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    • On stereo processing procedure applied towards blind navigation aid - SVETA 

      Balakrishnan, G.; Sainarayanan, G.; Nagarajan, Ramachandran; Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), 2005)
      This paper presents a portable traveling support system using stereo image processing for the visually impaired people's navigation. This system named as SVETA consists of a helmet molded with stereo cameras in the front, ...
    • Stereo vision system for a bin picking adept robot 

      Hema, Chengalvarayan Radhakrishnamurthy; Paulraj, Murugesapandian; Ramachandran, Nagarajan; Sazali, Yaacob (Universiti Malaya, 2007)
      In bin picking applications, robots are required to pick up an object from a pile of stacked or scattered objects placed in a bin. To perform such tasks, identification of the objects to be picked using a vision system is ...
    • Fuzzy matching scheme for stereo vision based electronic travel aid 

      Balakrishnan, G.; Sainarayanan, G.; Nagarajan, R.; Sazali, Yaacob (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), 2005)
      Navigation is a significant barrier to individuals with visual impairments. In response to this barrier, a wearable stereo-vision system was investigated and a prototype system named Stereo Vision based Electronic Travel ...
    • Vowel classification based on frequency response of vocal tract 

      Paulraj, M.P.; Sazali, Yaacob; Shahrul Azmi, M. Y. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), 2008-05)
      Automatic speech recognition (ASR) has made great strides with the development of digital signal processing hardware and software especially using English as the language of choice. In this paper, a modified feature ...
    • Vowel recognition based on frequency ranges determined by bandwidth approach 

      Paulraj, M. P.; Sazali, Yaacob; Mohd Yusof, S. A. (Institute of Eelectrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), 2009-07)
      Automatic speech recognition (ASR) has made great strides with the development of digital signal processing hardware and software especially using English as the language of choice. In this paper, a new feature extraction ...
    • Segmentation and location computation of bin objects 

      Hema, Chengalvarayan Radhakrishnamurthy; Paulraj, Murugesapandian; Ramachandran, Nagarajan; Sazali, Yaacob (Ars International, 2007)
      In this paper we present a stereo vision based system for segmentation and location computation of partially occluded objects in bin picking environments. Algorithms to segment partially occluded objects and to find the ...
    • Object localization using stereo sensors for adept SCARA robot 

      Hema, Chengalvarayan Radhakrishnamurthy; Paulraj, Murugesapandian; Nagaran, R.; Sazali, Yaacob (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2006)
      In this paper we present a stereo vision system for segmentation of partially occluded objects and computation of object grasping point in bin picking environments. The stereo vision system was interfaced with an Adept ...
    • Fuzzy based classification of EEG mental tasks for a brain machine interface 

      Hema, Chengalvarayan Radhakrishnamurthy; Paulraj, Murugesapandian; Ramachandran, Nagarajan; Sazali, Yaacob; Abdul Hamid, Adom (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2007-11-28)
      Patients with neurodegenerative diseases loose all motor movements including impairment of speech, leaving the patients totally locked-in. One possible option for rehabilitation of such patients is using a brain machine ...
    • EEG classification using radial basis PSO neural network for brain machine interfaces 

      Paulraj, Murugesapandian; Hema, Chengalvarayan Radhakrishnamurthy; Ramachandran, Nagarajan; Sazali, Yaacob; Abdul Hamid, Adom (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), 2007-12)
      Brain Machine Interfaces use the cognitive abilities of patients with neuromuscular disorders to restore communication and motor functions. At present, only EEG and related methods, which have relatively short time constants, ...
    • Japanese face emotions classification using lip features 

      Mohamad Rizon, Mohamed Juhari; Muthukaruppan, Karthigayan; Sazali, Yaacob; Nagarajan, R. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), 2007)
      In this paper, lip features are applied to classify the human emotion using a set of irregular ellipse fitting equations using Genetic algorithm. As Japanese, is considered in this study. All six universally accepted ...
    • Development of a personified face emotion recognition technique using fitness function 

      Muthukaruppan, Karthigayan; Mohd Rizon, Mohamed Juhari; Ramachandran, Nagarajan; Masanori, Sugisaka; Sazali, Yaacob; Mohd Rozailan, Mamat; Hazry, Desa (Springer Japan, 2007-08-10)
      In this article, two subjects, one South East Asian (SEA) and the other Japanese, are considered for face emotion recognition using a genetic algorithm (GA). The parameters relating the face emotions in each case are ...
    • Fuzzy clustering for genetic algorithm based optimized ellipse data in classifying face emotion 

      Muthukaruppan, Karthigayan; Mohd Rizon, Mohamed Juhari; Sazali, Yaacob; Ramachandran, Nagarajan; Masanori, Sugisaka; Mohd Rozailan, Mamat (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), 2007-10)
      In this paper, lip and eye features are applied to classify the human emotion using a set of irregular and regular ellipse fitting equations using genetic algorithm (GA). A South East Asian face is considered in this study. ...
    • Personalized face emotion classification using optimized data of three features 

      Muthukaruppan, Karthigayan; Ramachandran, Nagarajan; Mohd Rizon, Mohamed Juhari; Sazali, Yaacob (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), 2007)
      In this paper, lip and eye features are applied to classify the human emotion through a set of irregular and regular ellipse fitting equations using Genetic algorithm (GA). South East Asian face is considered in this study. ...
    • Analysis of classroom speech intelligibility using fuzzy linear regression model 

      Paulraj, M.P., Dr.; Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr.; Ahmad Nazri, Dr.; Thagirarani, M . (Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 2006)
      Speech is defined as a process of producing sounds confirming to an accepted code by the human vocal apparatus. These sounds are perceived by the ear-brain system with the primary purpose of conveying thoughts. The ...
    • Classroom speech intelligibility prediction using backpropagation Neural Network 

      Paularaj, M. P.; Sazali, Yaacob; Ahmad Nazri; Thagirarani, M. (Coimbatore Institute of Technology, 2007-08-27)
      In terms of individual communication, speech is the most important and efficient means, even in today's multi-media society. Thus, classrooms are mainly used for delivering speech between lecturers and students, it is ...
    • Various Recognition approach in human faces 

      Karthigayan, M.; Mohd Rizon, Mohamed Juhari; Sazali, Yaacob; Nagarajan, R.; Puteh, Saad; Muhammed Firdaus, Hashim; Haniza, Yazid (Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP), 2005-12-01)
      In this paper, we review researches on human faces from aspect offace recognition and face detection. Face emotion recognition are also reviewed. The study of human faces has much assistance on computer vision and machine ...
    • Prediction of Reverberation time in university classrooms using Neural Network 

      Paularaj, M. P.; Mohd Shukry, Abdul Majid; Sazali, Yaacob; Hariharan, M.; Wan Mohd Ridzuan, Wan Ab Majid (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 2007)
      Reverberation time is fundamental to the study of the acoustics of an enclosed space. An important objective of architectural acoustics is to predict the reverberation time in an enclosed space. Reverberation time is also ...
    • Prediction of classroom speech clarity using backpropagation neural network 

      Paularaj, M. P.; Sazali, Yaacob; Ahmad Nazri; Thagirarani, M (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 2007-11-27)
      A classroom's acoustic design should be constructed so that the highest possible degree of speech intelligibility is achieved for teachers and students. In achieving the highest possible speech intelligibility, the acoustical ...
    • Estimating Face Emotion using Genetic Algorithm 

      Karthigayan, M.; Mohd Rizon, Muhamed Juhari; Sazali, Yaacob; Nagarayan, R. (Kolej Universiti Kejuruteraan Utara Malaysia, 2006-09-15)
      Recognition of emotion through face features (Face Emotion) is a recent concept undertaken by several researchers. Face features have to be extracted from face images before applying the emotion recognition techniques. ...
    • A new approach for recognition of human emotions 

      Karthigayan, M.; Mohd Rizon, Muhamed Juhari; Sazali, Yaacob; Nagarajan, R. (Institut Teknologi Bandung, 2006-11-29)
      In the modern world, all elder people and young child are left alone at home. As long, they are staying alone at home will lead some depression and diversion for them. To overcome this problem, robots are implemented with ...