104 research outputs found

    Inclusive Human Intention Prediction with Wearable Sensors: Machine Learning Techniques for the Reaching Task Use Case †

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    Human intentions prediction is gaining importance with the increase of human-robot interaction challenges in several contexts, like industrial and clinical. This paper compares Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) and Random Forest (RF) performance in predicting the intention of moving towards a target during reaching movements, on ten subjects wearing four electromagnetic sensors. LDA and RF prediction accuracy is compared with respect to observation-sample dimension and noise presence, training and prediction time. Both algorithms achieved good accuracy, which improves as the sample dimension increases, although LDA presents better results for the current dataset

    Image recognition-based architecture to enhance inclusive mobility of visually impaired people in smart and urban environments

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    The demographic growth that we have witnessed in recent years, which is expected to increase in the years to come, raises emerging challenges worldwide regarding urban mobility, both in transport and pedestrian movement. The sustainable development of cities is also intrinsically linked to urban planning and mobility strategies. The tasks of navigation and orientation in cities are something that we resort to today with great frequency, especially in unknown cities and places. Current navigation solutions refer to the precision aspect as a big challenge, especially between buildings in city centers. In this paper, we focus on the segment of visually impaired people and how they can obtain information about where they are when, for some reason, they have lost their orientation. Of course, the challenges are different and much more challenging in this situation and with this population segment. GPS, a technique widely used for navigation in outdoor environments, does not have the precision we need or the most beneficial type of content because the information that a visually impaired person needs when lost is not the name of the street or the coordinates but a reference point. Therefore, this paper includes the proposal of a conceptual architecture for outdoor positioning of visually impaired people using the Landmark Positioning approach.5311-8814-F0ED | Sara Maria da Cruz Maia de Oliveira PaivaN/

    Personal Heart Health Monitoring Based on 1D Convolutional Neural Network

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    The automated detection of suspicious anomalies in electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings allows frequent personal heart health monitoring and can drastically reduce the number of ECGs that need to be manually examined by the cardiologists, excluding those classified as normal, facilitating healthcare decision-making and reducing a considerable amount of time and money. In this paper, we present a system able to automatically detect the suspect of cardiac pathologies in ECG signals from personal monitoring devices, with the aim to alert the patient to send the ECG to the medical specialist for a correct diagnosis and a proper therapy. The main contributes of this work are: (a) the implementation of a binary classifier based on a 1D-CNN architecture for detecting the suspect of anomalies in ECGs, regardless of the kind of cardiac pathology; (b) the analysis was carried out on 21 classes of different cardiac pathologies classified as anomalous; and (c) the possibility to classify anomalies even in ECG segments containing, at the same time, more than one class of cardiac pathologies. Moreover, 1D-CNN based architectures can allow an implementation of the system on cheap smart devices with low computational complexity. The system was tested on the ECG signals from the MIT-BIH ECG Arrhythmia Database for the MLII derivation. Two different experiments were carried out, showing remarkable performance compared to other similar systems. The best result showed high accuracy and recall, computed in terms of ECG segments and even higher accuracy and recall in terms of patients alerted, therefore considering the detection of anomalies with respect to entire ECG recordings

    Semantic segmentation of conjunctiva region for non-invasive anemia detection applications

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    Technology is changing the future of healthcare, technology-supported non-invasive medical procedures are more preferable in the medical diagnosis. Anemia is one of the widespread diseases affecting the wellbeing of individuals around the world especially childbearing age women and children and addressing this issue with the advanced technology will reduce the prevalence in large numbers. The objective of this work is to perform segmentation of the conjunctiva region for non-invasive anemia detection applications using deep learning. The proposed U-Net Based Conjunctiva Segmentation Model (UNBCSM) uses fine-tuned U-Net architecture for effective semantic segmentation of conjunctiva from the digital eye images captured by consumer-grade cameras in an uncontrolled environment. The ground truth for this supervised learning was given as Pascal masks obtained by manual selection of conjunctiva pixels. Image augmentation and pre-processing was performed to increase the data size and the performance of the model. UNBCSM showed good segmentation results and exhibited a comparable value of Intersection over Union (IoU) score between the ground truth and the segmented mask of 96% and 85.7% for training and validation, respectively

    Multi-descriptor random sampling for patch-based face recognition

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    While there has been a massive increase in research into face recognition, it remains a challenging problem due to conditions present in real life. This paper focuses on the inherently present issue of partial occlusion distortions in real face recognition applications. We propose an approach to tackle this problem. First, face images are divided into multiple patches before local descriptors of Local Binary Patterns and Histograms of Oriented Gradients are applied on each patch. Next, the resulting histograms are concatenated, and their dimensionality is then reduced using Kernel Principle Component Analysis. Once completed, patches are randomly selected using the concept of random sampling to finally construct several sub-Support Vector Machine classifiers. The results obtained from these sub-classifiers are combined to generate the final recognition outcome. Experimental results based on the AR face database and the Extended Yale B database show the effectiveness of our proposed technique

    A Kohonen SOM architecture for intrusion detection on in-vehicle communication networks

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    The diffusion of connected devices in modern vehicles involves a lack in security of the in-vehicle communication networks such as the controller area network (CAN) bus. The CAN bus protocol does not provide security systems to counter cyber and physical attacks. Thus, an intrusion-detection system to identify attacks and anomalies on the CAN bus is desirable. In the present work, we propose a distance-based intrusion-detection network aimed at identifying attack messages injected on a CAN bus using a Kohonen self-organizing map (SOM) network. It is a power classifier that can be trained both as supervised and unsupervised learning. SOM found broad application in security issues, but was never performed on in-vehicle communication networks. We performed two approaches, first using a supervised X-Y fused Kohonen network (XYF) and then combining the XYF network with a K-means clustering algorithm (XYF-K) in order to improve the efficiency of the network. The models were tested on an open source dataset concerning data messages sent on a CAN bus 2.0B and containing large traffic volume with a low number of features and more than 2000 different attack types, sent totally at random. Despite the complex structure of the CAN bus dataset, the proposed architectures showed a high performance in the accuracy of the detection of attack messages

    Urban Deformation Monitoring using Persistent Scatterer Interferometry and SAR tomography

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    This book focuses on remote sensing for urban deformation monitoring. In particular, it highlights how deformation monitoring in urban areas can be carried out using Persistent Scatterer Interferometry (PSI) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Tomography (TomoSAR). Several contributions show the capabilities of Interferometric SAR (InSAR) and PSI techniques for urban deformation monitoring. Some of them show the advantages of TomoSAR in un-mixing multiple scatterers for urban mapping and monitoring. This book is dedicated to the technical and scientific community interested in urban applications. It is useful for choosing the appropriate technique and gaining an assessment of the expected performance. The book will also be useful to researchers, as it provides information on the state-of-the-art and new trends in this fiel

    Analyse de maillages surfaciques par construction et comparaison de modèles moyens et par décomposition par graphes s’appuyant sur les courbures discrètes : application à l’étude de la cornée humaine

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    Réalisé en cotutelle avec Aix Marseille Université.Cette thèse se découpe en trois parties. Les deux premières portent sur le développement de méthodes pour la construction de modèles géométriques moyens et pour la comparaison de modèles. Ces approches sont appliquées à la cornée humaine pour l’élaboration d’atlas et pour l’étude biométrique robuste. La troisième partie porte sur une méthode générique d'extraction d'informations dans un maillage en s'appuyant sur des propriétés différentielles discrètes afin de construire une structure par graphe permettant l'extraction de caractéristiques par une description sémantique. Les atlas anatomiques conventionnels (papier ou CD-ROM) sont limités par le fait qu'ils montrent généralement l'anatomie d'un seul individu qui ne représente pas nécessairement bien la population dont il est issu. Afin de remédier aux limitations des atlas conventionnels, nous proposons dans la première partie d’élaborer un atlas numérique 3D contenant les caractéristiques moyennes et les variabilités de la morphologie d'un organe, plus particulièrement de la cornée humaine. Plusieurs problématiques sont abordées, telles que la construction d'une cornée moyenne et la comparaison de cornées. Il existe à ce jour peu d'études ayant ces objectifs car la mise en correspondance de surfaces cornéennes est une problématique non triviale. En plus d'aider à développer une meilleure connaissance de l'anatomie cornéenne, la modélisation 3D de la cornée normale permet de détecter tout écart significatif par rapport à la "normale" permettant un diagnostic précoce de pathologies ou anomalies de la forme de la cornée. La seconde partie a pour objectif de développer une méthode pour reconnaître une surface parmi un groupe de surfaces à l’aide de leurs acquisitions 3D respectives, dans le cadre d’une application de biométrie sur la cornée. L’idée est de quantifier la différence entre chaque surface et une surface donnée, et de déterminer un seuil permettant la reconnaissance. Ce seuil est dépendant des variations normales au sein d’un même sujet, et du bruit inhérent à l’acquisition. Les surfaces sont rognées et trouées de façon imprévisible, de plus il n’y a pas de point de mise en correspondance commun aux surfaces. Deux méthodes complémentaires sont proposées. La première consiste à calculer le volume entre les surfaces après avoir effectué un recalage, et à utiliser ce volume comme un critère de similarité. La seconde approche s’appuie sur une décomposition en harmoniques sphériques en utilisant les coefficients comme des descripteurs de forme, qui permettront de comparer deux surfaces. Des résultats sont présentés pour chaque méthode en les comparant à la méthode la plus récemment décrite dans la littérature, les avantages et inconvénients de chacune sont détaillés. Une méthodologie en cascade utilisant ces deux méthodes afin de combiner les avantages de chacune est aussi proposée. La troisième et dernière partie porte sur une nouvelle méthode de décomposition en graphes de maillages 3D triangulés. Nous utilisons des cartes de courbures discrètes comme descripteur de forme afin de découper le maillage traité en huit différentes catégorie de carreaux (ou peak, ridge, saddle ridge, minimal, saddle valley, valley, pit et flat). Ensuite, un graphe d'adjacence est construit avec un nœud pour chaque carreau. Toutes les catégories de carreaux ne pouvant pas être adjacentes dans un contexte continu, des jonctions intermédiaires sont ajoutées afin d'assurer une cohérence continue entre les zones. Ces graphes sont utilisés pour extraire des caractéristiques géométriques décrites par des motifs (ou patterns), ce qui permet de détecter des régions spécifiques dans un modèle 3D, ou des motifs récurrents. Cette méthode de décomposition étant générique, elle peut être appliquée à de nombreux domaines où il est question d’analyser des modèles géométriques, en particulier dans le contexte de la cornée.This thesis comprises three parts. The first two parts concern the development of methods for the construction of mean geometric models and for model comparison. These approaches are applied to the human cornea for the construction of atlases and a robust biometric study. The third part focuses on a generic method for the extraction of information in a mesh. This approach is based on discrete differential properties for building a graph structure to extract features using a semantic description. Conventional anatomical atlases (paper or CD-ROM) are limited by the fact they generally show the anatomy of a single individual who does not necessarily represent the population from which they originate. To address the limitations of conventional atlases, we propose in the first part of this thesis to construct a 3D digital atlas containing the average characteristics and variability of the morphology of an organ, especially that of the human cornea. Several issues are addressed, such as the construction of an average cornea and the comparison of corneas. Currently, there are few studies with these objectives because the matching of corneal surfaces is a non-trivial problem. In addition to help to develop a better understanding of the corneal anatomy, 3D models of normal corneas can be used to detect any significant deviation from the norm, thereby allowing for an early diagnosis of diseases or abnormalities using the shape of the cornea. The second part of this thesis aims to develop a method for recognizing a surface from a group of surfaces using their 3D acquisitions in a biometric application pertinent to the cornea. The concept behind this method is to quantify the difference between each surface and a given surface and to determine the threshold for recognition. This threshold depends on normal variations within the same subject and noise due to the acquisition system. The surfaces are randomly trimmed and pierced ; moreover, there is no common landmark on the surfaces. Two complementary methods are proposed. The first method consists of the computation of the volume between the surfaces after performing geometrical matching and the use of this volume as a criterion of similarity. The second approach is based on a decomposition of the surfaces into spherical harmonics using the coefficients as shape descriptors to compare the two surfaces. Each result of the proposed methods is compared to the most recent method described in the literature, with the benefits and disadvantages of each one described in detail. A cascading methodology using both methods to combine the advantages of each method is also proposed. The third and final part of this thesis focuses on a new method for decomposing 3D triangulated meshes into graphs. We use discrete curvature maps as the shape descriptor to split the mesh in eight different categories (peak, ridge, saddle ridge, minimal, saddle valley, valley, pit and flat). Next, an adjacency graph is built with a node for each patch. Because all categories of patches cannot be adjacent in a continuous context, intermediate junctions are added to ensure the continuous consistency between patches. These graphs are used to extract geometric characteristics described by patterns that allow for the detection of specific regions in a 3D model or recurrent characteristics. This decomposition method, being generic, can be used in many applications to analyze geometric models, especially in the context of the cornea

    A UX model for the evaluation of learners' experience on lms platforms over time

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    Although user experience (UX) is dynamic and evolves over time, prior research reported that the learners' experience models developed so far were only for the static evaluation of learners' experiences. So far, no model has been developed for the dynamic summative evaluation of the UX of LMS platforms over time. The objective of this study is to build a UX model that will be used to evaluate learners' experience on LMS over time. The study reviewed relevant literature with the goal of conceptualizing a theoretical model. The Stimuli-Organism-Response (SOR) framework was deployed to model the experience engineering process. To verify the model, 6 UX experts were involved. The model was also validated using a quasi-experimental design involving 900 students. The evaluation was conducted in four time points, once a week for four weeks. From the review, a conceptual UX model was developed for the evaluation of learners' experience with LMS design over time. The outcome of the model verification shows that the experts agreed that the model is adequate for the evaluation of learners' experience on LMS. The results of the model validation indicate that the model was highly statistically significant over time (Week 1: x2(276) = 273 I 9.339, Week2: x2(276) = 23419.626, Week3: x2(276) =18941.900, Week4: x2(276) = 27580.397, p=000<0.01). Each design quality had strong positive effects on the learners' cognitive, sensorimotor and affective states respectively. Furthermore, each of the three organismic states: cognitive, sensorimotor, and affective, had strong positive influence on learners' overall learning experience. These results imply that the experience engineering process was successful. The study fills a significant gap in knowledge by contributing a novel UX model for the evaluation of learners' experience on LMS platforms over time. UX quality assurance practitioners can also utilize the model in the verification and validation of learner experience over tim
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