichiro Morishita, Taketoshi Mishima, Xin Lin, Hideo Itoh

The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of a contactless and batteryless loading sensor system that can measure the internal loading of an object structure…

Interpolation of binarized CLSM images for extraction of premotor neuron branch structures in silkworm moth

Kanako Nakajima, Soichiro Morishita, Tomoki Kazawa, Ryohei Kanzaki, Kuniaki Kawabata, Hajime Asama, Taketoshi Mishima

The purpose of this paper is to propose an automatic interpolation method for binarized confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) images of a premotor neuron in the silkworm moth.

Strip double sensing layer pressure sensor for interface pressure distribution

Zhou Gaofeng, Zhao Yulong, Jiang Zhuangde

The flexibly thin film grid pressure sensor is mainly used to detect the interface pressure distribution between touching objects. Aim at larger measurement error, the strip…

Interactive foreground segmentation method using mean shift and graph cuts

Yuan Tian, Tao Guan, Cheng Wang, Lijun Li, Wei Liu

The purpose of this paper is to present an efficient, interactive foreground/background image segmentation method using mean shift (MS) and graph cuts, in order to improve the…

A texture segmentation prototype for industrial inspection applications based on fuzzy grammar

Manuel Ferreira, Cristina Santos, Joao Monteiro

The purpose of this paper is to propose a set of techniques, in the domain of texture analysis, dedicated to the classification of industrial textures. One of the main purposes…

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Patent abstracts

Bitter or sweet? New ISO standard to promote consistency in sensory analysis

Honeywell acquires Metrologic Instruments; expands growing laser, imaging and enterprise mobility business

Natural technology

Clive Loughlin

Chinese researchers develop LED-based sensor for detecting nitrogen dioxide

SCHOTT uses Micro-Epsilon sensor systems to inspect flat glass

New colour sensor speeds sorting

NanoKTN’s NanoFinance event confirms interest in the market continues to rise

A bright future for plastics – robot “skin”, flexible laptops and electric posters

Biomimetics – new and improved solutions inspired by nature

Web sites

Researchers develop miniature sensor for detecting key ingredient of improvised explosives

Variohm gives direction to extreme sport

3D Shape: Its Unique Place in Visual Perception

Dr Christine Connolly

ULIS launches miniature low-consumption infrared detector

X-RAY Inspection