Advances in Signal Processing, Robotics and Communications

CONTENTS

A DCT Architecture based on Complex Residue Number System 9 J. Ramírez, A. García, P. G. Fernández, L. Parilla, A. Lloris

Spectral Monitoring of Biosignal Parameters by Adaptive Recursive 15 Estimation Methods Dunja Steuer, Gert Grieszbach

On Evolutionary Programming for Channel Equalization 21 Adina Burian, Arto Kantsila, Mikko Lehtokangas, Jukka Saarinen

A subsegment based voicing classifier 27 Ari Heikkinen, Vesa T. Ruoppila

Private information retrieval by pattern matching 33 V. Oleshchuk

Image scrambling using 2D DPSS 39 Dimitri Van De Ville, Rik Van de Walle, Wilfried Philips, Ignace Lemahieu

Multigrid-based mosaic image reconstruction for image processing 45 Evgenia Gelman

New Approach Based on Morphological Residues For License Plate 50 Localization Alessandra Bussador, Jacques Facon, Miguel Diogenes Matrakas

The determination matrix size for videogrammetry correlation 56 Eloina Coll, José-Carlos Martínez, José Herráez

Epipolar frames in a line for videogrammetry 60 Jose Herraez, Eloina Coll, Jose-Carlos Martinez

Discriminant features extraction by predictive neural networks 64 Gas Bruno, Zarader Jean-luc, Chavy Cyril, Chetouani Mohamed A contour extraction method based on uncertainty management and 69 fuzzy modeling M. Baury, A. Benlakhel, N. Vincent

Examining Filtration Performance on Remotely Sensing Satellite 75 Images Yas Abbas Alsultanny, Nidal Shilbayeh

Contour Extraction in Ultrasound Images using Ziplock Snakes 81 Qiang Chen, Kin Choong Yow

Automatic Human Face Detection and Tracking 87 Amol Dabholkar, Kin Choong Yow

Determining Differences in Visual Field Patterns in Open Angle and 93 Angle Closure Glaucoma Yew Peng Tan, Kin Choong Yow, Gus Gazzard

Power optimization for H.263/MPEG-4 VLSI video coding 97 Antonio Chimienti, Luca Fanucci, Riccardo Locatelli, Sergio Saponara

Estimation of non Distortion Audio Signal Compression 104 Micael Bank, Stanislav Podoxin, Vladimir Tsingouz

A Low Cost text-to-speech synthesis system 110 Ali Yerbou, Brahim Bennour, Kamal Meghriche

Object Detection in Natural Scenery 114 P. Makris, N. Vincent

New compression and decompression of speech signals by a Neural 119 Predictive Coding (NPC) Jean-Luc Zarader, Bruno Gas, Cyril Chavy, David Charles Elie Nelson

Sidelobe minimisation in integer-positioned sparse antenna arrays 125 Nicholas K. Spencer Multiplierless FPGA FIR Filter Design Using a New Signed Common 130 Subexpression Algorithm Marcos Martinez-Peiro, Rafael Gadea, Ricardo Colom, Vicente Herrero, Francisco Ballester

Foreground segmentation using luminance contrast 135 Luis M. Fuentes, Sergio A. Velastin

Implementation of 2-D discrete wavelet transform for real-time video 140 signal processing Ricardo J. Colom, Rafael Gadea, Angel Sebastia, Marcos Martinez, Vicente Herrero, Vicente Arnau

Progressive Improvement of Multi-band Image Analysis 146 Noriaki Asada, Kazutoshi Horiuchi, Hiroko Watanabe

Image segmentation for a breast cancer identification system 153 Ovidiu Grigore, Andre Puga

An automatic technique for visual quality classification for MPEG-1 159 video Sorin Sav, Sean Marlow, Noel Murphy, Noel O'Connor

Stereo Face Recognition Using Discriminant Eigenvectors 164 Soodamani Ramalingam, Ronda Venkateswarlu

An increase of the rate of convergence for blind channel estimation 170 Robert Klinski, Holger Hutzelmann, Helmut Steckenbiller, Rudi Knorr

Speech-Music Discriminator from MPEG-1 Bitstream 174 Roman Jarina, Noel Murphy, Noel O'Connor, Sean Marlow

K-means Clustering Algorithm – A Hardware Perspective 179 Saurav Bhattacharyya, Thambipillai Srikanthan

Implementation of Modified Multilayer Neural Networks with On- 185 chip Learning Rafael Gadea, Ricardo Colom, Vicente Herrero, Marcos Martinez, Francisco Ballester Methods for Integrating Phonetic and Phonological Knowledge in 194 Speech Inversion Sorin Dusan

Gravitational Waves Detection via Sequential Analysis 200 Maurizio Longo, Stefano Marano, Vincenzo Matta, Rocco Restaino

Enhanced Filter Design based on Influence Functions 205 Stefan Leischner, Holger Hutzelmann, Robert Klinski, Rudi Knorr

Logarithmic Helix simulating based on satellite cloud image for 211 tropical cyclone center location Yanyan Wang, Hong chen, Han Wang, Weichi Sun

The New Slovenian Text-to-Speech System 216 Tomaz Sef

Speaker recognition with mismatched coded speech 222 Waleed Fakhr

Digit-serial distributed arithmetic butterflies for FPGA 226 Trini Sansaloni, Asun Pérez-Pascual, Javier Valls

On-line radix-2 butterflies on FPGA 232 Asun Pérez-pascual, Trini Sansaloni, Javier Valls

An improved variable step LMS algorithm 237 Enikö Beatrice Bilcu, Jukka Saarinen, Radu Ciprian Bilcu, Pauli Kuosmanen

Implementation of a lifting based biorthogonal wavelet on a fpga 242 Vicente Herrero, Marcos Martinez, Joaquín Cerdà, Rafael Gadea, Ricardo Colom, Francisco Ballester

DSP implementation of real time edge detectors 246 Vincenzo Gemignani, Marcello Demi, Marco Paterni, Massimo Giannoni, Antonio Benassi Rechargeable Power Sources in Robotics 251 Brendan Andrews-Howe

Neural networks in classifier systems (NNCS): An application to 256 autonomous navigation Lubnen N. Moussi, Ricardo R. Gudwin, Fernando J. Von Zuben, Marconi K. Madrid

Towards Social Intelligence in Autonomous Robotics: A Review 263 Brian R. Duffy

Control Synthesis of Discrete Manufacturing Systems using Timed 276 Finite Automata Jaroslav Fogel

Exploiting Toys and the Internet for Robotics Education 281 Gerard T. McKee, Roy M. Maunders

Detection of shorted turns in the field winding of turbogenerators 287 using the fuzzy neural network approach D'Angelo Marcos, Pyramo P. Costa

Controllability of continuous-time jump linear systems with delay in 293 control Klamka Jerzy

A Concise Local Algorithm for Contour Primitives Detection and 297 Extraction Keng-Oon Chiam, Andrzej Sluzek

Mobile Agent Approaches for Developing Communication Systems 303 with Handwriting Capabilities Hsin-Chu Chen, Jho-Ju Tu

EMMA - Architecture and Subsystems of a Mobile Autonomous 310 Robot with a Preference for Soccer Helmut Mayer, Josef Schmidbauer, Gerald Stieglbauer

Distance Learning - Didactical Aspect 317 Ivan Gerlic, Marjan Krasna Performance optimization of radio frequency identification systems 322 Martin Horn, Thomas Guntschnig, Franz Amtmann, Nicolaos Dourdoumas

Configuration of Shared Backup Cycles for Local Restoration in 328 ATM Mesh Networks Hoyoung Hwang, Sanghyun Ahn, Younghwan Yoo, Chongsang Kim

Task and behavior object transmission among multiple robots 334 Zhidong Wang, Takayuki Takahashi, Takafumi Nitsuma, Takashi Ninjouji, Takuji Matsukawa, Eiji Nakano

Real-Time Implementation of a Dynamic Fuzzy Neural Controller for 340 a SCARA Robot Meng Joo Er, Nikos Mastorakis, Moo Heng Lim and Shee Yong Ng

Intelligent Control of a Pole Balancing Robot 358 Meng Joo Er, Nikos Mastorakis, Moo Heng Lim and Shee Yong Ng

Calibration free 3D control system based on agents 381 Mirjana Bonkovic, Darko Stipanièev

Human Language Acquisition by Computers 387 Sorin Dusan, James Flanagan

On Two-Dimensional-Round-Robin:Performance Assessment 393 Maurizio Longo, Luigi Panico, Rocco Restaino, Giovanni Vassallo

Evolutionary Cognition for Autonomously Obtaining Primal 398 Behaviors F. Bellas, A. Lamas, R. Duro

Integrating Advanced Simulators for the Automatic Design of 404 Controllers for Underwater Vehicles A. Lamas, R. Duro

Advent of generic components in a mechatronic control software 409 environment M. Singh, A. White, R. Gill, S. Prior