Sensors: Advancements in Modeling, Design Issues, Fabrication and Practical Applications (Paperback)

Electromagnetic Sensors.- Modern CMOS Hall Sensors with Integrated Magnetic Concentrators.- Commercial Magnetic Sensors (Hall and Anisotropic Magnetoresistors).- Improving the Accuracy of Magnetic Sensors.- Modelling Electromagnetic Field Sensors.- Dielectric Characterization of Biological Tissues: Constraints Related to Ex Vivo Measurements.- Estimation of Property of Sheep Skin to Modify the Tanning Process Using Interdigital Sensors.- Fiber Optic/Optical Fibre Sensors.- Fiber Bragg Gratings Evanescent Wave Sensors: A View Back and Recent Advancements.- Optical Fibre Humidity Sensors Using Nano-films.- Overview of the OPTO-EMI-SENSE Project: Optical Fibre Sensor Network for Automotive Emission Monitoring.- Wireless Sensors.- Wireless Sensor Networks and Applications.- Wireless Sensor Network Transport Layer: State of the Art.- Sensors for Tracking and Navigation.- Real Time Tracking and Monitoring of Human Behavior in an Indoor Environment.- Dynamic VRML-Based Navigable 3D Map for Indoor Location-Aware Systems.- Ultrasonic Sensor.- Ultrasonic Sensing: Fundamentals and its Applications to Nondestructive Evaluation.- Image Sensor.- Multimodal Image Sensor Fusion Using Independent Component Analysis.- Vision Sensing.- Fast Image Capture and Vision Processing For Robotic Applications.- Sensors Based on Human Parameter.- Affection Based Multi-robot Team Work.- Displacement Sensor.- Displacement Sensor Using Magnetostrictive Wire and Decrease of its Hysteresis Error.- THZ Sensor.- Submillimeter-Wave Coherent and Incoherent Sensors for Space Applications.