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The Innovative Facultyfor Innovative Technologies

Gdańsk University of Technology

www.eti.pg.edu.pl

Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics

new edition

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The Faculty at a glance• 16departments• 4fieldsofstudies• 3600students• 500graduateseachyear• 20doctorateseachyear• 200researchers,incl.20FullProfessors• 50runningresearchprojects• 150cooperatingcompanies

Laboratories• AdvancedComputerAnimationsLab• AlgorithmsandSystemModellingLab• AnechoicChambers• AudioAcousticsLaboratory• AutomaticControlLab• BiomedicalEngineeringLab• ComputerArchitectureLab• ComputerCommunicationsLab• ComputerNetworksLab• DecisionSystemsLab• DisplaysandColorimetryLab• GeoinformaticsLab• GroundSatelliteStationLab• Immersive3DVisualizationLab• IndustrialRobotsLaboratory• InnovativeMaterialsandDevicesLab(Clean-room)• IntelligentInteractiveSystemsLab• LaboratoryforIntegrationofAutomationSystems• LaboratoryofIntegratedandProgrammableCircuits• MarineElectronicSystemsLab• MetrologyLabandOptoelectronicsLab• MicroelectronicSystemsLab• MicrowaveandAntennaEngineeringLab• MicrosoftModernLab• MobileDevicesLab• MultimediaSystemsLab• OpticalCoherenceTomographyLab• RadiocommunicationSystemsandNetworksLab• SoftwareandKnowledgeEngineeringLab• TeleinformationNetworksLab

Participation in European Research Area• Horizon2020• EUFrameworkProgrammes• COST• Eureka• Artemis• NorwayFunds• Tempus

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TheFacultyofElectronics,TelecommunicationsandInformatics(ETI)educatesabo-ut3,500students in fourfieldsofstudies: Informatics,Electronics&Telecommu-nications,ControlEngineering&Robotics,andBiomedicalEngineering.WearethelargestfacultyinNorthernPolandintheareaofmoderntelecommunicationsandinformationtechnologies,employingnearly200researchersandlecturers,whichin-cludesover40ProfessorsandDoctorsofScience.Formanyyearswehaveretainedahighscientificstanding,documentedbythecategory “A”accordingtotheMini-stryofScienceandHigherEducation’sclassificationsystem,andbybeingentitledto confer aDSc degree in three disciplines: Electronics, Telecommunications andInformaticsaswellasaPhDdegreeinthedisciplinesofAutomatics&RoboticsandCybernetics&BiomedicalEngineering.

TheFacultyhasanextensive researchanddidactic infrastructureat itsdisposal.Recently, a new (and the Faculty’s second) building wasmade available, servingprimarilydidacticpurposes– ithouses laboratories, lectureandauditoriumhallscomprisingatotalofabout1550seats,aswellasastudent-friendlyFacultyoffice.There isalsotheTri-CityAcademicComputerCentre, calledby itsPolishacronym“TASK”,withoneofthefastestsupercomputersinEurope,aswellasastate-of-the--art library and reading room. There aremany extensively equipped research anddidacticlaboratories.Twoanechoicchambersareusedforacousticresearchandan-tennameasurements.AoneofthefewinPolandearthsatellitestationforresearchisinstalledontheroofofBuildingAofETI.AmodernlaboratoryofindustrialrobotsfundedfromEuropeanfundswasopenedin2012. Justrecently, inDecember2014theImmersive3DVisualizationLabwasopened.Thisuniquelaboratoryisdesignedtodevelopinterdisciplinaryresearchonvirtualreality.Twodidacticlabshasbeencertifiedbyleadingglobalcompanies:MicrosoftandCadence.

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prof.KrzysztofGoczyłaDeanoftheFaculty

GraduatesoftheFacultyhaveestablishedsuccessfulworld-wideknowncompanies.Justtwoprominentexamplesare:YoungDigitalPlanet,whichisaworldleaderinthefieldofdigitaleducationalcontent,andIVOSoftware(nowownedbyAmazon),whoareinventorsoftheinternationalaward-winningspeechsynthesizer“Ivona”.AlargenumberoftheFaculty’sgraduateshavebeenverysuccessfulabroad.ThemostprominentexampleisProf.TomaszImieliński,co-founderofdatamining,theworl-d’smostcitedPolishcomputerscientist.

TheFacultyofElectronics,TelecommunicationsandInformaticsatGdańskUniver-sityofTechnologyisamodernacademiccentreharmoniouslycombiningadvancedresearch and attractive education with active cooperation in the industrial envi-ronment.Withintheframeworkofthe latter,theFaculty initiatedtheformationofthePomeranianICTCluster,whichintegratesoverahundredbusinesspartnersfrommanyfieldsofinformation,electronicsandtelecommunicationstechnologies,aswellasseveraleducationalinstitutionsandlocalgovernmentorganizations.

TheinventionsdevelopedinourFacultyarewidelyknownandrecognized.Amongthem,therearecomputertoolsforhearing,speechandsightscreeningtests,aswellasarangeofdedicatedspecializedinterfacesenablingparalyzedandhandicappedpeopletousecomputers.Animportantgrouparetheinventionsthatsupportthe-rapy inthecaseofcommonconditions,suchasspeech impairmentorcirculatorydisorders. Other inventions of great practical importance are: a passive acousticradar,aseriesofmobileimpedanceanalyzersforthediagnosticsofanti-corrosioncoatings,auniquemobileexpertsystemformeasuringthemotionofgaseouspol-lutantsintheatmosphericair,anoisemonitoringsystem,asystemfordetectingtraceamountsofhazardoussubstances,asystemofsmartLEDlamps,oranovelmethodofsynthesisofdiamondsuspensions.Inthisbookletyouwillfindshortde-scriptionsofsomeoftheinventionsmentionedabove,aswellassomenewestones,developedjustrecently.

TheFacultyofElectronics,TelecommunicationsandInformatics,ispleasedtobeamodernandfast-developingscientificanddidacticunitofsuchamoderntechnicalinstitutionasGdańskUniversityofTechnology.Weinviteyoutoanykindofbenigncooperation tomeet thegreat challenge - theharmoniousanddynamicdevelop-mentofthe21stcenturySociety.

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Active Dynamic Thermography for quantitative skin burn diagnostics

Purpose

Theconceptofusingthermalexcitationandmeasurementofthermal responses isknown asNonDestructive Thermal Testing (NDTT). ActiveDynamic Thermography(ADT)allowsnon-destructivetestingofbulky,multi-structure,foilorcompositema-terialsusingexternalheatexcitationandvisualisationoftheinfraredresponse,sho-wingthesurfacetemperaturedistributionandthermaltransients.Ourinvestigationsaredirectedmainlytowardsmedicalapplicationsanddevelopmentofnewmethodsofdiagnostics,e.g.:non-contactevaluationofthedegreeofskinburndamage;evalu-ationoftreatmentprocedures;evaluationofintra-operationproceduresincardiosur-geryetc.TheaimoftheworkwastofindtherelationshipbetweenfiguresofmeritinstaticthermographyΔT(differenceofmeanvaluesoftheburnwoundandofnot-af-fectedskinareatemperatures)andinADT(thermaltimeconstantsparametricimages-tau)forburnclassificationmostsuitableforchoosingtreatment.Statisticalanalysisdidshowahighcorrelationbetweenparameters:thermaltimeconstants,ΔT,thehi-stopathologyestimationandtheburnwoundclassificationintohealedandunhealedduringthreeweeks.ThestudyresultsrevealedthequantitativecriterionstauandΔT forburnclassificationallowingaproperchoiceofburnwoundtreatment.

Description

Capturingof IR-imageswhile coolingorheatingallows for calculationof thermalimagesusedforclassificationofregionsforconservativeorsurgicaltreatment.

ThisfigureshowsADTsetwithcoolingappliedforburndiagnosticsinclinics

ContactProf. Antoni Nowakowski / DepartmentofBiomedicalEngineeringphone:+48583472645/email:antowak@biomed.eti.pg.gda.pl

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Purpose

TheAEGIRsystemisdesignedtobeanindependentradiolocationsystem,thatwillallowyoutodetermine locators’positionswithoutusinganysatellitenavigationsystems(likeGPSorGLONASSsystems).

Description

IntheAEGIRsystemallgroundreferencestationsoperateinanasynchronousway,soeachoneusesalocaloscillatortotransmitlocalizationmessages.Theycanalsoreceivesignalsfromneighboringstations.Basedonthereceivedsignals,areferencestationdeterminesthetimedifferencebetweentheneighboringreferencestationsand itsownrhythmofwork.Themeasurementresultsareregularlyplaced inthelocalizationmessage.Thelocatorreceiverisresponsibleforthesynchronizationpro-cess.Onthebasisofitsownmeasurementsandmeasurementsfromthereferencestation,itestimatesitslocation.ComparedtoexistingsolutionslikeLoran-C(LongRangeNavigation–C),theAEGIRsystemresignsfromachainrelationshipbetwe-enreferencestations.Intheproposedsystem,therearenosupervisioncentersfor

maintenance,whichreducesoperatingcostsandincreases system reliability. The AEGIR systemwillbefullyfunctionalifthelocatorwillreceivesignalsfromatleastthreereferencestations(2Dcase) or four reference stations (3D case). Theprinciple of the system is under patent protec-tioninthiscountryandintheEuropeanUnion.

Inaddition, the systemhas theadvantage thatintheprocessofestimatingtheposition,coordi-natesaredetermineddirectly,withouttheneedtoassignthemtotheso-calledpositioninglinesthatareneededinphaseradiolocationsystems.Therefore, there is no need to input a startingpositionandcounttheexcesspositionlinesthatarerepeatedonaregularbasisintheareaofthesystem, and that can lead to errors in determi-ning the correct latitude and longitude.

AEGIR – Asynchronous, Autonomous and Ground-Based Radiolocation System

ContactProf. Jacek Stefański, PhD, DSc / DepartmentofRadioCommunicationSystemsandNetworksphone:+48583471566/email:jstef@eti.pg.gda.pl

AEGIR-inNorsemythology:godofocean

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Purpose

Thedevelopedimagesensorwithvisionprocessorsisintegratedonasinglechiptocreateaso-calledvisionchip.Suchkindsofchipsfindmanyapplications in robo-tics,biomedicalimplants,roadtrafficcontrolsystems,andnavigationsystems.Themain functionof thevisionchips is toperformnumerically-intensiveearlyvisionprocessingalgorithms,includingsmoothing,edgedetection,noisereduction,shar-pening,etc.Thelow-poweroperationofsuchchipsisofgreatimportanceformanyautonomoussystemspoweredfrombatteriesorsmallsolarcells.

Description

Anewapproachtoananalogultra-lowpowermedium-resolutionvisionchipdesignhasbeeninvented.Theprototypechipperformslow-levelimageprocessingalgori-thmsinreal-time.Onlyaphoto-diode,MOSswitchesandtwocapacitorsareusedtocreateananalogprocessingelement(APE)thatisabletorealizeanyconvolutionalgorithmbasedonafull3x3kernel.Theproof-of-conceptcircuitwasfabricatedin0.35µmCMOStechnology,andcontainsa64x64singleinstructionmultipledata(SIMD)matrixwith embeddedAPEs. Theprototypehasbeen functionally testedandmeasured.Theperformedtestsshowthatthevisionchipcanbeusedforco-nvolutionimagefilteringThematrixdissipateslessthan0.3mW(lessthan0.1µWperAPE)ofpowerunder3.3Vsupply,anditsimageprocessingspeedisupto100frames/s.

An Analog Sub-Milliwatt CMOS Image Sensor With Pixel-Level Convolution Processing

Main chip parameters

TechnologySupplyArraysizeChipareaAPEsizePowerperAPEFramerateRandomnoiseOpticaldynamicrangeLinearity

0.35µmCMOS3.3V64x649.8mm235µmx35µm0.07µWmax10-100fps5mVrms@500lx58dB97%

ContactProf. Stanisław Szczepański /DepartmentofMicroelectronicSystemsphone:+48583472278/fax:+48583472378/email:stanisla@eti.pg.gda.pl

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Purpose

Purpose:Itisestimatedthatabout2%ofchildrenhaveunderminedlateralizationofthebra-in.Theproposedsolutionisbasedontheassumptionthatlateralizationofsight/hearingcouldbefocusedbythestimulationofthosesensesinanappropriateway.Featuresofthesystemwillallowforthecorrectionof,andconsistentdevelopmentof,children;especiallyinthecaseofchildrenwithvariousimpairments(especiallycross-dominanceordyslexia).

Description

Themain idea is toperformparallel stimulationof the sight andhearing sensesusingdigitalsignalprocessingtechniques.Modificationof visualandhearingsti-muliisperformedinordertofocusperceptionofthosesensesbytheappropriatehemisphere(bymeansofthelateralizationprofile).Senseofhearingisstimulatedusingthetimescalemodification(TSM)ofspeechcombinedwithamplitudemodi-ficationof speechusedduring the training.Thesight is stimulatedbydisplayingthetextofthespokenelements.Textismodifiedduringthetraining,i.e.partofthetextthatiscurrentlyheardintheheadphonesismarkedusingvarioustechniques(e.g.zooming,colouring,etc.). Intheextendedversionofthesystem,parametersassociatedwithvisionandhearingmodificationalgorithmsmightbecontrolledbyagazetracker.

Auditory-visual attention stimulator

Contact Piotr Odya, PhD /MultimediaSystemsDepartmentphone:+48583472301/fax:+48583471114email:piotrod@sound.eti.pg.gda.pl

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Automatic video event detection software

Purpose

This product is the prototype of a video processing and event detection solution designedtobeappliedinmulti-camerasurveillancesystems.Itdetectsmovingob-jectsinfixedcamerastreams,tracksthem,classifiesthem,anddetectsuser-definedevents including intrusionandwrong-directionmovement, aswell as specializedevents,suchasabandonedluggage,eventsoccurringinaparkinglot(parkingtimeandplaceidentification,enteringandleavingaparkinglot,etc.),andtrafficevents(prohibitedlanechange,stoppinginthemiddleofanintersection,etc.).Alleventsareinstantaneouslyreportedtothesystemoperator.

Description

ThesystemcanoperateonanyWindowsorLinuxOSPCswithdigital IPcamerasattached.Thesystemishighlydistributedandscalable,thereforemultipleserversmaybe employed to theprocessingof streams froma largenumber of cameras.Resultsofvideoanalysisaretransmittedtodedicatedenduserterminalsbywiredlinks,WiFi,orGPRS,includingPCsandSmartphones.

ContactPiotr Szczuko, PhD/MultimediaSystemsDepartmentphone:+48583472972/email:szczuko@sound.eti.pg.gda.pl

Intrusiondetectionexample

Prohibitedlanechangedetection Abandonedluggagedetection

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Dipping sonars for detection and tracking submarines

Purpose

Thedippingsonarsforhelicoptersarenewsystemsdesignedfordetectionandtrac-kingofsubmarinesinbothactiveandpassivemodes,equippedwithanadditionalgradientpassivearrayandameterofspeedvelocitydistributioninwater.Theyarefully operational on Polish Navy anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopters andships,meaningthattheymeetthetoughrequirementsofthehighesttechnologyreadinesslevel(TRL9).

Description

designedwithdigitalmicroprocessor,real-timetechnology.Theon-decktransmittergeneratesbroadband,frequency-modulatedsoundingsignalsusingadirectdigitalsynthesis(DDS)modulator.Thesonarreceivesechosignalsfromarevolvingultraso-nictransduceroperatingintheactivemodeand4signalsfromhydrophonesofthepassivearray.Followingfiltrationandgain,thesignalsundergoanalogue-to-digitalconversion,andarethensenttocomputersfordigitalprocessingandimaging.Thepulsecompressiontechniqueappliedinactivemodesignificantlyimprovesdetec-tionperformanceand increases the range fordetectingand tracking submarinesvisualizedattheon-boardoperatorconsolecolourmonitor.

ContactJacek Marszal PhD, DSc /DepartmentofMarineElectronicSystemsphone:+48583472230/email:jacek.marszal@eti.pg.gda.pl

Dippingsonarsystemforhelicopter

Dippingsonarconsole

PPIpresentationinthe dipping sonar

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Purpose

Thesystem’saimistolocalizeactiveRFIDtagsindoors,inamoreeffectivewaythantraditionalsystems.Localizationmethodscanusedifferentenvironmentalfeatu-res(signals)andtheirproperties:differentcharacteristicsassociatedwiththepro-pagationofradiosignals(RSS,ToF,DoA,etc.),datarecordedfromsensorsonatag(infrared, compass, accelerometers, ultrasound, etc.), images recordedby a videocameras(computervision).TheHybridLocalizationSystemreliesonmeasurementsof various signals fromtheenvironmentanddifferent signalproperties,usesad-vancedalgorithmsfordataprocessing,sodifferentcomponentsofthesystemcanmutuallyremovetheirweakpointsandimprovetheoverallaccuracywhilstsimulta-neously keeping infrastructure costs low.

Description

Hybrid Localization System

ContactŁukasz Kulas, PhDDepartmentofMicrowaveandAntennaEngineeringphone:+48583471659email:lukasz.kulas@eti.pg.gda.pl

Thiswork has been supported by the PolishNationalCentreforResearchandDevelopmentunderagreementLIDER/23/147/L-1/09/NCBiR/2010.

Algorithmsforhybridlocalization InexpensiveswitchedbeamantennasforAoAsubsystems

InexpensiveprogrammablecamerasandComputerVisionalgorithmssupportinglocalizationprocessinthehybridsystem

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Immersive 3D Visualization Lab

Purpose

Immersive3DVisualizationLabensuresthehighestpossibledegreeoffeelingim-mersion,owingtounrestrictedfreedomofmovementandstereoscopic3Dprojec-tion,combinedwiththeleastamountofequipmentwornbyuserstoprovidethemwiththemaximumcomfortandimpressionofnaturalactivity.Itcanbeappliedin,amongothers:• militaryandhomelandsecuritytrainingandoperationsplanning(forthesocalledcyber-warriors),• industrialinspection,trainingandexaminationofcomplexstructures,• virtualprototypingofvehiclesandmachines,• scientificandarchitecturalvisualization,• virtualtourism,exhibitionsandmuseums,education,• measuringtheimpactoftheenvironmentonhumanbehavior,• psychologicaltreatmentofvariousmentaldisordersandphobias,• virtualsurgeryandvisualizationofothermedicalprocedures,• entertainment(e.g.computergames).

Description

Implementationofamechanismofmovementwitho-ut changing location is carried out using a transpa-rent sphere of 3.05m in diameter, freely rotating onthe supporting rollers. The user is placed in the sphe-re througha specialhatchopened fromoutside.Therotary transparent sphere with the user is located in thecenterofthecubicCAVEwithedgesofabout3.4meach.TheCAVEconsistsofsixacrylicflatscreens(four

walls,floorandceiling).ToallowaccesstotheCAVE,oneofthesescreensisanau-tomaticslidingdoor.TherotarysphereisremovablefromtheCAVE.Thisallowsfortestingothermodelsof locomotioninterfaces. It isalsopossibletousetheCAVEinthetypicalway,withoutanywalksimulationdevice,onlywithsomehandheldcontroller(flystickorwand).Inaddition,theremovedrotarysphere,enrichedwithavirtualhelmet,cansimultaneouslyallowforindependentsimulationorfordistri-butedsimultaneoussimulationofbothdevices(thesphereandCAVE).Thelabprovidesauniquefacilityfordevelopingandtestinginteractionscenarios,notyetexploredinEurope.

ContactJacek Lebiedź, PhD/DepartmentofIntelligentInteractiveSystemsphone:+48583472096/email:jacekl@eti.pg.gda.pl

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Purpose

Thesystemwasdesignedasasupportforfiremenorpolicemenduringinterventioninunknownbuildings,toincreasesafetyandreducetime-to-helpincaseofemergency

Description

SALOnismadeupofthreetypesofdevices:• personalidentificationmodules,wornbyofficers,• referencemodules,installedarounda/thesupervisedarea/building,forexample

mountedoncarswhichareusedbytheofficerstogettothearea/building,• serverresponsiblefordatacollection,calculationofofficer’spositionsandpre-

sentation(madeofindustrialPC).Positionsofnodes(officers) innetworkarecalculatedonthebasisofnode-to-no-dedistancemeasurementsusingradiowavesandround-trip-timemethod.Toavoidaltitudeambiguity incaseofallreferencenodesmountedatequalheight,anad-ditionalairpressuresensorisusedtomeasurechangeinaltitudebydifferencesinmeasuredpressure.Otherkindsofsensors(magnetometers,inertialsensors)canbeapplied to increase the accuracy of location service.Inadditiontolocationdata,someuserdatacanbetransmittedviatheSALOnradionetwork:alarmstriggeredmanually,alarmstriggeredbyaccelerometer(e.g.freefalldetection),evacuationorderetc.Incaseofanalarmmessageoriginatedfromonepersonalmodule,otherusersareinformedviatheirmodulesabouttheI.D.anddi-stancetothatalarminitiator.TheSALOnsystemwasbuiltasaworkingprototypewithfullfunctionality.Afinalversioncanbemodifiedtofitauser’srequirements.

Indoor Radiolocation System for Special Applications SALOn

ContactJarosław Sadowski, PhD/DepartmentofRadioCommunicationSystemsandNetworksphone:+48583472211/email:jaroslaw.sadowski@eti.pg.gda.pl

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Long-range active sonars for anti-submarine warfare

ContactJacek Marszal PhD, DSc/DepartmentofMarineElectronicSystemsphone:+48583472230/email:jacek.marszal@eti.pg.gda.pl

Purpose

Thehull-mountedanti-submarinewarfare(ASW)long-rangemulti-beamsonarsys-temswithfullangularrangeoftargetobservationaredesignedforthedetection,localizationand trackingof shipsandotherobjectshidden in thewater column.ThesonarsarefullyoperationalonPolishNavyshipsofbothSovietandAmericanorigin,meaningthattheymeetthetoughrequirementsofthehighesttechnologyreadinesslevel(TRL9).

Description

Thelong-rangeactiveASWsystemsareequippedwithacylindricalacousticanten-nacooperatingwithabeamformer,whichallowsthesimultaneousobservationoftargetsatallbearingsaroundtheship.Automaticpositionstabilizationofthean-tennaenablesconductingacontinuoussurveyoftargetsanddeterminingtheirpo-sitionwithagoodaccuracyevenathighseestates.Veryhighenergy,frequency-mo-dulatedsoundingpulsesusedinsonars,combinedwiththecorrelationdetection,ensurealongrange(upto32km),evenindifficultpropagationconditionswithahighlevelofacousticnoiseandreverberation.Thesystemisequippedwithamo-dern,ergonomicimagingassemblywith4colordisplayscreensandcontrolpanels,operatedbytwooperators.

Long-rangeASWsonarwith cylindrical array

PPIdisplayofASWsonarinobject-trackingmode

Blockschemeoflong-rangeASWsonarsystem

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Purpose

Supportingmedicalresearch,especiallyingastrointestinalendoscopy

Description

Theapplicationdealswiththeanalysisofthemediastreamthatisthepathoffilmfrom the endoscopic camera capsule. Endoscopy creates opportunities for rapiddetectionofneoplasticchangesingastrointestinaltracts.However,suchresearchtakesalongtimeandrequiresofthedoctoralotofconcentrationsothats/hecancorrectly identifythe lesion.Thisapplicationmaybeassistedbythe investigatortokeeppointingoutthemostimportantpiecesofresearch,andtosuggestthepa-thologicalchangesthatoccurthere.Whenplayingarecordingofthemoviethatislimitedonlytothemostimportantpiecesshowinglesions,thissignificantlyspeedsupthedecision-making.Theseoperationscanbeperformedonanongoingbasis,aswellasremotely,usingtheKASKADAplatform.Theplatformisdeployedonaclu-stersupercomputerenvironment(theGalerasupercomputerwhichconsistsofmul-tiplecomputationalnodesconnectedbyafastlow-latencynetwork.Itiscapableofprocessingincomingdatawiththeuseofservicescreatedbytheuser,andprovidesmethodsforaneasyparallelizationofthealgorithms.

MedEye

ContactTomasz Dziubich, PhD /DepartmentofComputerArchitecturephone:+48583472524/email:dziubich@eti.pg.gda.pl

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Medium-range mine counter-measure sonars

ContactJacek Marszal PhD, DSc /DepartmentofMarineElectronicSystemsphone:+48583472230/email:jacek.marszal@eti.pg.gda.pl

Purpose

Themine counter-measure (MCM) sonar systems are designed for searching, de-tecting,andlocalizingbottomandcontactmines,especiallyinshallowwaterwithstrongbottomreverberationsandsubstantialdeflectionofacousticwavepropaga-tionroutes.TheyarefullyoperationalonPolishNavyMCMships,meaningthattheymeetthetoughrequirementsofthehighesttechnologyreadinesslevel(TRL9).

Description

TheMCMsonarsaremulti-transmittingandmulti-receivingbeamsystemsdesignedwithdigitalmicroprocessor,real-timetechnology.Onthetransmittingside,theRDTtechniqueofanelectronicallyrotatedbeamisused,thesoundingsignalsandbeamrotationbeingperformedwithdirectdigitalsynthesis (DDS)controlledbysingle--chipmicroprocessors.Onthereceivingside,amulti-processorDSPsystemisusedrunningthealgorithmsofabeamformeroperating inthefrequencydomainwithsecondordersamplingand14bitresolution.Asignificantreductionofbeampatternsidelobesbothonthetransmittingandreceivingsideisachieved.TwoLCDmoni-torsareusedtosupporttheoperatorsindetection,identificationandtrackingofobjects. Informationexchangebetween the sonar andotheron-board systems isprovided as well.

LayeredmodelofsignalprocessingintheMCMsonarsystem

MCMsonarsystem

BasicdisplayofMCMsonar

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Mine counter-measure side-scan sonars

ContactJacek Marszal PhD, DSc /DepartmentofMarineElectronicSystemsphone:+48583472230/email:jacek.marszal@eti.pg.gda.pl

MCMsonarsystem

Purpose

Theside-scanminecounter-measuresonarsystemsuseaveryeffectiveunderwateracousticmethodfordetectingandlocalizingmotionlessunderwaterobjects.TheyarefullyoperationalonPolishNavyMCMships:theymeetthetoughrequirementsofthehighesttechnologyreadinesslevel(TRL9).

Description

Thesidescansonarsareactivesystemsdesignedwithdigitalmicroprocessor,real--timetechnology.Multi-elementultrasonictransducersaretowedbehindtheshipabovethebottominaso-calledtowfish,withbeampatternsdirecteddiagonallytowardsthebottom,totherightandleft.Thedynamicbeamwidthcontrolensuresconstant linear resolution throughout the entire search operation. The echo signals fromthetowedtransducersareconvertedintodigitalformandsenttotheon-bo-arddeviceusingVDSL(VeryHighSpeedDigitalSubscriberLine)datatransmissiontechnology.Thesurveyresultsandotherinformationaredisplayedonatwo-moni-toroperator consolewithsuchuseful functionsaszoom, short-termmemory,di-mensioning,multiplewindows,etc.Theside-scanmethodworkseffectivelyindeepwaterandonthebottom(e.g.contactandbottommines,shipwrecks,underwaterstructures), andhelpswith identifying thebottomtopography (forhydrographicpurposes–makingseabedmaps)onanareaofseveralhundredmeterswideonbothsides of the sounding vessel.

Determiningshipwrecklocationwiththeside-scansonar

Side-scansonartow

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Purpose

Low-cost,realtimemeasurementsolutionforupto10environmentalgasses’detec-tion and analysis.

Description

Theanalyzerisbasedonlow-costdifferenttypegassensors.Thedeviceisanide-alsolutionforrapidscreeningofenvironmentalpollutants.Uniquemeasurementtechniquesanddataanalysis reduce cross-sensitivityand long termsensordrift,allowing longtermoperationwithoutmaintenance.Thedevicehasbuild loggingcapabilityandthepossibilityofremotecontrolwithGSM.Compactsizeandfastinstallationallowmobileorstationaryapplication.Thededicatedsoftwareallowscommunicationwithafewanalyzers.

Multi component gas analyzer

ContactGrzegorz Jasiński, PhD/DepartmentofBiomedicalEngineeringphone:+48583471735/email:gregor@biomed.eti.pg.gda.pl

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NOR-STA – a tool supporting applications of evidence-based arguments

Purpose

Toprovideeffectiveandefficientsupportforprocessesofachievingandassessingconformancetonormsandstandardsand forprocessesofanalysinganddemon-stratingassuranceofselectedqualityobjectives.

Description

NOR-STAisasoftwaretoolfordevelopment,management,communicationandas-sessmentofevidence-basedarguments.NOR-STAcanbeusedtodevelopandassess:• assurance cases, to demonstrate system safety, dependability, security and

otherproperties,• conformancecases,todemonstrateconformancewithstandards,• ratingevaluations,toassessconformityofanorganizationtotherequirements

ofagivenratingsystem.NOR-STAsupportsallpartiesinvolvedintheimplementationofassuranceandcon-formanceprocesses,includingowners,promoters,users,auditorsandconsultants.Itprovidesauniqueon-lineandmobilecommunicationplatformwithdedicatedse-rvices.

NOR-STAisacommercialproductofferedbyArgevide,theGUTspin-offcompany.ArgevideoffersdifferentmodelsofNOR-STAlicensing,includingon-lineservices,serverlicencesandsinglecomputerlicences.

ContactProf. Janusz Górski/DepartmentofSoftwareEngineeringtel.+48583471909/email:Janusz.Gorski@eti.pg.gda.pl

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Purpose

Themotivationtocreatethisprototypeistheneedtoidentifythesameobjectinvi-deostreamsfromdifferentcamerascharacterizedbyvariousrecordingconditions.Thismethodcanbeusedfortrackingobjectsmovingfromonecameratoanother,especiallyincaseofoverlappedFieldsofView(FOVs).DefiningofacommonregioninFOVsofaparticularpairofcamerasisastartingpointtothesolutionofthepro-blemofobjects’re-identification.Fordisjointedcameraviewsamoresophisticatedapproach isnecessary,becausethevideosurveillancesystemcancontainvarioustypesofcameraswithdifferentorientations,andilluminationconditionscanvaryaswell.Thesetofvisualfeaturesandmatchingalgorithmsisappliedintheelabo-rated software.

Description

Theprototypeworksas partofasurveillancesystemequippedwithnon-overlap-pingcameras,makingitpossibletotrackmovingobjectsinthecaseofdiscontinu-ousvisualpresenceintheavailablesetofcamerasandundervariableilluminationconditions.

Object re-identification application for multi-camera surveillance systems

ContactProf. Andrzej Czyżewski, Mr. Karol Lisowski MSc. /MultimediaSystemsDepartmentphone:+48583471636/email:lisowski@sound.eti.pg.gda.pl

Multi-cameraobjectmatching

Variablevisualfeaturesofobjects

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Purpose

Thisproductisaprototypeofobjecttrackingandautomaticpan-tilt-zoom(PTZ)ca-merapositioningintendedformulti-camerasurveillancesystems.Itdetectsanobjectofinterestinafixedcameraview,tracksitsmovement,andautomaticallycontrolsahighzoomPTZcameratofollowtheobject.Objectsleavingthecamera’sarea-of-cove-rageareautomaticallydetectedandrecognizedinnearbycameras,thusthetrackingmaybecontinuedinlargerareas.

Description

TheapplicationcanoperateonanyWindowsandLinuxPCwithdigitalIPcamerasattached:atleastonefixed,andonePTZ,cameraarerequired.Itisabletorecordvideostreams,toprocessthem,andtotransmitdatatodedicatedterminalsbywi-redlinks,WiFi,andGPRS.BesidesPC-basedterminals,itsupportsalsosmartphones(withWindowsMobileOS),providingvideostreamingandtouchscreenoperationforselectingtheobjectofinterestinthevideo.

Object Tracking and Automatic Master-Sla-ve PTZ Camera Positioning System

ContactPiotr Szczuko, PhD /MultimediaSystemsDepartmentphone:+48583472972,email:szczuko@sound.eti.pg.gda.pl

PCterminalwithfourFullHDdisplays

AutomaticPTZcameratrackingtheobject

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Purpose

ThePassiveAcousticRadarisaprototypesolutionthatcanbeusedforautomaticdetection,classification(4classes:explosion,gunshot,scream,brokenglass),locali-zation,andtrackingofsoundsources,alsoemployingapan-tilt-zoom(PTZ)camera.Contrarytoactiveradars,itdoesnotemitanyscanningbeambut,afterreceivingenvironmentalsounds,itprovidesinformationaboutthedirectionofanincomingacousticalsignal.Therefore,ifahazardoussoundeventisdetected(i.e.explosion,gunshot,brokenglass,scream)thePTZcamerapointsautomaticallyintothedirec-tion of the event.

Description

Thedeviceconsistsofsomenewkindsofmultichannelminiaturesoundintensitysensors,andasetofdigitalsignalprocessingalgorithms.ThefunctionalityofthePassiveAcousticRadarenables:soundsourcevisualizationina3Dspace,andapre-cisePTZcamerasteeringtowardsthesoundsourcedirection.Multiplesoundsour-cescanalsobedetectedand localized.Moreover, the implementedbeamformingallowsonestoobtainan„acousticalfocus”onapartofthespatialscene,whentheselectedsoundsourceneedstobemonitoredaccurately.Theproposeddevicecansignificantlyimprovethefunctionalityoftraditionalsurve-illancemonitoringsystems.

Passive Acoustic Radar

ContactJózef Kotus, PhD/MultimediaSystemsDepartmentphone:+48583472972/email:joseph@sound.eti.pg.gda.pl

PassiveAcousticRadarinaction

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PassiveAcousticRadarinaction

Passive anti-submarine warfare towed-array sonars

Purpose

Thepassiveanti-submarinewarfare(ASW)towed-arraysonarsystemsaredesignedfordetectingand tracking submarines. Theyare fullyoperationalonPolishNavyMCMships,meaningthattheymeetthetoughrequirementsofthehighesttechno-logyreadinesslevel(TRL9).

Description

TheASWtowed-arraysonarsare low-frequency,broadband,passivesystemsdesi-gned with digital microprocessor, real-time technology. Good angular resolutionhasbeenachievedbygeneratingmorereceivingbeamswithmodernandeffectivemethods of digital signal processing. New effective beamforming algorithms forbroadbandsignalsweredevelopedaswellashighresolutionmethodsforspectrumestimation,toensureaccuratemeasurementsofthebearingofincomingacousticwaves.Inaddition,algorithmswereusedforautomatictrackingofselectedtargets.Toensureanadequatetransmissionrateofthedatafromthetowedtransducerar-ray,VDSL(VeryHighSpeedDigitalSubscriberLine)transmissiontechniqueisusedinthetowingcable.

ContactJacek Marszal PhD, DSc /DepartmentofMarineElectronicSystemsphone:+48583472230/email:jacek.marszal@eti.pg.gda.pl

PassiveASWtowed-arraysonarsystem

Automatictrackingofsubmarineinthetowed-arraysonarsystem

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Personalized Healthcare Solutions for Ambient Assisted Living

ContactProf. Jerzy Wtorek, PhD, DSc/DepartmentofBiomedicalEngineeringphone:+48583471384,email:jerzy.wtorek@eti.pg.gda.pl

Purpose

Ubiquitoushealthcaresystemsusedasassistedlivingsolutionswillnotonlyhelptoprevent,detect,andmonitorhealthconditionsbutwillalsosupportsick,elderly,anddisabledpeopletoliveindependently.Healthpersonalizationandsupportforolderandimmobilizedpeopleisaveryimportanttargetformanynationalandin-ternational initiatives.

Description

It is amultimodal, integratedplatform for com-munication, training, and monitoring of healthstatus and environmental conditions and thre-atsathome.Averyimportantcomponentofthepresentedplatform,isacentralcomputerstationdesigned to collect and process data in order to evaluate/classify undergoing event alerts. The re-configurablesystemconsistsofafewsensorne-tworks.Thebasiconeisformedbythecentralsta-tion serving as amaster, andprescribeddevicesequipped with appropriate interfaces. Differentcategories of sensor are developed to measure:heart pulse, temperature, body composition pa-rameters(weight,fatcontent,etc.),electricheartactivity (ECG),andphysicalactivity (accelerome-ter). Additionally, special sensors/devices can beintegrated with the system depending on thetype of a chronic illness, e.g. diabetes – glucoseconcentration,bloodhypertension-bloodpressu-re,etc.Asetofsensorsdevotedtomonitoressen-tialprocessesoreventsinclude,interalia:instan-taneouswaterandelectricalpowerconsumption,temperatureandfiredetection,toiletorbathuti-lization,waterandgasleakage.

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Purpose

OpticalCoherenceTomography(OCT)isoneofthemostpowerfulopticalmethodsfor non-invasive examination of inhomogeneous objects. Our research interestshavebeenfocusedonOCTwithadvancedpolarization-sensitiveanalysis (PS-OCT)andwithspectroscopicanalysis. Itbrings uniquebenefitstoOCTmeasurements,whichenableabettercharacterizationofthetesteddevicesandmaterials.Thisme-thodisuseful,forexampleintheinvestigationandqualityassessmentofcomplexobjectslikeprintedelectronicpartsorpolymercompositematerials.

Description

Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography with Spectroscopic Analysis

PS-OCTsystem

PBS1,2–polarizationbeamsplitters NPBS1,2–non-polarizationbeamsplittersPP–dispersioncompensationprism P–linearpolarizationplateQWP1,2–quarter-waveplate

HWP–half-waveplateOH–opticalmeasurementhead

PS-OCTmeasurementsexamples

ContactMarcin Strąkowski, PhD/DepartmentofMetrologyandOptoelectronicsPhone:+48583471361,email:marcin.strakowski@eti.pg.gda.pl

PS-OCTintensityimageofliquidcrystalsample;thedefectedareahasbeenindicatedbyredcontour

PS-OCTtomographyimageofliquidcrystalretar-dation angle

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Purpose

Manufacturing ofmodern thin-film optical andmicroelectronic devices in a low--pressureplasmaprocessrequiresprecisionandstrictcontroloftheprocessinordertoobtain requiredpropertiesandgoodqualityofthefinalproduct. Itstimulatesthesearchforeffectivediagnostictools.Theaimofthispresentedoptoelectronicsystemistomonitorin-situgrowthofthinfilmsinCVDprocesses.

Description

Raman Modular System with Fibre-Optic Probes for Remote Monitoring of CVD Processes

DesignofRaman system for in-situmonito-ringofµPACVDprocess:(a)excitationpart,(b) acquisition part; 1- coupler, 2 - opticalfibre,3 -excitationprobe,4-6–objective,5–bandpassfilter,7–window,8-growingfilm,9-window,10-12-objective,11–notchfilter,13-collectingprobe,14-fibrebundle,15-adapter;dimensionsaregiveninmillimeters.

ContactMarcin Gnyba, PhD/DepartmentofMetrologyandOptoelectronicsphone:+48583472482,email:marcin.gnyba@eti.pg.gda.pl

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Purpose

Ourbiometricsystemincreasesthesecurity levelofmobileworkstationsbycom-bining face recognition technologywith analysisof theuser’sbehaviour.Mobiledevicesoftenserveasdatabankscontainingconfidentialinformation,eitherper-sonal,corporateorgovernmental.Atthesametimetheriskofunauthorizedaccesstotheirresourcesismuchhigherthaninthecaseofdesktopcomputers.Therefore,additionalbiometricprotectionisnecessary.

Description

OurapplicationintegrateswithMicrosoftWindowsoperatingsystemsandreplacesthestandardpassword-basedloginwithanidentityverificationprocedure,perfor-mingfaceidentificationalongwithlivenessdetection.Thearchitectureoftheso-ftwareismodularsothatmanyexperimentalconfigurationscanbetestedwithinthereal-lifeapplication.Apartfromprovidingthevisualloginoption,thesoftwaremonitorsauser’spresenceandlockstheoperatingsystemwhenthecomputer isleftwithoutsupervision.Anotherfeatureisthepossibilitytosecureaccesstose-lectedfilesbymeansoffacerecognition.

Anadditionalmoduleofourbiometric security systemdetectsanomalies inkey-strokepatternsofauser.Assoonasanintruderisdetected,thesoftwarecanlocktheworkstationimmediatelyorgenerateasilentalarm,recordingtheappropriateinformationinalogfile.Wearealsoinvestigatingthepossibilitiesofprovidingiden-tityverificationbasedonanalysisofauser’shabitsorpatternsdiscoveredintheinteraction with graphical interfaces.Oursystemisfullycustomizable;thus,weareabletoprovidetherequiredbalancebetween the supplied security level and the computational complexity of algori-thms,whichcanbeadjustedtosuitthecharacteristicsoftheprotecteddevice.

SART-2: Biometric security system for mobile workstations

ContactMaciej Smiatacz, PhD/DepartmentofIntelligentInteractiveSystemsphone:+48583472689/email:slowhand@eti.pg.gda.pl,http://sart2.eti.pg.gda.pl/

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Purpose

Thesensornetworknode,equippedwithalow-resolutioncamera,observesthestre-etanddetectsmovingobjects.Thenumber,andthespeedofthedetectedobjects,aretransmittedusingalow-powerlicense-freeradiotransceivertoanotherneigh-bouringnode.Allthenodescreateaself-organizednetwork.Theprototypesensornetworknodehasbeenrealizedintwoversions:FPGAandASIC.TheASICversionconsumesapproximately500mWanditcanbepoweredfromaphotovoltaicsolarpanelcombinedwithasinglecellLi-Pobattery.

Description

Sensornetwork:• lowpowerradiotransceivers,ISMlicense-freeband;• lowpowerconsumption,lowhardwareandinstallationcosts;• lowmaintenancecosts;• installationonstreetlamp-poles;• possibilityofautonomouspowersupply.Eachsensornetworknodeconsistsof:• simplecamerasensor;• typical transceiver.Advantages:• trafficanalysis;• possibilityofinteractionwithtrafficlights;• supportforemergencyvehicles;• detectionandlocalizationoftrafficjams;• snowinformation(picturesfromcameras);• information for citi-

zens, radio, internet,street informationpa-nels;

• monitoring of tempe-rature,noise,intensityofthesunlight;

• operation in crisis situ-ations.

Sensor Network for City Traffic Monitoring

ContactMarek Wójcikowski, PhD/DepartmentofMicroelectronicSystemsPhone:+48583471974/Fax:+48583472378/email:wujek@ue.eti.pg.gda.pl

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Purpose

Thesoundprocessingsystemwasdevelopedasapartofthesupercomputercluster--based“KASKADA”frameworkintendedtofacilitateparallelprocessingofamultipli-cityofaudioandvideostreamsreceivedfromvideocameras.Theservicerunningonthisplatformoffersthefunctionalityofdetecting,classifying,and localizingaco-usticeventswhicharesymptomaticofthreatstothesafetyofpeopleandproperty.

Description

TheserviceisexecutedinthesupercomputingplatformKASKADAusingaclientap-plication,whichinturncanrunonaPCormobileplatform.Theserviceanalyzeslivestreamsfrommicrophonesandspecializedacousticsensors.Wheneverathreate-ningeventisdetected(e.g.agunshot,scream,breakingglassorexplosion),thein-formationispassedtotheuserviathegraphicalinterfaceoransms(text)message.Thelocalizationoftheeventisalsocalculatedandisusedtopointthecamerainthedirectionoftherecognizedeventautomatically.

“Sound recognition service” – a supercom-puter service able to detect, classify and localize threatening acoustic events

ContactMr. Andrzej Ciarkowski, MSc /MultimediaSystemsDepartmentphone:+48583471636/email:rabban@sound.eti.pg.gda.pl

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ContactJózef Kotus, PhD /MultimediaSystemsDepartmentphone:+48583472972/email:joseph@sound.eti.pg.gda.pl

System for creating dynamic maps of noise threats employing grid computing

Purpose

Mainpurposeofthepresenteddesignare:providingdetailedinformationaboutthenoise threats that occur every day in city areas and the prevention of the noise indu-cedhearinglossespeciallyamongyoungpeople.AnexperimentalsystemdesignedforthecontinuousmonitoringoftheacousticclimateofurbanareaswasdevelopedandimplementedwithinthePLGridPlusproject.Theassessmentofenvironmentalthreats isperformedbasedononlinedata,acquiredthroughagridofengineeredmonitoring stations and selected psychoacoustical properties of the human he-aringsystem.

Description

Dynamic maps of noise threats, including auditory effects which are caused byexposuretonoise,arecreatedandupdatedonthebasisofdataobtainedfromadistributedsensorsnetworkintegratedwiththePL-Gridsupercomputerinfrastruc-ture.Operationsareperformedemployingadedicatednoisepredictionmodel,opti-mizedtowardsworkingonacomputercluster.Inaddition,predictedmapsmaybeadjustedusingrealnoiselevelmeasurements.Thisapproachallowsforgeneratingmoreprecisemaps,butalsoforverifyingmathematicalsourcemodels,utilizedintheprocess.Theworkpresentedresultedinservicesrunningonasupercomputergrid,ensuringcrediblenoisedistributionresultsinlargeareas,displayedondigitalmaps,thatcanbedynamicallyupdated.

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Purpose

Thesolutionisaimedatintegratingthespaceborne/airborne,“justcaptured”,ima-gerywithothertypesofspatialdatainageographicalcontext.Thesolutionfitsanyapplicationwherethegeo-referencingoftheobservationaldataanditsnearlyrealtimeavailabilityisacrucialaspect.

Description

Themainpartof the solutionareautonomousgeo-referencingalgorithmswhichembedtheimageryintothegeographicalcontext.Algorithmsarebasedonadvan-ced,StateoftheArt,patternrecognitionandcomputervisionmethods.Theprototypesysteminvolvessoftwareandhardwarecomponents.Thehardware,i.e.platformsandsensors,maybefittedtotheuserneeds.Theprototypehasbeendeveloped,andsuccessfullytested,fordifferenttypesofimageryandabroadrangeof spatial resolutions.Particularly, theairbornedatawascaptured from lowalti-tudewiththeuseofamicroUAVplatform.Thespaceborneimagerywasobtainedfromthepolar-orbitingmeteorologicalsatellitesequippedwiththeAdvancedVeryHighResolutionRadiometer.

System for geo-referencing and integration of the spaceborne and airborne real time imagery

ContactKrzysztof Bruniecki, PhD/DepartmentofGeoinformaticsphone:+48583472885,email:krzysztof.bruniecki@eti.pg.gda.pl

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Purpose

Childrenwithspecialeducationneeds(SEN)representalargegroupofpupils(about4%).Manyofthesechildrenarenotabletounderstandspeechbeingarticulatedtoofastforthem.Theengineeredsystemallowsforatimescalemodification(TSM)ofspeechsignals(i.e.time-expansion)inreal-time.Asaresult,thechildcouldpartici-pateinclasseswithnormal-hearingchildren.

Description

Thesystemconsistsoftwomainparts:thespeech-stretchingdevice,andthework-stationforperformingadequatehearingexamination.Atthebeginning,everypupilhastoperformaseriesofhearingtests(theexaminationissupervisedbythespecia-list)employingaPCsoftwareapplication.Thedesignedmobiledevicestretchesthespeechsignalinreal-time.Itwasnecessarytodesignmethodsallowingtheperfor-manceofthisoperation,andtoensureassmallaspossiblethedifferenceinthedu-rationoftheinput(originalspeech)andtheoutput(stretchedsignal).Additionally,dependentontherateoftheinputspeech,timescalefactorsareadaptedinsuchawaythatfastspokenspeechisstretchedupmorethanslowspeech.

System supporting speech perception for special educational needs of schoolchildren

ContactPiotr Odya, PhDMultimediaSystemsDepartmentphone:+48583472301/fax:+48583471114,email:piotrod@sound.eti.pg.gda.pl

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The interactive eyeglasses for mobile, perceptual computing

Purpose

Developmentof anopenplatform in the formofmultisensoryelectronic glassesandontheintegrationanddesigningofnewintelligentinteractionmethodsusingtheeGlasseseyewearplatform.

Description

The activity is concentrated on long-term research and technological innovationinperceptualandsuper-perceptual (e.g.heart rate,temperature)computing. It isanemergingtechnologythatisalsofocusedonthecreationofmobile,perceptualmedia.Perceptualmediareferstomultimediadeviceswithaddedperceptualuserinterfacecapabilities.Thesedevicesintegratehuman-likeperceptualawarenessoftheenvironment,with theability to respondappropriately. This canbeachievedbyusingautomaticperceptionofanobject’spropertiesanddeliveringinformationabouttheobject’sstatusasaresultofreasoningoperations.Forexample,usingtheeGlasses,itwillbepossibletocontroladevicethatisrecognizedwithinthefieldofviewusingtheinteractivemenu.Otherexamplesincludepresentationofarecogni-zedpersonname, recognitionofpeoplewithabnormalphysiologicalparameters,protectionagainstpossibleheadinjuries,etc.Theplatformwillusecurrentlyavailableuser-interactionmethods,newmethodsdevelopedintheframeworkofthisresearch(e.g.ahapticinterface)andwillenablefurther extensions to introduce next generation user-interaction algorithms, e,g.usedinintelligentuserinteractions,particularlyusefulforhealthcareprofessionalsandpeoplewithdisabilitiesoratriskofexclusion.

ContactJacek Rumiński, PhD /DepartmentofBiomedicalEngineeringphone:+48583472678/email:jacek.ruminski@pg.gda.pl

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Purpose

Thesystemwasdevelopedasapartofthesupercomputercluster-based“KASKADA”framework,intendedtofacilitatetheparallelprocessingofamultiplicityofaudioandvideostreamsreceivedfromvideocameras.Thesystemprovidesanapplicationfor smart surveillancebackedupby the supercomputing cluster’s computationalpower.Itsobjectiveistorealizeunattendedmonitoringofurbanspacesusingadi-stributedcamerainfrastructureandadvancedvideoanalysis.Thesystemisfocusedonbalancingbothprivacyandsafetyinpublicareas.

Description

Thesystemwasdevelopedusingmultilayerarchitecture.Inthefirstlayeralgorithmsareinstalled,beingintegratedinthesecondlayerassimpleservices;subsequently,severalsimpleservicesareconnectedintheworkflowcreatingacomplexservice.Auserisallowedtodesignspecificprocessingscenariosemployingimplementedalgo-rithms.Insteadofvideostreamtransmission,thesystemgeneratesalertswheneverdangerouseventsoccur.Algorithmsdevelopedespeciallyforthissystemrealizeob-jectdetection,objectclassifying,peoplecounting,sensitiveregiondetection,con-gestion,bordercrossing,restrictedareaintrusion.Thevideostreamsareanonymi-zed,theanonymizationalgorithmencryptsreversiblythevisualcontent.

Video event recognition system with enhanced privacy protection

ContactMr. Andrzej Ciarkowski, MSc/MultimediaSystemsDepartmentphone:+48583471636,email:rabban@sound.eti.pg.gda.pl

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Purpose

TheVirtualWhiteboardisacomputerapplicationallowingemulationofanelectro-nicwhiteboardusingamultimediaprojector,ascreen,acomputerandasimpleca-meraconnectedtoacomputer’sUSBport.

Description

Themultimediaprojectorisfixedundertheceiling.Acameracanbedirectlyatta-chedtothemultimediaprojectororplacedonastandatanappropriatedistancefromthescreen,sothatitfitsinthevideoframe.Theuserissituatedbetweentheprojectorandthescreen.Anapplicationinstalledonthecomputermanagestheafo-rementionedcomponentsandrecognizesdynamichandgestures, i.e.constitutedbymotiontrajectories,andstaticgestures, i.e.palmshapes.Apartfromthebasicfunctionalityofthewhiteboard,whichiscontententering,thesystemenablestheusertointeractwithobjects,e.g.rotation,zoomingin/out,croppingandshiftingarepossible.Acourseofeventsduringtheworkwiththesystemcanbesavedandrecre-ated,preservingtimedependencies.TheVirtualWhiteboardworkswithmultimediapresentationbrowsers,providingfunctionalitytobrowseslidesandaddnotes.

Virtual Whiteboard

ContactPiotr Odya, PhDMultimediaSystemsDepartmentphone:+48583472301/fax:+48583471114,email:piotrod@sound.eti.pg.gda.pl

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Versatile Real Time Vector Based Electronic Map Update System for Mobile Devices

Fig.a)Thesystemarchitectureandb)Thefrontviewofthevectormapupdatingsystemwiththevectorlayer ready to update

ContactJerzy Demkowicz, PhD/DepartmentofGeoinformaticsphone:+48583472595/email:demjot@eti.pg.gda.pl

Purpose

Thisisaversatilesystemdedicatedforchartdatabaseupdatingfrommobiledevi-cesthatcanberunonalmostanyplatform,forinstanceonavehiclefleetmanage-mentsystemswherehighly interactiveapproach is required.Thesystemissmall,easytomaintainandcheap.

Description

Thisisthefirstsuchasystemforsmall,mobiledevicesavailableandatthesametimeitistheanswerforthenearrealtimevectormapupdatingrequirements.Thetypicalchartdatabasefortheworldexceedsterabytes(TB)insizeandthespatialdatamanagementanddisseminationisquitechallenging.TheElectronicMapUpda-teSystemisaddressedtomobileusersallowingsimultaneousupdatingandcorrec-tingmapsfromanyplace.Themobilepartisfoundedonstaticanddynamiclayervectormapconcept.Theonlymobileordesktopdevicerequirementisawebbrow-ser.Thesystemhasalreadybeensuccessfullydeployedinacompanymanagingafleetofsome200trucks.

a) b)

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Purpose

Thisproductisaprototypeversionofamobileapplicationsupportingindependentmovementoftheblind.Itsobjectiveistoimprovethequalityoflifeofvisuallyim-pairedpeople,providingthemwithnavigationalassistanceinurbanareas.

Description

ThemobileapplicationisinstalledonAndroidsmartphones.Voicerecognition,spe-echsynthesisandtouchscreenenhancementsareusedasthemainuserinterfacemethods.Thespatialdataforthesystemiscollectedbytrainedoperatorsandvo-lunteers.Theyarestoredinacentral,remotedatabaseinadedicatedformat,cre-atedtofulfillblindpeople’srequirements.Movementsupportisachievedwiththeuseofimplementedpositioning,navigationalandguidingalgorithms.

“Voice Maps” – system supporting independent movement of the blind

ContactŁukasz Kamiński, PhD/DepartmentofGeoinformaticsphone:+48583472178/email:kamyk@eti.pg.gda.pl

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Purpose

Today’sdigitalrestorationandarchivingsolutionshavethefollowingseriouslimi-tations:-userneedstohaveaccesstothelicensedsoftware,-processofsoundrestorationusuallyrequiresatime-demandingprocedure,-effectivesoundrestorationneedsknowledge,experienceandskillsfromtheope-rator.Thissystemisaweb-basedaudiorestorationapplicationwhichenablesonestoau-tomaticallyexploredigitalsoundlibrariesfaster,restoremoreeasily,andtoprese-rvetheircontentmoreefficiently.

Description

Theproposedsolutionhasthefollowingfeatures:• nospecialsoundsoftwareisneeded,• bothversionsofthesignalarearchived:originalandrestored,• restorationcouldbeperformedintwomodes:

–fullyautomaticnoiseanddistortionreduction–semi-automaticmodeofoperation

• noskillsfromtheuserareneededinthefullyautomaticmode,• limitedknowledgeofdigitalsignalprocessing isneededinthesemi-automatic

mode.Thesystemisdedicatedtotheremovaloftypicaldistortionsinmusicarchivalrecor-dings,suchas:• noise,• impulsivedistortions(clicking,basedonbasedonnon-linearneuralpredictor),• parasiticfrequencymodulation(the“wow”distortion),• signal clipping.

“youarchive.net” – Web-based audio restoration system (Online Sound Restoration System for Digital Library Applications)

ContactProf. Bożena Kostek/AudioAcousticsLaboratoryphone:+48583472717,email:bokostek@audioacoustics.org

www.youarchive.net

Reconstructedsignal

Originalsignal

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Purpose

The system provides various information that allow themaking of decisions forurbanenvironmentsbasedoncurrentorpredictedweatherconditions.

Description

WeatherSense is a techno-logy platform that genera-tesandprovideshigh-reso-lution weather prediction data including various weather parameters suchas temperature, humidity,wind, precipitation andothers. The WeatherSense Webportal is also integrated with mobile applicationsdesigned to serve operatio-nal weather predictions to distributed users. Mobiledevices deliver tools for we-atherinformationdisplay.Currently,threesimultane-oustechnologiesarebeingdeveloped:• Androidapplication,• WindowsPhone7,• iPhone.The utilized numerical model, namelyWRF (Weather Research and Forecast), isoriginallydevelopedbytheNationalCenterforAtmosphericResearch(NCAR),theAdvancedResearchWRF(ARW),andtheNationalCenterforEnvironmentalPredic-tions(NCEP).Itisrunoperationally(a48-hourreal-timeforecastgenerated4timesperday)ontheDepartmentofGeoinformatics’computercluster.Predictionsandweatherdatageneratedbythesystemareavailableathttp://weathersense.pl

WeatherSense – numerical weather prediction for Poland

ContactAndrzej Chybicki, PhD/DepartmentofGeoinformaticsphone:+48583471326/email.andrzej.chybicki@eti.pg.gda.pl

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Purpose

• prototypingandimplementationofhardwareacceleratedalgorithmsforHDvi-deoandaudiocompression,

• prototypingandimplementationofmachinevisionsystems,• prototypingandimplementationofparalleldataprocessingsystems.

Description

Thepresentedwirelesssurveillancesystemmodulehasbeenusedfordevelopmentof hardware acceleration for theH.264 video compression standard. In theXilinxXC6VLX365TFPGAaMicroblazeprocessorwithPLBandcommonmemoryinterfaceforacceleratormoduleshasbeenimplemented.Linuxhasbeenchosenastheope-ratingsystemfortheboard.H.264encodersoftwarehasbeeninstalledandmodi-fiedforhardwareacceleration.Hardwareaccelerationhasbeenachievedfor:integertransform,inverseintegertransform,Hadamardtransform,quantization,dequanti-zation,intra-prediction,inter-predictionandCAVLC.ASICversionoftheH.264acce-lerator(technology90nm)hasalsobeendesigned.Itcanbeeasilyintegratedwiththedevelopmentboardusingtheexpansionsockets.

Wireless surveillance system module

ContactMiron Kłosowski, PhD /DepartmentofMicroelectronicSystemsphone:+48583471864/email:mkl@ue.eti.pg.gda.pl

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ActiveDynamicThermographyforquantitativeskinburndiagnostics 5

AEGIR–Asynchronous,AutonomousandGround-BasedRadiolocationSystem 6

AnAnalogSub-MilliwattCMOSImageSensorWithPixel-LevelConvolutionProcessing 7

Auditory-visualattentionstimulator 8

Automaticvideoeventdetectionsoftware 9

Dippingsonarsfordetectionandtrackingsubmarines 10

HybridLocalizationSystem 11

Immersive3DVisualizationLab 12

IndoorRadiolocationSystemforSpecialApplicationsSALOn 13

Long-rangeactivesonarsforanti-submarinewarfare 14

MedEye 15

Medium-rangeminecounter-measuresonars 16

Minecounter-measureside-scansonars 17

Multicomponentgasanalyzer 18

NOR-STA–atoolsupportingapplicationsofevidence-basedarguments 19

Objectre-identificationapplicationformulti-camerasurveillancesystems 20

ObjectTrackingandAutomaticMaster-SlavePTZCameraPositioningSystem 21

PassiveAcousticRadar 22

Passiveanti-submarinewarfaretowed-arraysonars 23

PersonalizedHealthcareSolutionsforAmbientAssistedLiving 24

Polarization-SensitiveOpticalCoherenceTomographywithSpectroscopicAnalysis 25

RamanModularSystemwithFibre-OpticProbesforRemoteMonitoringofCVDProcesses 26

SART-2:Biometricsecuritysystemformobileworkstations 27

SensorNetworkforCityTrafficMonitoring 28

“Soundrecognitionservice”–asupercomputerserviceabletodetect,classifyandlocalizethreateningacousticevents 29

Systemforcreatingdynamicmapsofnoisethreatsemployinggridcomputing 30

Systemforgeo-referencingandintegrationofthespaceborneandairbornerealtimeimagery 31

Systemsupportingspeechperceptionforspecialeducationalneedsofschoolchildren 32

Table of Contents

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Theinteractiveeyeglassesformobile,perceptualcomputing 33

Videoeventrecognitionsystemwithenhancedprivacyprotection 34

VirtualWhiteboard 35

VersatileRealTimeVectorBasedElectronicMapUpdateSystemforMobileDevices 36

“VoiceMaps”–systemsupportingindependentmovementoftheblind 37

“youarchive.net”–Web-basedaudiorestorationsystem(OnlineSoundRestorationSystemforDigitalLibraryApplications) 38

WeatherSense–numericalweatherpredictionforPoland 39

Wirelesssurveillancesystemmodule 40

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Thecomputerlaboratoriesinthenewbuilding

Thelaboratoryofindustrialrobotsintheoldbuilding Newgeneralpurposecomputerlaboratoryopenedin2012inthenewbuildingusedformobileapplicationsdevelopment

ComputerNetworksLaboratoryintheoldbuilding TheClean-roomLaboratoryofInnovativeMaterialsandDeviceswiththemicrowavePlasmaCVDSystemusedforgrowthofhighqualitydiamondfilmsformicroelectronicandelectrochemicalsensors

Immersive3DVisualizationLab.Therotarytransparentsphere

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Gdańsk University of TechnologyFaculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics

Narutowicza11/12,80-233Gdańsk,Polandwww.eti.pg.edu.pl