Improvement of olfactory video camera: gas/odor flow visualization system

被引:20
作者
Ishida, H [1 ]
Tokuhiro, T [1 ]
Nakamoto, T [1 ]
Moriizumi, T [1 ]
机构
[1] Tokyo Inst Technol, Dept Phys Elect, Meguro Ku, Tokyo 1528552, Japan
关键词
QCM; sensor array; flow visualization; plume tracking;
D O I
10.1016/S0925-4005(01)01058-9
中图分类号
O65 [分析化学];
学科分类号
070302 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The "olfactory video camera" is a sensing system that helps locate a source of gas or odor. It consists of a portable homogeneous array of QCM gas sensors, and presents the visualized images of gas/odor flow reaching the array from the source location. In this paper, an improved version of the system is reported. A multichannel reciprocal frequency counter is implemented into a programmable LSI chip, and is employed to achieve a higher sampling rate of sensor responses while keeping the frequency resolution same as that of the conventional counter in the previous system. As a result, the temporal resolution of the visualized gas/odor flow has been improved and the maximum detectable flow velocity has been raised. The performance of the system has been tested in a clean room and a laboratory with regard to the system's capability in capturing gas flow directions and pinpointing source locations. The experimental results have shown that the system can be applied in a variety of indoor environments. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
引用
收藏
页码:256 / 261
页数:6
相关论文
共 12 条
[1]  
FONG A, REFERENCE DATA ENG R, pCH12
[2]   Delta-sigma modulators using frequency-modulated intermediate values [J].
Hovin, M ;
Olsen, A ;
Lande, TS ;
Toumazou, C .
IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS, 1997, 32 (01) :13-22
[3]   Odor-source localization in the clean room by an autonomous mobile sensing system [J].
Ishida, H ;
Kagawa, Y ;
Nakamoto, T ;
Moriizumi, T .
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL, 1996, 33 (1-3) :115-121
[4]   Study of real-time visualization of gas/odor flow image using gas sensor array [J].
Ishida, H ;
Yamanaka, T ;
Kushida, N ;
Nakamoto, T ;
Moriizumi, T .
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL, 2000, 65 (1-3) :14-16
[5]   Three-dimensional odor compass [J].
Ishida, H ;
Kobayashi, A ;
Nakamoto, T ;
Moriizumi, T .
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION, 1999, 15 (02) :251-257
[6]   STUDY OF AUTONOMOUS MOBILE SENSING SYSTEM FOR LOCALIZATION OF ODOR SOURCE USING GAS SENSORS AND ANEMOMETRIC SENSORS [J].
ISHIDA, H ;
SUETSUGU, K ;
NAKAMOTO, T ;
MORIIZUMI, T .
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL, 1994, 45 (02) :153-157
[7]   An autonomous water vapor plume tracking robot using passive resistive polymer sensors [J].
Kazadi, S ;
Goodman, R ;
Tsikata, D ;
Green, D ;
Lin, H .
AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS, 2000, 9 (02) :175-188
[8]  
KUWANA Y, 1995, IROS '95 - 1995 IEEE/RSJ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT ROBOTS AND SYSTEMS: HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION AND COOPERATIVE ROBOTS, PROCEEDINGS, VOL 2, P530, DOI 10.1109/IROS.1995.526267
[9]   ODOR PLUMES AND HOW INSECTS USE THEM [J].
MURLIS, J ;
ELKINTON, JS ;
CARDE, RT .
ANNUAL REVIEW OF ENTOMOLOGY, 1992, 37 :505-532
[10]   An odor compass for localizing an odor source [J].
Nakamoto, T ;
Ishida, H ;
Moriizumi, T .
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL, 1996, 35 (1-3) :32-36