CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH
IN NEW TECHNOLOGIES

Edited by Constantin Volosencu










Cutting Edge Research in New Technologies
Edited by Constantin Volosencu


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Contents

Preface IX
Part 1 Manufacturing Technology 1
Chapter 1 Some Contributions at the Technology
of Electrochemical Micromachining
with Ultra Short Voltage Pulses 3
Richard Zemann, Philipp Walter Reiss,
Paul Schörghofer and Friedrich Bleicher
Chapter 2 CMOS and BiCMOS Regenerative Logic Circuits 29
Branko L. Dokic
Chapter 3 A New Pre-Wet Sizing Process – Yes or No? 59
Ivana Gudlin Schwarz and Stana Kovačević
Part 2 Control Systems, Automation 73
Chapter 4 New IM Torque Control Scheme with Improved
Efficiency and Implicit Rotor Flux Tracking 75
Bojan Grčar, Peter Cafuta and Gorazd Štumberger
Chapter 5 Applying the Technology
of Wireless Sensor Network in Environment Monitoring 97
Constantin Volosencu
Chapter 6 Tracking Players in Indoor Sports Using a Vision System
Inspired in Fuzzy and Parallel Processing 117
Catarina B. Santiago, Lobinho Gomes,
Armando Sousa, Luis Paulo Reis and Maria Luisa Estriga
Chapter 7 Logistics Services and Intelligent
Security Control for Transport Companies 141
José F. Díez-Higuera,

Francisco J. Díaz-Pernas, Miriam Antón-Rodríguez,
David González-Ortega and Mario Martínez-Zarzuela
VI Contents

Chapter 8 Comparison of Two Approaches to Count Derivations
for Continuous-Time Adaptive Control 163
Karel Perutka
Chapter 9 Implementation
of Control Design Methods into Matlab Environment 173
Radek Matušů and Roman Prokop
Part 3 Multimedia 189
Chapter 10 DRM & Security Enabling Mechanisms
Leveraging User Centric Multimedia Convergence 191
Anastasios Fragopoulos, John Gialelis and Dimitrios Serpanos
Chapter 11 Video Compression from the Hardware Perspective 233
Grzegorz Pastuszak
Part 4 Wireless Sensor Networks 257
Chapter 12 Effect of Decentralized Clustering Algorithm and Hamming
Coding on WSN Lifetime and Throughput 259
Nora Ali, Hany ElSayed, Magdy El-Soudani,
Hassanein Amer

and Ramez Daoud
Part 5 Neural Networks 275
Chapter 13 Implementation
of Massive Artificial Neural Networks with CUDA 277
Domen Verber
Part 6 Transportation 303
Chapter 14 Modelling of System for Transport and Traffic
Information Management in Republic of Croatia 305

Dragan Perakovic, Vladimir Remenar and Ivan Jovovic
Part 7 Water Plant Technology 327
Chapter 15 Modelling of Critical Water Quality
Indicators for Water Treatment Plant 329
Adam Rak








Preface

The book "Cutting Edge Research in New Technologies" presents the contributions of
some researchers in modern fields of technology, serving as a valuable tool for
scientists, researchers, graduate students and professionals. The focus is on several
aspects of designing and manufacturing, examining complex technical products and
some aspects of the development and use of industrial and service automation. The
book covered some topics as it follows: manufacturing, machining, textile industry,
CAD/CAM/CAE systems, electronic circuits, control and automation, electric drives,
artificial intelligence, fuzzy logic, vision systems, neural networks, intelligent systems,
wireless sensor networks, environmental technology, logistic services, transportation,
intelligent security, multimedia, modeling, simulation, video techniques, water plant
technology, globalization and technology. This collection of articles offers information
which responds to the general goal of technology - how to develop manufacturing
systems, methods, algorithms, how to use devices, equipments, machines or tools in
order to increase the quality of the products, the human comfort or security.
The book is made up of 15 chapters, grouped together in seven parts, on different

technical fields: manufacturing technology, control systems and automation,
multimedia, wireless sensor networks, neural networks, transportation and water
plant technology. In the domain of manufacturing technologies the following
contributions are presented: a study on the processing parameters of the
manufacturing process using the technology of electrochemical micromachining with
ultra short voltage pulses; a study on the sizing in the weaving process for technical
textiles and an overview of CMOS and BiCMOS Schmitt triggers, useful for designing
digital integrated circuits and digital systems with integrated circuits, as independent
circuits or as parts in MSI/VLSI and ASIC integrated circuits. In the field of control
systems and automation the following themes are presented: a control strategy for
induction motors based on rotor flux tracking, to improve efficiency; some
considerations on environmental monitoring based on sensor networks are presented,
using concepts such as estimation algorithms, implemented by ANFIS, fault detection
and diagnosis and distributed parameter systems; a technical solution for an indoor
tracking of the sport players, using a vision system, based on fuzzy logic and parallel
processing; an automation system of the processes involved in managing commercial
fleets, involving new technologies, for management, optimization of resources and
artificial intelligence, some Matlab programs for research and educational purposes on
X Preface

algebraic design of continuous-time controllers under assumption of interval plants
and control of time-delay systems using three various modifications of Smith predictor
and a Matlab modeling, simulation and discussion for a self-tuning control with
polynomial regression used for derivation counting. In the field of multimedia the
following applications are presented: a study on the implementation of the digital
rights management mechanism, in various multimedia technologies developed by
providers, creators and distributors and a study on the real time image compression
technology, with high ratio and visual quality, based on hardware accelerators. In the
technological domain of wireless sensor networks a study on the effect of
decentralized clustering algorithm and Hamming coding on wireless sensor networks

lifetime and throughput is presented. In the field of neural networks a technical
solution to implement neural networks by programming on a general-purpose parallel
computing architecture developed by Nvidia is presented. In the field of
transportation a traffic system study for developing a real time informatics system
based on information communication technology is presented. In the domain of water
plant technology a study which intends to develop a parametric model for water
plants is presented.
The editor wishes to thank to all the researchers who accepted the invitation to
contribute, on the basis of their scientific potential, within the topic to date. Some
valuable new researches in this area are shared within this book.

Constantin Volosencu
“Politehnica” University of Timisoara
Romania




Part 1
Manufacturing Technology