Pub Date : 2014-06-04DOI: 10.1109/COLCOMCON.2014.6860414
E. E. Guerrero, G. Benavides
Farming of Hass-variety-avocado has become an important economic activity in Colombian agriculture for covering local market requirements but also for exporting high quality fruits to foreign markets. Many processes still need to be improved in different regions of Colombia where Hass variety is cultivated in order to increase the efficiency during harvesting, transportation and storage. Human-performed classification of avocados takes time that could be used by farm's personnel to perform other activities aimed to achieve higher quality standards and production efficiency. Product price and target market depends to a large extent on classification stage. We propose a system based on image processing of avocados' pictures for their classification after they have been picked off the tree. The classifying algorithm runs on a computer which receives fruit's images wirelessly from a camera, the result is transmitted using IEEE 802.15.4 packets and avocados are placed in conveyor belt rails according to their categories. Matching percentage of the image processing algorithm for selecting avocados was of 88% compared to the test set classified by expert farmers. Confusion matrix showed 82.22% accuracy when classifying avocados.
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Pub Date : 2014-06-04DOI: 10.1109/COLCOMCON.2014.6860430
Moisés Herrera, Francisco Viveros
Asynchronous digital design paradigm promises benefits over current synchronous design, in power reduction, speed increase and lower Electro-Magnetic Interference (EMI). These are special characteristics that enable longer battery life and higher IP core integration. This paper describes the design and implementation of an 8-bit asynchronous processor mapped into FPGA devices, described in VHDL language, with a minimalist, novel architecture and a simple but complete arithmetic, logic, shifter and program flow instruction set. The aim of this development is to be a demonstration of mapping complex asynchronous circuits in commercial FPGA devices as a way to get acquainted, understand the capability and applicability of the technology. For demonstration, this processor has been carried out into the Xilinx Spartan-6 XC6SLX9 FPGA and each of the constitutive modules into the Xilinx CoolRunner-II CPLD family devices. The Authors believe that it is possible to be carried out in many other FPGA device families, with minor changes in the asynchronous latch instantiation and User Constraint Files.
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Pub Date : 2014-06-04DOI: 10.1109/COLCOMCON.2014.6860402
Juan Pablo Ospina Lopez, Jorge Eduardo Ortiz Trivino
One of the expected properties of the ad hoc networks is the ability to increase its size to receive new nodes and configure new applications without affecting the quality of services. This property, called scalability is affected by the decentralized nature of ad hoc networks making it necessary to develop mechanisms that allow a large number of nodes work together without affecting network performance. In this paper, we propose a stochastic model based on the geometric distribution, which allows to characterize the level of resources in a hierarchical architecture and then establish an appropriate relationship between the level of resources of two successive layers of the network.
{"title":"Stochastic model for the characterization of a cluster and its resources in an ad-hoc network","authors":"Juan Pablo Ospina Lopez, Jorge Eduardo Ortiz Trivino","doi":"10.1109/COLCOMCON.2014.6860402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COLCOMCON.2014.6860402","url":null,"abstract":"One of the expected properties of the ad hoc networks is the ability to increase its size to receive new nodes and configure new applications without affecting the quality of services. This property, called scalability is affected by the decentralized nature of ad hoc networks making it necessary to develop mechanisms that allow a large number of nodes work together without affecting network performance. In this paper, we propose a stochastic model based on the geometric distribution, which allows to characterize the level of resources in a hierarchical architecture and then establish an appropriate relationship between the level of resources of two successive layers of the network.","PeriodicalId":346697,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing (COLCOM)","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127020906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2014-06-04DOI: 10.1109/COLCOMCON.2014.6860411
Edwin Andres Quintero Salazar, Jefferson Martinez Orozco, Daniel Felipe Henao Toro
This article describes the development of a Web platform and electronic circuit necessary to adapt the Astronomical Observatory of the Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, operating as an online observatory that can be controlled remotely, becoming the first of its kind in the country. Likewise, the flowcharts of the developed application are presented in order to manage user and administrator profiles, as well as the hardware elements involved in the process of handling the telescope position, the rotation of the dome, opening and closing of the gates, on and off of the internal lighting, and video streaming from inside the observatory. The developed system is available in the website http://observatorioenlinea.utp.edu.co/, and provides access to the academic community that brings together researchers in topics related to astronomy, leaving behind the need to incur time and money to the physical movement of the researcher from the different existing study centers around the country to the observatory.
本文描述了一个网络平台和电子电路的开发，以适应universsidad Tecnológica de Pereira天文台，作为一个可以远程控制的在线天文台，成为该国第一个这样的天文台。同样，为了管理用户和管理员配置文件，以及处理望远镜位置、圆顶旋转、门的打开和关闭、内部照明的打开和关闭以及天文台内部视频流的过程中涉及的硬件元素，所开发的应用程序的流程图也被呈现出来。开发的系统可在网站http://observatorioenlinea.utp.edu.co/上获得，并提供访问学术社区的机会，该社区汇集了与天文学相关主题的研究人员，从而省去了研究人员从全国不同的现有研究中心到天文台的物理移动所需的时间和金钱。
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Pub Date : 2014-06-04DOI: 10.1109/COLCOMCON.2014.6860419
Roxana Flores-Quispe, Yuber Velazco-Paredes, Raquel Patiño Escarcina, C. B. Castañón
The Content-based image retrieval (CBIR) systems and their application in different areas of development, are current research topics, for that reason in this study content-based image retrieval is applied to classificate eight different human parasite eggs: Ascarias, Uncinarias, Trichuris, Dyphillobothrium-Pacificum, Taenia-Solium, Fasciola Hepática and Enterobius-Vermicularis, which are into the class of Helminthes, from their microscopic images. This proposed system includes two stages. In first stage, a feature extraction mechanism that is based on multitexton histogram descriptor (MTH) which has been improved and called `Enhanced MTH'. In second stage, an CBIR system has been implemented in orden to classificate the differents microscopic images to identify their correct species. Finally, simulation result shows overall success rates of 92,16% in the classification.
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Pub Date : 2014-06-04DOI: 10.1109/COLCOMCON.2014.6860431
G. Benavides, J. Duque
Ambulatory monitoring of vital sign and biomedical signals covers a wide spectrum of applications in different contexts nowadays and has been a research topic during the last decade. The plethora of IEEE 802.X communication standards, favors greatly the development of wireless sensor networks ranging from body-area to wide-area coverage. The use of gateways to connect wireless networks with infrastructure networks increase the range of coverage of monitoring applications, and allows getting data remotely through interfaces running on devices like desktop computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones. We present a monitoring platform called EnViBo which is based on a three level architecture; this platform integrates sensor nodes that use moderate-cost elements and Microchip's IEEE 802.15.4-based royaltie-free protocol named MiWi P2P for communications. The progresses in fields like embedded systems, energy harvesting solutions, microelectromechanical systems and wearable sensors, allows creating applications supported by EnViBo platform which can be both cost and operationally effective.
{"title":"EnViBo: Embedded network for vital sign and Biomedical Signal Monitoring","authors":"G. Benavides, J. Duque","doi":"10.1109/COLCOMCON.2014.6860431","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COLCOMCON.2014.6860431","url":null,"abstract":"Ambulatory monitoring of vital sign and biomedical signals covers a wide spectrum of applications in different contexts nowadays and has been a research topic during the last decade. The plethora of IEEE 802.X communication standards, favors greatly the development of wireless sensor networks ranging from body-area to wide-area coverage. The use of gateways to connect wireless networks with infrastructure networks increase the range of coverage of monitoring applications, and allows getting data remotely through interfaces running on devices like desktop computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones. We present a monitoring platform called EnViBo which is based on a three level architecture; this platform integrates sensor nodes that use moderate-cost elements and Microchip's IEEE 802.15.4-based royaltie-free protocol named MiWi P2P for communications. The progresses in fields like embedded systems, energy harvesting solutions, microelectromechanical systems and wearable sensors, allows creating applications supported by EnViBo platform which can be both cost and operationally effective.","PeriodicalId":346697,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing (COLCOM)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127307594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2014-06-04DOI: 10.1109/COLCOMCON.2014.6860433
Cassia Correia da Silva Pereira, A. Shinoda, R. de Oliveira, V. E. do Nascimento, E. T. Ferreira
Faced with an imminent restructuring of the electric power system, over the past few years many countries have invested in a new paradigm known as Smart Grid. This paradigm targets optimization and automation of electric power network, using advanced information and communication technologies. Among the main communication protocols for Smart Grids we have the DNP3 protocol, which provides secure data transmission with moderate rates. The IEEE 802.15.4 is another communication protocol also widely used in Smart Grid, especially in the so-called Home Area Network (HAN). Thus, many applications of Smart Grid depends on the interaction of these two protocols. This paper proposes modeling, in the traditional network simulator NS-2, the integration of DNP3 protocol and the IEEE 802.15.4 wireless standard for low cost simulations of Smart Grid applications.
{"title":"A NS-2 simulation model for DNP3 protocol over IEEE 802.15.4 wireless protocol toward low cost simulation of Smart Grid applications","authors":"Cassia Correia da Silva Pereira, A. Shinoda, R. de Oliveira, V. E. do Nascimento, E. T. Ferreira","doi":"10.1109/COLCOMCON.2014.6860433","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COLCOMCON.2014.6860433","url":null,"abstract":"Faced with an imminent restructuring of the electric power system, over the past few years many countries have invested in a new paradigm known as Smart Grid. This paradigm targets optimization and automation of electric power network, using advanced information and communication technologies. Among the main communication protocols for Smart Grids we have the DNP3 protocol, which provides secure data transmission with moderate rates. The IEEE 802.15.4 is another communication protocol also widely used in Smart Grid, especially in the so-called Home Area Network (HAN). Thus, many applications of Smart Grid depends on the interaction of these two protocols. This paper proposes modeling, in the traditional network simulator NS-2, the integration of DNP3 protocol and the IEEE 802.15.4 wireless standard for low cost simulations of Smart Grid applications.","PeriodicalId":346697,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing (COLCOM)","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124843420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2014-06-04DOI: 10.1109/COLCOMCON.2014.6860401
A. Peralta-Sevilla, F. Amaya-Fernandez, R. Hincapié
With the increasing amount of information that is demanding by fixed and mobile users through the multiservice networks, the deployment of the optical segment in the access network is a critical issue, with impact in the cost and performance of the overall network. While TDM-Passive optical network (PON) is standardized, hybrid WDM/TDM-PON is now clearly seen as the next generation trend in the multiservice access. In this work we propose a dimensioning scheme for the deployment of multiservice hybrid WDM/TDM-PONs, using a heuristic method.
{"title":"Multiservice hybrid WDM/TDM-PON dimensioning using a heuristic method","authors":"A. Peralta-Sevilla, F. Amaya-Fernandez, R. Hincapié","doi":"10.1109/COLCOMCON.2014.6860401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COLCOMCON.2014.6860401","url":null,"abstract":"With the increasing amount of information that is demanding by fixed and mobile users through the multiservice networks, the deployment of the optical segment in the access network is a critical issue, with impact in the cost and performance of the overall network. While TDM-Passive optical network (PON) is standardized, hybrid WDM/TDM-PON is now clearly seen as the next generation trend in the multiservice access. In this work we propose a dimensioning scheme for the deployment of multiservice hybrid WDM/TDM-PONs, using a heuristic method.","PeriodicalId":346697,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing (COLCOM)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126113926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2014-06-04DOI: 10.1109/COLCOMCON.2014.6860425
J. Álvarez-Guerrero, F. Amaya-Fernandez, Claudia Carmona-Rodríguez
When you have to choose what type of modulation is selected for an optical system, you must also decide the type of receptor to use and the cost benefit of its use. This paper presents the evaluation of two formats (BPSK and DPSK) with coherent detector and coherent differential detector for each format respectively, in order to determine which of the two types of receptor and modulation has better performance in PON access networks has 10Gbps.
{"title":"Analysis of BPSK and DPSK modulation in optical access networks","authors":"J. Álvarez-Guerrero, F. Amaya-Fernandez, Claudia Carmona-Rodríguez","doi":"10.1109/COLCOMCON.2014.6860425","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COLCOMCON.2014.6860425","url":null,"abstract":"When you have to choose what type of modulation is selected for an optical system, you must also decide the type of receptor to use and the cost benefit of its use. This paper presents the evaluation of two formats (BPSK and DPSK) with coherent detector and coherent differential detector for each format respectively, in order to determine which of the two types of receptor and modulation has better performance in PON access networks has 10Gbps.","PeriodicalId":346697,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing (COLCOM)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129659781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2014-06-04DOI: 10.1109/COLCOMCON.2014.6860420
Eliana Prada-Dominguez, Sergio Valdivia-Trujillo, A. Uribe-Quevedo, B. Perez-Gutierrez
The development and use of devices for monitoring physical activity is largely growing due to size reduction, affordability and gamified mechanics that are encouraging user in augment their experience. Some examples can be seen in commercial devices targeted at healthy user who wish to improve their fitness, however, such developments are also growing as technological devices that allow quantifying the preventive or corrective physical therapy with engaging virtual scenarios that provide an immersive experience. Current advances in mechanical, electronics and computer systems are allowing that enthusiasts and researchers take advantage of low cost technologies integrating solutions with devices such as, tablets, smartphones, laptops and gaming consoles. The assessment of the user with these tools provide data that allows following up the patient's evolution during the therapy from the user and health care specialist point of view complementing visual and survey-based assessments. This project proposes an application for monitoring lower member physical activity while the user performs targeted movements within a gamified system, resulting in point rewards that increase or decrease accordingly to the correct or incorrect execution of the routine. The use of game mechanics allows overcoming some of the challenges of performing exercise such as the lack of interest and subjective evaluations.
{"title":"Lower member complimentary exercise gaming app","authors":"Eliana Prada-Dominguez, Sergio Valdivia-Trujillo, A. Uribe-Quevedo, B. Perez-Gutierrez","doi":"10.1109/COLCOMCON.2014.6860420","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COLCOMCON.2014.6860420","url":null,"abstract":"The development and use of devices for monitoring physical activity is largely growing due to size reduction, affordability and gamified mechanics that are encouraging user in augment their experience. Some examples can be seen in commercial devices targeted at healthy user who wish to improve their fitness, however, such developments are also growing as technological devices that allow quantifying the preventive or corrective physical therapy with engaging virtual scenarios that provide an immersive experience. Current advances in mechanical, electronics and computer systems are allowing that enthusiasts and researchers take advantage of low cost technologies integrating solutions with devices such as, tablets, smartphones, laptops and gaming consoles. The assessment of the user with these tools provide data that allows following up the patient's evolution during the therapy from the user and health care specialist point of view complementing visual and survey-based assessments. This project proposes an application for monitoring lower member physical activity while the user performs targeted movements within a gamified system, resulting in point rewards that increase or decrease accordingly to the correct or incorrect execution of the routine. The use of game mechanics allows overcoming some of the challenges of performing exercise such as the lack of interest and subjective evaluations.","PeriodicalId":346697,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing (COLCOM)","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133792131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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