International Journal of Information Acquisition, Volume 5

Volume 5, Number 1, March 2008

Xinyu Wu, Yongsheng Ou, Huihuan Qian, Yangsheng Xu:
A Real Time Face Classification and Counting System. 1-10
Guanglin Ma, Su-Birm Park, Alexander Ioffe, Stefan Müller-Schneiders, Anton Kummert:
A Real-Time Detection Algorithm for Vision-Based Pedestrian Protection. 11-30
Ye-Peng Guan:
Automatic Extraction of Lip Based on Lip Map. 31-40
Zhigang Zheng, Zheng-Jun Zha, Long Han, Zengfu Wang:
Feature Detection and Correspondence for Camera Calibration. 41-50
Joaquin Sitte, Petra Winzer:
Systematic Design of Complex Artefacts: Robot Vision. 51-63
Lisheng Xu, Max Q.-H. Meng, Hongliang Ren:
Applicability of Homogeneous Human Trunk Phantom in Estimating the Radiation Characteristics of Body-worn Devices. 65-82
Jian Wang, Shuxiang Guo, Hidekazu Kondo, Jian Guo, Takashi Tamiya:
A Novel Catheter Operating System with Force Feedback for Medical Applications. 83-92

Haoxiang Lang, Clarence W. de Silva:
Fault Diagnosis of an Industrial Machine through Sensor Fusion. 93-110
Alberto Brunete, Jose Emilio Torres, Miguel Hernando, Ernesto Gambao:
A Proposal for a Multi-Drive Heterogeneous Modular Pipe-Inspection Micro-Robot. 111-126
Masahiko Narita, Makiko Shimamura, Kazunori Iwasa, Toru Yamaguchi:
Interoperability Verification for Web Service Based Robot Communication Platforms and Contribution to the International Standards. 127-135
Kin Huat Low, Chunlin Zhou, Gerald Seet, Junzhi Yu:
Learning from Gymnotiform swimmers - Design and Implementation of Robotic Knifefish NkF-II. 137-147
Xiaoli Yang, Zhenpeng Zhao, Youn K. Kim:
A Real Time Traffic Light Recognition System. 149-161
Tsai-Lin Chou, Norisuke Fujii, Jun Ota, Masayuki Tanaka, Akiko Shinozaki:
Low-Cost and Robust Positioning System for Indoor Group of Forklifts Utilizing Probability Estimation and Sensor Network. 163-179
Nazar Elfadil:
Knowledge Extraction from Rise-Time Auto-Correlated Patterns. 181-187

Y. Ma, R. P. W. Lawson, A. M. Robinson:
High Sensitivity and High Dynamic Range Optical Micro-radiator vacuum Sensor Fabricted with CMOS Technology. 189-196
Yong Yu, Takashi Chaen, Showzow Tsujio:
High-Stiffness and High-Sensitivity 3-Axis Force Sensor Using Strain-Deformation Expansion Mechanism. 197-207
Nicola Bellotto, Huosheng Hu:
Multimodal People Tracking and Identification for Service Robots. 209-221
Rong Liu, Max Q. H. Meng:
Time-to-Contact Information Estimation for Monocular Mobile Robots. 223-233
Shanshan Li, Richang Hong, Bo Liu, Xiuqing Wu:
A Quality Metric Based on Color Similarity for Image Fusion. 235-245
Naoyuki Kubota, Hiroyuki Kojima, Naohide Aizawa, Dalai Tang:
Dynamic Topological Visualization of Change in Perceptual Information of Partner Robots. 247-258
Andreas Maeder, Hannes Bistry, Jianwei Zhang:
Intelligent Vision Systems for Robotic Applications. 259-267
Xiaoli Yang, Youn K. Kim:
Hand Manipulation Training in Haptic Virtual Environments. 269-281
Hao Zhang, Qijun Chen, Huaicheng Yan:
Decentralized Robust Control with Guaranteed Cost for Hybrid Complex Networks. 283-289

Yasser F. O. Mohammad, Toyoaki Nishida:
Interaction between Untrained Users and a Miniature Robot in a Collaborative Navigation Controlled Experiment. 291-307
Tingting Xu, Kolja Kühnlenz, Martin Buss:
A Multi-Camera View Direction Planning Strategy for Mobile Robots. 309-320
Sungbok Kim, Sanghyup Lee:
Robust Mobile Robot Velocity Estimation Using a Polygonal Array of Optical mice. 321-330
Renato Samperio, Huosheng Hu, Dongbing Gu:
Implementation of a Localization-Oriented HRI for Walking Robots in the RoboCup Environment. 331-347
Yanping Li, Zhenmin Tang, Hui Ding, Yan Zhang:
Discriminative Feature Extraction Based on Self-Adaptive Frequency Warping for Robust Speaker Identification. 349-358
Yong Yu, Yoshiyuki Kamo, Hironobu Kawakoe, Showzow Tsujio:
Estimation of Contact Shape of Quadric Environment with Object Probing Operation. 359-368