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2011
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Design, Implementation, and Case Study of a Pragmatic Vibrotactile Belt
Abstract—Recently, much research in the area of haptic technologies has focused on the development of waist-worn vibrotactile belts as substitution or augmentation modalities for...
Jacob Rosenthal, Nathan Edwards, Daniel Villanueva...
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2011
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A BE-SOI MEMS for Inertial Measurement in Geophysical Applications
—In this paper, an inertial transducer developed in bulk and etch silicon-on-insulator microelectromechanical-system technology is presented. The device is suitable for low-frequ...
Bruno Ando, Salvatore Baglio, Gaetano L'Episcopo, ...
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2011
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A Distributed Measurement Scheme for Internet Latency Estimation
—Estimating latency between the hosts in the Internet can play a significant role in the improvement of the performance of many services that use latency among hosts to make rout...
Negar Hariri, Behnoosh Hariri, Shervin Shirmohamma...
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2011
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A New Sensory System for Modeling and Tracking Humans Within Industrial Work Cells
—This paper introduces a new sensory system for the 2-D detection, tracking, and prediction of human motions. Using the data acquired through the sensory system, a model of a hum...
Nima Najmaei, Mehrdad R. Kermani, M. A. Al-Lawati
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2011
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Selecting a Reference High Resolution for Fingerprint Recognition Using Minutiae and Pores
—High-resolution automated fingerprint recognition systems (AFRSs) offer higher security because they are able to make use of level-3 features, such as pores, that are not avail...
David Zhang, Feng Liu, Qijun Zhao, Guangming Lu, N...
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2011
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A Low-Cost Method for Measuring Surface Currents and Modeling Drifting Objects
—The ability to measure and model water currents is essential to ensure the safety and correct operations of many water surface activities. For example, the complex currents in h...
Huang-Chen Lee, Chun-Yu Lin, Chun-Han Lin, Sheng-W...
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2011
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Calibration and Field Deployment of Low-Cost Fluid Flow-Rate Sensors Using a Wireless Network
—Low-cost networked fluid flow velocity sensors are needed for high-density sampling in environmental research and other applications requiring automated fluid flow velocity mapp...
C. K. Harnett, M. T. Schueler, N. R. Blumenthal, K...
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2011
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IIR Filter Models of Haptic Vibration Textures
—Haptic tactile feedback is a widely used and effective technique in virtual reality applications. When an object’s surface is explored by stroking it using fingers, finger n...
Vijaya Lakshmi Guruswamy, Jochen Lang, Won-Sook Le...
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2011
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MusicJacket - Combining Motion Capture and Vibrotactile Feedback to Teach Violin Bowing
—We describe MusicJacket, a wearable system to support the teaching of good posture and bowing technique to novice violin players. The system uses an inertial motion capture syst...
Janet van der Linden, Erwin Schoonderwaldt, Jon Bi...