scholarly journals Development of a camera trap for perching dragonflies: a new tool for freshwater environmental assessment

PeerJ ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. e9681
Author(s):  
Akira Yoshioka ◽  
Akira Shimizu ◽  
Hiroyuki Oguma ◽  
Nao Kumada ◽  
Keita Fukasawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Time Lapse ◽  
Camera Trap ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
Low Power Consumption ◽  
Detection Accuracy ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Detection Frequency

Although dragonflies are excellent environmental indicators for monitoring terrestrial water ecosystems, automatic monitoring techniques using digital tools are limited. We designed a novel camera trapping system with an original dragonfly detector based on the hypothesis that perching dragonflies can be automatically detected using inexpensive and energy-saving photosensors built in a perch-like structure. A trial version of the camera trap was developed and evaluated in a case study targeting red dragonflies (Sympetrum spp.) in Japan. During an approximately 2-month period, the detector successfully detected Sympetrum dragonflies while using extremely low power consumption (less than 5 mW). Furthermore, a short-term field experiment using time-lapse cameras for validation at three locations indicated that the detection accuracy was sufficient for practical applications. The frequency of false positive detection ranged from 17 to 51 over an approximately 2-day period. The detection sensitivities were 0.67 and 1.0 at two locations, where a time-lapse camera confirmed that Sympetrum dragonflies perched on the trap more than once. However, the correspondence between the detection frequency by the camera trap and the abundance of Sympetrum dragonflies determined by field observations conducted in parallel was low when the dragonfly density was relatively high. Despite the potential for improvements in our camera trap and its application to the quantitative monitoring of dragonflies, the low cost and low power consumption of the detector make it a promising tool.

scholarly journals Integration of highly anisotropic multiferroic BaTiO3–Fe nanocomposite thin films on Si towards device applications

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (9) ◽  
pp. 4172-4178
Author(s):  
Matias Kalaswad ◽  
Bruce Zhang ◽  
Xuejing Wang ◽  
Han Wang ◽  
Xingyao Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Power Consumption ◽  
Low Power ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Low Power Consumption ◽  
Silicon Substrates ◽  
Critical Step ◽  
Nanocomposite Thin Films ◽  
Device Applications

Integration of highly anisotropic multiferroic thin films on silicon substrates is a critical step towards low-cost devices, especially high-speed and low-power consumption memories.

Semi-Physical Simulation System for FMCW Radar

2011 ◽  
Vol 135-136 ◽  
pp. 886-892
Author(s):  
Wen Hui Chen ◽  
Xin Xi Meng ◽  
Xiao Min Liu
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Physical Simulation ◽  
Continuous Wave ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Simulation System ◽  
Radar Signal ◽  
Low Power Consumption ◽  
Fmcw Radar ◽  
Data Process

In order to process and analyze the signal of frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar, a radar semi-physical simulation(RSPS) system based on STM32F103VE6 chip is designed in this paper. By designing the hardware and software of system, the RSPS system can process the radar signal, detect the target, verify the data process algorithm and display the result on TFT-LCD screen. In addition, the collected data can be uploaded to PC by RS-232 interfaces which improves the reliability, stability and practicability of system. The waveform and spectrum maps are utilized to show the feasibility of RSPS system in analysing FMCW radar signal. Experimental results show that this system has many advantages, such as multifunction, low power consumption and low cost.

Improved Baugh Wooley Multiplier Using Cadence Register Transfer Level Logic for Power Consumption

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 277-283
Author(s):  
V Rajmohan ◽  
O. Uma Maheswari
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Vlsi Design ◽  
Register Transfer Level ◽  
Low Power Consumption ◽  
Power Efficient ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Efficient Process ◽  
Array Multiplier ◽  
Register Transfer

In modern days of VLSI design, speedy operations and low-power consumption is a key requirement for any circuits. When it comes to multipliers, the power efficient multiplier plays an important role. The main aim of this work is to develop the system with faster and less power multiplier for an efficient process by using Baugh-Wooley multipliers. The optimized Baugh-Wooley multiplier consumes least power, area and produces less delay. The proposed architecture is 193× times faster than Conventional array multiplier in the practical applications and 213× times faster than a conventional Baugh-Wooley multiplier. The Improved Baugh-Wooley multiplier consumes the power of 09.02 mW and area of 52426 μm2.

Manipulating and trapping light with photonic crystals from fundamental studies to practical applications

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (47) ◽  
pp. 11032-11049 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eiichi Kuramochi
Keyword(s):  
Photonic Crystals ◽  
Power Consumption ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Cavity Qed ◽  
Photonic Devices ◽  
Low Power Consumption ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Recent Advances

This review summarizes recent advances in trapping and extracting light, cavity-QED studies, and low power consumption photonic devices by photonic crystals and nanostructures.

A Portable and High-Resolution System for Sleep Apnea Monitoring

2013 ◽  
Vol 753-755 ◽  
pp. 2369-2373
Author(s):  
Yu Xuan Hu ◽  
Yi Hu ◽  
Shu Ming Ye ◽  
Xiao Xiang Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Apnea ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Power Consumption ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Monitoring System ◽  
Sleep Apnea Syndrome ◽  
Low Power Consumption ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Obstructive Sleep ◽  
Apnea Monitoring

As a major indicator of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) in clinical diagnosis, the monitoring of sleep apnea plays an important role in medical treatments of modern society. This paper proposes a portable sleep apnea monitoring system, which is of high-precision and low-power consumption, and capable of performing the long-term monitoring of OSAS patients multiple physiological parameters in clinical treatments. In the system, the AC modulated detection is adopted, and low amplification ratios are utilized in forestage and a high-resolution AD converter is designed in post-stages. Thus, it is able to acquire, analyze, and process physiological signals in real-time. In addition, ultralow-power chips are used in control system to save the power consumption. The experimental results show that our monitoring system has the strengths of high stability, low-power consumption (peak current90mA), and strong anti-interference ability, which demonstrates the potential in practical applications.

Bluetooth Hands Free System for Fixed Telephone Research

2012 ◽  
Vol 198-199 ◽  
pp. 1603-1608
Author(s):  
Qing Hua Shang ◽  
Ping Liu
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Low Power Consumption ◽  
Wireless Technology ◽  
Free System ◽  
Wireless Technologies ◽  
The Stability

Wireless technology has walked into the People's Daily life, Bluetooth technology comes to the fore in so many wireless technologies with its low power consumption, low cost and other characteristics. Bluetooth technology is used widely, we can see it in mobile phones or in our cars, it seems that Bluetooth technology has penetrated into every aspect of our lives. Even so, the combination of Bluetooth technology and fixed telephone still has a very big development space. If the stability of the fixed telephone combined with the flexible of Bluetooth technology, it will give the life of people a lot of convenience. This paper will introduces the Bluetooth hands free system for fixed telephone, it is such a product that it will make Bluetooth technology and common fixed phone combined, and make it a reality that people can use common Bluetooth headset to answer or call a fixed telephone.

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