Vivek Kaundal

HAAR like Feature-Based Car Key Detection Using Cascade Classifier

The paper reports effective real-time implementation for specific object detection in an image or sequence of images. For the present work, car key has been taken as an object under consideration. The classifier is developed using OpenCV-Python. The procedure encompasses training and detection. A wide variety of object images are used for training purpose. The developed xml classifier is then tested on separate test images. The classifier has a good success rate with minimal false object detection rate.

Development of a Damper Control System for Combined Cycle Thermal Gas Power Plant

This paper addresses a technique to solve the problem of heat dissipation in solenoid coil of the solenoid valve which is controlling the hydraulic damper by using pulse width modulation (PWM) switching technique with low frequency. In addition to this damper controlling is achieved via wireless controlling. By using PWM based low frequency switching technique the gas turbine trip will be protected. PWM is achieved by microcontroller and wireless control is done by ZigBee.© 2014 ASME

Design of a Low-Cost Potato Quality Monitoring System

The paper reports design and fabrication of a low-cost solution for monitoring food quality. Owing to its widespread popularity worldwide for regular food item, potato has been chosen as an object to be classified according to quality features such as size, shape, surface texture, and color. The system design includes classifier design for potato detection, ROI segregation, and analysis of certain statistical parameter. For the present study, potatoes have been classified as grade-1 and grade-2. Grade-1 potatoes are those which have to be retained while grade-2 potatoes have to be discarded. ARM-based embedded platform has been chosen for implementation. The system performance meets the required specifications.

Inductive Power as Wireless Energy in Electrical Applications

Nowadays, every single person is using mobile phones which became the integral part of their lives. It gives access to internet, movies, videos and books also. Using internet 3G or 4G gives heavy load to the battery which gets discharged soon. If a man using a smartphone and using all of these features then it gives an average of seven hours of battery life. After these seven hours, battery will be discharged. What will a person do when he is travelling and the battery of his smartphone get discharged. As technology improves, we should have a solution to this problem. So a wireless energy transfer car charger can be a solution to this problem. The paper focuses on the wireless charging theoretical aspects and its successful testing environment.

GSM-Based Prepaid Meter

Manual reading of meters for electricity measurement has been prevalent for a long time. The drawbacks of having such systems lead to inaccuracies in power consumption data causing problems to both customers and energy providing utility. This has led to large developments in the electronic metering measurements systems which are henceforth more reliable and efficient than the previous systems. This paper presents a design of GSM-based low-cost meter and its associated SMS (short messaging system) interface for remote accessing of data. This system consists of electricity e-billing system at the energy provider side via GSM module and automatic cut off via relay for low balance at the customer side.

Air Mouse: An Everyday Mouse for the Ease of Computing

There are several ways for human computer interaction in the modern era of electronics. In the present day, computers motion recognition is used very efficiently for playing games. The work done in this paper presents a simple and low-cost device for the movement of cursor on computer screen or to rotate the three-dimensional images. For the movement of cursor the data of accelerometer sensor (according to hand movement) is fed to the controller unit and after processing it is sent serially to the computer through RS 232 protocol. The developed device is used for all applications as accomplished with mouse. The proposed device senses the end user action with the help of accelerometer and push buttons. The air mouse is comfortable to wear, and does not considerably obstruct entering. It functions completely as serial mouse available in the market, and even has the feature of scrolling as the conventional mouse. This innovative approach improves the end user’s experience with day-to-day task and playing games in computer.

Design for Structured Uncertainty of Mass Spring System Using Robust Control Technique

The main aim of the paper is to use the robust-based control design technique keeping the entire structured uncertainty model. Here mass spring system has been taken which is having numerous applications in real life. In Robust Control system, mainly sensitivity and disturbances are considered for the design of the system. Matlab software has been used for the frequency response analysis for calculating sensitivity and complementary function. Also the Bode and Nyquist plot has been obtained for the analysis of uncertain system.

Design and Implementation of Wearable Device for Water Management System for Household Usage

India being the second largest populated country, it has become difficult to keep a track of the basic necessities of every individual. This research describes a device monitoring the water level as well as quality of the water supply in households. The system is automated using a microcontroller for the process of pumping water and monitoring the quality of water. This is an IOT-based system in which the different sensor nodes communicate via RF module and Wi-Fi technology. The data has been sent on the Internet using Wi-Fi module.

Microcontroller and FPGA-Based Analysis of 8 × 48 LED Matrix Display with Keyboard Interface

Increasing population is demanding to convey the information in an easy way to access the information in less time. In a large volume of population, it is impossible to provide any kind of information via mouth regularly, so there is a need for some substitute, which would easily convey the message to the crowd without any regular human/PC interference. The paper focuses on the design, and hardware implementation of LED matrix-based display system, which is developed to display information regularly or the message in scrolling form. The system takes input directly from the keyboard and the typed message is displayed. The intelligence and control are done using ATMEGA 16 microcontroller to display the message. The same is targeted with the help of SPATAN 6 FPGA and comparative results are estimated with frequency and timing.

Implementation of Ladder Logic for Control of Pipeline Inspection Robot Using PLC

In the modern world, the transportation of goods and services plays an important role in establishing good connections between the nations. The main source of transportation of major energy sources like fuel gases, petroleum, and other flow of gases and liquid has been done through pipelines, any crack, blowholes, or damage inside the pipe may lead to major economic loss and can catches fire therefore the internal inspection of pipelines is needed. For inspection of narrow, deep, and hazardous environment inside the pipeline the robots is used. The control of robot has been done by programmable logic controller (PLC) and internal control of robot has been through human–machine interface (HMI). The control of robot has two parts in terms of programming. First, the development of ladder logic is done in Indraworks Engineering Software according to the sequence of operations and then simulates it on software itself to check the fulfillment of objectives. Second, developing the HMI Interface is for internal control of robot and easy access of operation. Touch screen has been used as HMI which is helpful in opting the size of pipe accordingly pipeline inspection robot will adjust its arms.