Energy audit of St. Joseph Hall and Miguel Hall of De La Salle University

This paper presents the results of the energy audit of five buildings in De La Salle University. It presents the inventory of electric devices in the buildings. Lux level measurements were also conducted and the results of the user acceptability survey of the LED lighting installation in one of the buildings were also presented. The researcher also presented energy recommendations to the university

Wi-Fi Indoor Navigation System Controlled Automated Wheelchair

Wi-Fi Indoor Navigation System Controlled Automated Wheelchair aims to give a motorized wheelchair the capability to self-navigate in an indoor environment. With the use of two (2) cameras attached on the sides of the wheelchair, the wheelchair will be able to know its current location by scanning the QR codes attached to an adjacent wall. The wheelchair can enable a person to go to the desired location through the controller or make a manual maneuvering with the use of joystick. The wheelchair performs obstacle detection and avoidance using ultrasonic sensors, manual control whilst capable of autonomous operation

Wi-fi indoor navigation system controlled automated wheelchair

Wi-fi Indoor Navigation System Controlled Automated Wheelchair aims to give a motorized wheelchair the capability to self-navigate in an indoor environment. With the use of two (2) cameras attached on the sides of the wheelchair, the wheelchair will be able to know its current location by scanning the QR codes attached to an adjacent wall. The wheelchair can enable a person to go to the desired location through the controller or make a manual maneuvering with the use of joystick. The wheelchair performs obstacle detection and avoidance using ultrasonic sensors, manual control whilst capable of autonomous operation. © 2018 Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka. All rights reserved

Driver’s attention monitoring system with low light capability

© 2019, World Academy of Research in Science and Engineering. All rights reserved. The study aims to aid in solving the problems brought by drowsy and distracted driving. The Driver Monitoring System will measure the rate and duration of the driver’s blinking, yawning, and head turning. The program would be coded with C++ using QtCreator and compiled with gcc. The processing would be done with a Linux machine where the camera is connected to. The camera is equipped with an infrared illuminator that would serve as the medium for the low-light capability of the system. Additionally, an Android application would be used hand in hand with the program that would not only serve as a control mechanism of the driver for the program, but would also serve as the alarm system to alert the driver of their current condition. The driver’s actions and conditions would be determined by the algorithm set by the program. Thresholds and time limits can be set to provide better readings and more consistent readings from each driver using the program. The alarm system would trigger when certain conditions are met, in turn, this would keep the driver alert and reminded how they are faring while driving. With numerous tests, results became much better and over time, the researchers reached an efficiency and effectiveness of up to 95%. These efforts lead to solving the problem tackled by the researchers

Design and application of automated sales scanning and recording of apparel swing tags

Clothing companies should be aware of the in demand products that they should reproduce at a given time. In this study, the researchers aim to improve monitoring of sales in the business industry specifically in clothing companies. The group implemented a system that automatically scans and records apparel swing tags, which is geared towards an easier and faster processing of sales with the use of a conveyor system, barcode scanners, sensors, microcontrollers, and a portable personal computer to access the database where the swing tags are recorded. With this system, there will be an improvement in the process of monitoring sales since the clothing companies are able to identify which among their products are in demand. This system helps them to have higher revenue. Based on the results, the performance of the whole system is accurate since the values that they have obtained are significantly high. Moreover, it can be concluded that the conveyor is reliable since results were high considering that Different scenarios were taken into account. © 2015 IEEE