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    Implementaci贸n de un sistema de reconocimiento de patrones ac煤sticos de disparos y motosierras en un sistema embebido.

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    Proyecto de Graduaci贸n (Licenciatura en Ingenier铆a Electr贸nica) Instituto Tecnol贸gico de Costa Rica, Escuela de Ingenier铆a Electr贸nica, 2013.Actividades humanas como la tala de 谩rboles y la caza ilegal de especies en peligro de extinci贸n han provocado da帽os en los ecosistemas naturales, por lo que se han propuesto soluciones de bajo costo y consumo energ茅tico para su detecci贸n, mediante el uso de redes inal谩mbricas de sensores. Estas se conforman por nodos descentralizados que integran los elementos necesarios para llevar a cabo la extracci贸n de patrones ac煤sticos del medio, realizar reconocimiento sobre ellos y determinar as铆 el estado actual del entorno, procediendo a comunicar a las autoridades pertinentes sobre cualquier eventualidad. El presente proyecto se enfoca en la secci贸n de extracci贸n de los patrones ac煤sticos del medio y entrenamiento de la cadena de procesamiento, en base a los valores capturados a partir de ejemplos de sonidos similares a los que se esperar铆a detectar, mediante algoritmos de an谩lisis de discriminantes lineales, an谩lisis de conglomerados de k-medias y diferentes variantes de entrenamiento para modelos ocultos de Markov. Todos estos implementados en una aplicaci贸n con interfaz gr谩fi ca desarrollada en C/C++. Se desarrolla luego la implementaci贸n de la cadena de procesamiento en un sistema embebido que ejecuta un sistema operativo GNU/Linux, usando el lenguaje de programaci贸n C. Esta aplicaci贸n abarca desde la extracci贸n de caracter铆sticas hasta la estimaci贸n probabil铆stica del estado del medio, usando para ello los resultados generados a partir del entrenamiento del sistema. Este prototipo en software permite evaluar de manera r谩pida cambios en los valores de las constantes usadas en cada secci贸n del sistema, y constituye un punto de comparaci贸n para la implementaci贸n en FPGA y/o ASIC

    Digital integrated circuit implementation of an identification stage for the detection of illegal hunting and logging

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    https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84945156734&partnerID=40&md5=314bbbafa852daae1ff0c96b8de9f2beResults of the VLSI implementation of an acoustic classification system's identification stage, intended for the detection of gunshots and chainsaws in a protected tropical area, are shown, with the idea of later building a surveillance wireless sensor network with similar nodes. The system performs from signal preprocessing to feature extraction, with results of the HDL description of the system tested on a FPGA against a golden reference, using real data taken from a protected rain forest area. Final classification of signals, using HMM, is in the final stages of testing. Some post-place-and-route results of the code ported to a commercial 130nm CMOS technology are also given

    The myokinetic stimulation interface: activation of proprioceptive neural responses with remotely actuated magnets implanted in rodent forelimb muscles

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    Objective: Proprioception is the sense of one's position, orientation, and movement in space, and it is of fundamental importance for motor control. When proprioception is impaired or absent, motor execution becomes error-prone, leading to poorly coordinated movements. The kinaesthetic illusion, which creates perceptions of limb movement in humans through non-invasively applying vibrations to muscles or tendons, provides an avenue for studying and restoring the sense of joint movement (kinaesthesia). This technique, however, leaves ambiguity between proprioceptive percepts that arise from muscles versus those that arise from skin receptors. Here we propose the concept of a stimulation system to activate kinaesthesia through the untethered application of localized vibration through implanted magnets. Approach: In this proof-of-concept study, we use two simplified 1-DoF systems to show the feasibility of eliciting muscle-sensory responses in an animal model across multiple frequencies, including those that activate the kinaesthetic illusion (70 - 115 Hz). Furthermore, we generalized the concept by developing a 5-DoF prototype system capable of generating directional, frequency-selective vibrations with desired displacement profiles. Main results: In-vivo tests with the 1-DoF systems demonstrated the feasibility to elicit muscle sensory neural responses in the median nerve of an animal model. Instead, in-vitro tests with the 5-DoF prototype demonstrated high accuracy in producing directional and frequency selective vibrations along different magnet axes. Significance: These results provide evidence for a new technique that interacts with the native neuro-muscular anatomy to study proprioception and eventually pave the way towards the development of advanced limb prostheses or assistive devices for the sensory impaired
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