35 research outputs found
Accept mobile: a mobile tool for the SINMETRO accept information system
Increasing demand of mobile applications for on-site data acquisition pushes the development of flexible and easy to use mobile tools, with great advantages over the traditional computer-based approaches. The Accept System from SINMETRO allows data gathering for quality control, in the form of Inspection sheets. Such tool allows quality assurance by monitoring some samples of a given material, for instance milk, wine, and even maintenance management.
This paper presents a mobile application in the Accept System that allows a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) device to perform data gathering based on XML Inspection templates. Using .NET Compact Framework through C#, and database the technologies SQL Server and SQL Server CE, we developed Accept Mobile.
Accept Mobile uses the Remote Data Access (RDA) mechanism to send data over to the server through a synchronization service, while also providing the needed support for disconnected operation. We prove that the mobile application is very convenient and provides enough functionality for the user to dismiss the portable computer, although the main application was never developed with mobility concerns in mind
Detecting and monitoring the development stages of wild flowers and plants using computer vision: approaches, challenges and opportunities
Wild flowers and plants play an important role in protecting biodiversity and providing various ecosystem services. However, some of them are endangered or threatened and are entitled to preservation and protection. This study represents a first step to develop a computer vision system and a supporting mobile app for detecting and monitoring the development stages of wild flowers and plants, aiming to contribute to their preservation. It first introduces the related concepts. Then, surveys related work and categorizes existing solutions presenting their key features, strengths, and limitations. The most promising solutions and techniques are identified. Insights on open issues and research directions in the topic are also provided. This paper paves the way to a wider adoption of recent results in computer vision techniques in this field and for the proposal of a mobile application that uses YOLO convolutional neural networks to detect the stages of development of wild flowers and plants.J.M.L.P.C. and V.N.G.J.S. acknowledge that this work is funded by FCT/MCTES through national
funds and when applicable co-funded EU funds under the project UIDB/50008/2020. P.D.G. thanks
the support provided by the Center for Mechanical and Aerospace Science and Technologies (C-MAST)
under project UIDB/00151/2020.
This is within the activities of project Montanha Viva – An intelligent prediction system for decision
support in sustainability, project PD21-00009, promoted by PROMOVE program funded by Fundação
La Caixa and supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia and BPI.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
A novel intra-body sensor for vaginal temperature monitoring
Over the years some medical studies have tried to better understand the internal
behavior of human beings. Many researchers in this domain have been striving to find
relationships between intra-vaginal temperature and certain female health conditions, such
as ovulation and fertile period since woman’s intra-vaginal temperature is one of the body
parameters most preferred in such studies. However, due to lack of a appropriate
technology, medical research devoted to studying correlations of such body parameters
with certain womans’ body phenomena could not obtain better results. This article presents
the design and implementation of a novel intra-body sensor for acquisition and monitoring
of intra-vaginal temperatures. This novel intra-body sensor provides data collection that is
used for studying the relation between temperature variations and female health conditions,
such as anticipation and monitoring of the ovulation period, detection of pregnancy
contractions, preterm labor prevention, etc.. The motivation for this work focuses on the
development of this new intra-body sensor that will represent a major step in medical
technology. The novel sensor was tested and validated on hospitalized women as well as
normal healthy women. Finally our medical team has attested to the accuracy, usability and
performance of this novel intra-body sensor
A Symbian-based mobile solution for intra-body temperature monitoring
Copyright © [2010] IEEE. Reprinted from 12th IEEE International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services . ISBN: 978-1-4244-6374-9. This material is posted here with permission of the IEEE. Internal or personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution must be obtained from the IEEE by writing to [email protected]. By choosing to view this document, you agree to all provisions of the copyright laws protecting it.”Biofeedback data acquisition is an extremely
important task in body sensor networks (BSNs). Data collected
by sensors need to be processed in order to be shown in an easy
and meaningful way for the user. The use of mobile devices may
support and offer new user experiences. When connected to a
BSN they can aggregate and process data collected by each
sensor, providing a mobile solution for a healthcare system. This
mobility offers a better patients' quality of life allowing a regular
daily routine and always under monitoring. This paper proposes
a Symbian-based mobile solution for intra-body temperature
monitoring. Mobile device connects wirelessly to an intra-vaginal
temperature sensor and interacts with sensor for temperature
data collection and monitoring. This system helps women to
detect their fertile and ovulation periods by the increasing of
their intra-vaginal temperature. The mobile system was tested
and validated with success and it is available for regular use
A novel intra-body sensor for vaginal temperature monitoring
Over the years some medical studies have tried to better understand the internal
behavior of human beings. Many researchers in this domain have been striving to find
relationships between intra-vaginal temperature and certain female health conditions, such
as ovulation and fertile period since woman’s intra-vaginal temperature is one of the body
parameters most preferred in such studies. However, due to lack of a appropriate
technology, medical research devoted to studying correlations of such body parameters
with certain womans’ body phenomena could not obtain better results. This article presents
the design and implementation of a novel intra-body sensor for acquisition and monitoring
of intra-vaginal temperatures. This novel intra-body sensor provides data collection that is
used for studying the relation between temperature variations and female health conditions,
such as anticipation and monitoring of the ovulation period, detection of pregnancy
contractions, preterm labor prevention, etc.. The motivation for this work focuses on the
development of this new intra-body sensor that will represent a major step in medical
technology. The novel sensor was tested and validated on hospitalized women as well as
normal healthy women. Finally our medical team has attested to the accuracy, usability and
performance of this novel intra-body sensor
Wireless body sensor design for intra-vaginal temperature monitoring
Sensor nodes are small devices able to collect and retrieve
sensorial data. The use of these sensors for medical purposes
offers valuable contributions to improve patients’ healthcare, both
for diagnosis and therapeutics monitoring. An important and
common parameter used on healthcare diagnosis is the body
temperature. It is monitored on several matters related with
gynecological and obstetrics issues but, usually it is measure at
the skin surface. Then, this paper proposes the design concepts of
a new intra-body sensor for long-term intra-vaginal temperature
collection. The embedded IEEE 802.15.4 communication module
allows the integration of this sensor in wireless sensor networks
for remote data access and monitoring. It is presented the sensor
architecture, the construction of the corresponding testbed, and its
performance evaluation. This sensor may be used on several
applications, including fertile and ovulation period detection, and
preterm labor prevention
A biosensor and data presentation solution for body sensor networks
A Body Sensor Network can sense health parameters directly on the patient’s body, allowing 24/7 monitoring in an unobtrusive way. Several tiny sensors collect and route data to a special sink node. A new intra-vaginal biosensor was developed to study the relation between temperature variations and women health conditions, such as ovulation period, among others. We present a biosensor prototype and some initial results on real scenarios with a woman. One of the main issues in a body sensor network is the transformation of the sensor raw data into meaningful medical data for medical staff. Several approaches exist, from mobile device-based approaches to more powerful hardware such as a personal computer. This paper presents our current work in body sensor networks, namely a prototype for intra-vaginal temperature monitoring with initial results, and a mobile tool for data presentation of a three-tier body sensor network. The gathered results demonstrate the feasibility of the approach, contributing to the widespread application of body sensor networks
A new approach towards waste container detection in smart cities
This paper presents a new approach to help redesigning waste management for the cities of the future. The current state of tracking waste containers is rigid, inefficient and hard to oversee. Although attempts have been made in the past using radio-frequency identification for waste container detection, it has shown problems like flexibility, cost and environmental impact. We propose and demonstrate a solution based on the use of computer vision techniques, for object detection and classification, towards the differentiation between different types of waste containers.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio
Prototype implementation of a smart locker
Smart lockers are intelligent storage units that are increasingly being adopted to help solving the last mile problem. This paper focuses on the concept of an individual smart locker that can be installed at the entrance of a residential house. First, the operational principle and advantages of this concept are discussed. Then, the design, development and implementation of a functional prototype is demonstrated. The prototype was submitted to tests and can be used as a proof of concept.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
MobiSensA: development of a mobile APP for iSensA platform
“Copyright © 2018 IEEE. Reprinted from 13th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI). ISBN: 978-989-98434-8-6.
This material is posted here with permission of the IEEE. Internal or personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution must be obtained from the IEEE by writing to [email protected] choosing to view this document, you agree to all provisions of the copyright laws protecting it.”iSensA is a smart data acquisition system and Web platform for monitoring and analyzing real-time data of environments and devices in a wide range of areas. The Web platform allows centralized management of facilities, as well as real-time data visualization, historical analysis, alarm configuration and periodic reporting. To facilitate facility monitoring and event notification (anomalies and alerts), there is a need to develop an Android mobile application for the iSensA product, whose development process is presented in this paper.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio