PIR sensor array for hand motion recognition
Presentation / Conference
Wojtczuk, P., Armitage, A., Binnie, D., & Chamberlain, T. (2011, August)
PIR sensor array for hand motion recognition. Paper presented at SensorDevices 2011, Nice, France
Abstract—In this paper we present our work towards a hand gesture recognition system realised with a passive thermal infrared sensor array. In contrast with the majority of re...
A comparison of video and infrared based tracking of pedestrian movements.
Conference Proceeding
Kerridge, J., Kukla, R., Willis, A., Armitage, A., Binnie, D., & Lei, L. (2005)
A comparison of video and infrared based tracking of pedestrian movements. In S. P. Hoogendoom, S. Luding, P. H. L. Bovy, M. Schreckenberg, & D. E. Wolf (Eds.), Traffic and granular flow 03, 383-392. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28091-X_37
We provide a comparison of the relative merits of video and infrared based methods for collecting pedestrian movements from the real world and also from experimental environme...
Monitoring the movement of pedestrians using low-cost infrared detectors: initial findings.
Conference Proceeding
Kerridge, J., Armitage, A., Binnie, D., Lei, L., & Sumpter, N. (2003)
Monitoring the movement of pedestrians using low-cost infrared detectors: initial findings
Monitoring the movement of pedestrians in everyday environments is difficult, especially if accurate data are required. Typically, data pertaining to the origins and destinati...
Infrared sensing using pyroelectric polymers
Conference Proceeding
Armitage, A., Benjamin, K., Setiadi, D., Weller, H., & Binnie, D. (1997)
Infrared sensing using pyroelectric polymers. In A. T. Augousti, & N. M. White (Eds.), Sensors & their Applications VIII (297-302
This paper describes a programme of work intended to develop inexpensive infrared imagers. The technology is based on the pyroelectric effect in the polymer PVDF, and a copoly...
System architectures for infrared pedestrian tracking.
Presentation / Conference
Walczyk, R., Balazs, A., Armitage, A., & Binnie, D. (2011, June)
System architectures for infrared pedestrian tracking. Paper presented at 22nd IET Irish Signals and Systems Conference, Trinity College, Dublin
This paper describes an FPGA-based implementation of a real-time pedestrian detection and tracking system for infrared (IR) video streams. The system includes hardware acceler...
Recognition of simple gestures using a PIR sensor array
Journal Article
Wojtczuk, P., Armitage, A., Binnie, D., & Chamberlain, T. (2012)
Recognition of simple gestures using a PIR sensor array. Sensors & transducers, 14, 83-94
We present an approach that is intended for simple gesture control using a relatively inexpensive pyroelectric array detector. The detector is manufactured using standard wafe...
An integrated charge amplifier for a pyroelectric sensor.
Journal Article
Setiadi, D., Armitage, A., Binnie, D., Regtien, P., & Sarro, P. (1997)
An integrated charge amplifier for a pyroelectric sensor. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 61, 421-426. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0924-4247%2897%2980299-3
This paper presents an integrated charge amplifier that measures a small charge. This charge is generated by a pyroelectric detector. The charge amplifier consists of a single...
An embedded real-time pedestrian detection system using an infrared camera.
Conference Proceeding
Walczyk, R., Armitage, A., & Binnie, D. (2010)
An embedded real-time pedestrian detection system using an infrared camera. In IET Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC 2009)https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2009.1716
An FPGA-based implementation of a pedestrian detection system using thermal infrared imaging is presented. The main feature of the processing platform is its ability to detec...
Tracking pedestrians using visible and infrared systems
Conference Proceeding
Armitage, A., Binnie, D., Chamberlain, T., Nilsson, M., & Rutter, M. (2005)
Tracking pedestrians using visible and infrared systems. In Universities Transport Study Group conference, 1-9
In this paper, we will describe a number of research projects at Napier University on pedestrian tracking. This work started with systems based on ordinary cameras working at ...
FPGA implementation of hot spot detection in infrared video.
Presentation / Conference
Walczyk, R., Armitage, A., & Binnie, D. (2010, June)
FPGA implementation of hot spot detection in infrared video. Paper presented at IET Irish Systems & Signals Conference, Cork
This paper describes a Hardware Description Language (HDL) based fully customizable module for real-time infrared (IR) hot spot detection and feature extraction from a video s...