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The occurrence of manufacturing defects in wind turbine blade (WTB) production can result in significant increases in operation and maintenance costs and lead to severe and disastrous consequences. Therefore, inspection during the…

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Contact-free vital sign monitoring, which uses wireless signals for recognizing human vital signs (i.e, breath and heartbeat), is an attractive solution to health and security. However, the subject's body movement and the change in actual…

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Continuous monitoring of respiratory activity is desirable in many clinical applications to detect respiratory events. Non-contact monitoring of respiration can be achieved with near- and far-infrared spectrum cameras. However, current…

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In this paper, we use a low-cost low-power mm-wave frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar for the in-vehicle occupant detection. We propose an algorithm using Capon filter for the joint range-azimuth estimation. Then, the minimum…

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