@article {, title = {Heartbeat detection by Laser Doppler Vibrometry and Machine Learning}, journal = {Sensors}, year = {2020}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s20185362}, author = {Luca Antognoli and Sara Moccia and Lucia Migliorelli and Sara Casaccia and Lorenzo Scalise and Emanuele Frontoni} } @article {, title = {Measurement of Users{\textquoteright} Well-Being Through Domotic Sensors and Machine Learning Algorithms}, journal = {IEEE Sensors Journal}, volume = {20}, year = {2020}, pages = {8029-8038}, doi = {10.1109/JSEN.2020.2981209}, author = {S. Casaccia and L. Romeo and A. Calvaresi and N. Morresi and A. Monteri{\`u} and E. Frontoni and L. Scalise and G. M. Revel} } @article {, title = {A regression framework to head-circumference delineation from US fetal images}, journal = {Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine}, year = {2020}, author = {Maria Chiara Fiorentino and Sara Moccia and Morris Capparuccini and Sara Giamberini and Emanuele Frontoni} } @article {, title = {SOPHIA: An Event-Based IoT and Machine Learning Architecture for Predictive Maintenance in Industry 4.0}, journal = {Information}, volume = {11}, year = {2020}, pages = {202}, author = {Calabrese, Matteo and Cimmino, Martin and Fiume, Francesca and Manfrin, Martina and Romeo, Luca and Ceccacci, Silvia and Paolanti, Marina and Toscano, Giuseppe and Ciandrini, Giovanni and Carrotta, Alberto and others} } @article {, title = {Inter-foetus Membrane Segmentation for TTTS Using Adversarial Networks}, journal = {Annals of Biomedical Engineering}, year = {2019}, doi = {10.1007/s10439-019-02424-9}, url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10439-019-02424-9}, author = {Alessandro Casella and Sara Moccia and Emanuele Frontoni and Dario Palladini and Elena De Momi and Leonardo S. Mattos} } @article {, title = {The KIMORE dataset: KInematic assessment of MOvement and clinical scores for remote monitoring of physical REhabilitation}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering}, volume = {27}, year = {2019}, pages = {1436{\textendash}1448}, author = {Capecci, Marianna and Ceravolo, Maria Gabriella and Ferracuti, Francesco and Iarlori, Sabrina and Monteri{\`u}, Andrea and Romeo, Luca and Verdini, Federica} } @article {, title = {Multiple instance learning for emotion recognition using physiological signals}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing}, year = {2019}, author = {Romeo, Luca and Cavallo, Andrea and Pepa, Lucia and Berthouze, Nadia and Pontil, Massimiliano} } @article {, title = {Preterm infants{\textquoteright} pose estimation with spatio-temporal features}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering}, year = {2019}, doi = {10.1109/TBME.2019.2961448}, url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8938758}, author = {Sara Moccia and Lucia Migliorelli and Virgilio Carnielli and Emanuele Frontoni} } @article {Paolanti2018, title = {Person Re-Identification with RGB-D Camera in Top-View Configuration through Multiple Nearest Neighbor Classifiers and Neighborhood Component Features Selection}, journal = {Sensors}, volume = {18}, number = {10}, year = {2018}, month = {oct}, pages = {3471}, publisher = {{MDPI} {AG}}, doi = {10.3390/s18103471}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/s18103471}, author = {Marina Paolanti and Luca Romeo and Daniele Liciotti and Annalisa Cenci and Emanuele Frontoni and Primo Zingaretti} } @article {, title = {Prospective motor control obeys to idiosyncratic strategies in autism}, journal = {Scientific reports}, volume = {8}, year = {2018}, pages = {1{\textendash}9}, author = {Cavallo, Andrea and Romeo, Luca and Ansuini, Caterina and Podda, Jessica and Battaglia, Francesca and Veneselli, Edvige and Pontil, Massimiliano and Becchio, Cristina} } @inbook {Liciotti2017, title = {An Intelligent RGB-D Video System for Bus Passenger Counting}, booktitle = {Intelligent Autonomous Systems 14: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference IAS-14}, year = {2017}, pages = {473{\textendash}484}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, organization = {Springer International Publishing}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-319-48036-7}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-48036-7_34}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48036-7_34}, author = {Daniele Liciotti and Annalisa Cenci and Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and Primo Zingaretti}, editor = {Chen, Weidong and Hosoda, Koh and Menegatti, Emanuele and Shimizu, Masahiro and Wang, Hesheng} } @conference {Cenci:2017:MAP:3109761.3109773, title = {Movements Analysis of Preterm Infants by Using Depth Sensor}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Internet of Things and Machine Learning}, series = {IML {\textquoteright}17}, year = {2017}, month = {10-2017}, pages = {12:1{\textendash}12:9}, publisher = {ACM}, organization = {ACM}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, abstract = {

Qualitative assessment of general movements in preterm infants is widely used in clinical practice. It can enable early detection of neurological dysfunctions and consequent neuromotor impairments in high risk infants. However, the outcome of these assessments is not standardized and it is influenced by examiner{\textquoteright}s subjective interpretation. For this reason, there is an increasing interest in the use of automated movement recognition technologies being applied in this field. In this work, we use a video-based system for preterm infant{\textquoteright}s movements assessment to provide a 3D\ motion analysis method able to extract some important indicators from the sequence of depth images collected by using an RGB-D sensor placed over the infant lying on the crib. The advantage of the proposed method is that it is objective, contactless, non-invasive, easy to install, affordable and suitable to be used in an indoor environment with poor lighting, as might be rooms in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, where these infants are taken into care. Experimental results show that the proposed method is able to derive from statistical analysis of depth data some key performance indicators, each of which describes different characteristics of the infant{\textquoteright}s spontaneous movements. Preliminary tests are conducted in the experimental phase on a preterm infant hospitalized in a women{\textquoteright}s and children{\textquoteright}s hospital. The project can be used to investigate the relationship between the characteristics of spontaneous movements and the presence of pathologies as cerebral palsy or other minor neurological dysfunctions.

}, keywords = {3D tracking, clustering, modelling, preterm infant{\textquoteright}s movement analysis}, isbn = {978-1-4503-5243-7}, doi = {10.1145/3109761.3109773}, url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3109761.3109773}, author = {Annalisa Cenci and Daniele Liciotti and Emanuele Frontoni and Primo Zingaretti and Virgilio Paolo Carnielli} } @article {pierdicca20163d, title = {3D visualization tools to explore ancient architectures in South America}, journal = {Virtual Archaeology Review}, volume = {7}, number = {15}, year = {2016}, pages = {44{\textendash}53}, author = {Roberto Pierdicca and Eva Savina Malinverni and Emanuele Frontoni and F. Colosi and R. Orazi} } @conference {cenci2016cloud, title = {A cloud-based healthcare infrastructure for medical device integration: The bilirubinometer case study}, booktitle = {12th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA)}, year = {2016}, pages = {1{\textendash}6}, publisher = {IEEE}, organization = {IEEE}, author = {Annalisa Cenci and Daniele Liciotti and Ercoli, Ilaria and Primo Zingaretti and Virgilio Paolo Carnielli} } @article {callegari2016current, title = {Current Developments in Robotics and Mobile Machines}, journal = {Journal of Intelligent \& Robotic Systems}, volume = {81}, number = {2}, year = {2016}, pages = {167{\textendash}168}, publisher = {Springer Netherlands}, author = {Callegari, Massimo and Primo Zingaretti} } @conference {pierdicca2016cyberarchaeology, title = {Cyberarchaeology: improved way findings for archaeological parks through mobile augmented reality}, booktitle = {International Conference on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Computer Graphics}, year = {2016}, pages = {172{\textendash}185}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, organization = {Springer International Publishing}, author = {Roberto Pierdicca and Emanuele Frontoni and Primo Zingaretti and Eva Savina Malinverni and Galli, Andrea and Marcheggiani, Ernesto and Costa, Carlos Smaniotto} } @conference {innocenti2016development, title = {Development of an automatic procedure to mechanically characterize soft tissue materials}, booktitle = {Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA), 2016 12th IEEE/ASME International Conference on}, year = {2016}, pages = {1{\textendash}6}, publisher = {IEEE}, organization = {IEEE}, author = {Innocenti, Bernardo and Lambert, Pierre and Larrieu, Jean-Charles and Pianigiani, Silvia and Marina Paolanti and Michele Bernardini and Annalisa Cenci and Emanuele Frontoni} } @conference {contigiani2016implementation, title = {Implementation of a tracking system based on UWB technology in a retail environment}, booktitle = {Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA), 2016 12th IEEE/ASME International Conference on}, year = {2016}, pages = {1{\textendash}6}, publisher = {IEEE}, organization = {IEEE}, author = {Marco Contigiani and R. Pietrini and Adriano Mancini and Primo Zingaretti} } @conference {sturari2016integrated, title = {An integrated mobility system using real-time data for traffic simulation}, booktitle = {Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA), 2016 12th IEEE/ASME International Conference on}, year = {2016}, pages = {1{\textendash}6}, publisher = {IEEE}, organization = {IEEE}, author = {Mirco Sturari and Ludovico Catani and Adriano Mancini and Emanuele Frontoni} } @article {clini2016real, title = {Real/Not Real: Pseudo-Holography and Augmented}, journal = {Handbook of Research on Emerging Technologies for Digital Preservation and Information Modeling}, year = {2016}, pages = {201}, publisher = {IGI Global}, author = {Paolo Clini and Emanuele Frontoni and Quattrini, Ramona and Roberto Pierdicca and Nespeca, Romina} } @article {Sturari2016, title = {Robust and affordable retail customer profiling by vision and radio beacon sensor fusion}, journal = {Pattern Recognition Letters}, year = {2016}, pages = {-}, abstract = {Abstract The development of reliable and precise indoor localization systems would considerably improve the ability to investigate shopper movements and behaviour inside retail environments. Previous approaches used either computer vision technologies or the analysis of signals emitted by communication devices (beacons). While computer vision approaches provide higher level of accuracy, beacons cover a wider operational area. In this paper, we propose a sensor fusion approach between active radio beacons and RGB-D cameras. This system, used in an intelligent retail environment where cameras are already installed for other purposes, allows an affordable environment set-up and a low operational costs for customer indoor localization and tracking. We adopted a Kalman filter to fuse localization data from radio signals emitted by beacons are used to track users{\textquoteright} mobile devices and RGB-D cameras used to refine position estimations. By combing coarse localization datasets from active beacons and RGB-D data from sparse cameras, we demonstrate that the indoor position estimation is strongly enhanced. The aim of this general framework is to provide retailers with useful information by analysing consumer activities inside the store. To prove the robustness of our approach, several tests were conducted into a real indoor showroom by analysing real customers behaviour with encouraging results.}, issn = {0167-8655}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2016.02.010}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016786551600057X}, author = {Mirco Sturari and Daniele Liciotti and Roberto Pierdicca and Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and Marco Contigiani and Primo Zingaretti} } @article {pierdicca2016virtual, title = {Virtual reconstruction of archaeological heritage using a combination of photogrammetric techniques: Huaca Arco Iris, Chan Chan, Peru}, journal = {Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage}, volume = {3}, number = {3}, year = {2016}, pages = {80{\textendash}90}, publisher = {Elsevier}, author = {Roberto Pierdicca and Emanuele Frontoni and Eva Savina Malinverni and F. Colosi and R. Orazi} } @article {cocchioni2016visual, title = {Visual Based Landing for an Unmanned Quadrotor}, journal = {Journal of Intelligent \& Robotic Systems}, volume = {84}, number = {1-4}, year = {2016}, pages = {511{\textendash}528}, publisher = {Springer Netherlands}, author = {Francesco Cocchioni and Emanuele Frontoni and Ippoliti, Gianluca and Sauro Longhi and Adriano Mancini and Primo Zingaretti} } @article {Pierdicca201538, title = {Advanced interaction with paintings by augmented reality and high resolution visualization: A real case exhibition}, journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)}, volume = {9254}, year = {2015}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {38-50}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-22888-4_4}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84944686566\&partnerID=40\&md5=8c678ed32702d02aaa50edbf34433ca2}, author = {Roberto Pierdicca and Emanuele Frontoni and Primo Zingaretti and Mirco Sturari and Paolo Clini and Quattrini, R.} } @article {Callegari2015, title = {Current Developments in Robotics and Mobile Machines}, journal = {Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications}, year = {2015}, note = {cited By 0; Article in Press}, doi = {10.1007/s10846-015-0281-4}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84944707292\&partnerID=40\&md5=4ebe2e97ab2603b9e7503d4b595f438b}, author = {Callegari, M. and Primo Zingaretti} } @conference {pierdicca2015low, title = {Low cost embedded system for increasing retail environment intelligence}, booktitle = {Multimedia \& Expo Workshops (ICMEW), 2015 IEEE International Conference on}, year = {2015}, pages = {1{\textendash}6}, publisher = {IEEE}, organization = {IEEE}, author = {Roberto Pierdicca and Daniele Liciotti and Marco Contigiani and Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and Primo Zingaretti} } @article {Pierdicca201525, title = {Making visible the invisible. Augmented reality visualization for 3D reconstructions of archaeological sites}, journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)}, volume = {9254}, year = {2015}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {25-37}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-22888-4_3}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84944688602\&partnerID=40\&md5=5988b5e6786fdbcd931f64ac7f8483f5}, author = {Roberto Pierdicca and Emanuele Frontoni and Primo Zingaretti and Eva Savina Malinverni and F. Colosi and R. Orazi} } @conference {ercoli2015measurement, title = {A measurement procedure for the assessment of thermoregulatory activitity in premature babies}, booktitle = {Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA), 2015 IEEE International Symposium on}, year = {2015}, pages = {229{\textendash}233}, publisher = {IEEE}, organization = {IEEE}, author = {Ercoli, Ilaria and Scalise, Lorenzo and Annalisa Cenci and Marchionni, Paolo and Enrico Primo Tomasini and Virgilio Paolo Carnielli} } @conference {cenci2015non, title = {Non-Contact Monitoring of Preterm Infants Using RGB-D Camera}, booktitle = {ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference}, year = {2015}, pages = {V009T07A003{\textendash}V009T07A003}, publisher = {American Society of Mechanical Engineers}, organization = {American Society of Mechanical Engineers}, author = {Annalisa Cenci and Daniele Liciotti and Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and Primo Zingaretti} } @article {Cocchioni2015, title = {Visual Based Landing for an Unmanned Quadrotor}, journal = {Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications}, year = {2015}, note = {cited By 0; Article in Press}, doi = {10.1007/s10846-015-0271-6}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84941686223\&partnerID=40\&md5=9ccfc812909e8a74b64d123902639160}, author = {Francesco Cocchioni and Emanuele Frontoni and Ippoliti, G. and Sauro Longhi and Adriano Mancini and Primo Zingaretti} } @article {Clini2014, title = {Augmented reality experience: From high-resolution acquisition to real time augmented contents}, journal = {Advances in Multimedia}, volume = {2014}, year = {2014}, note = {cited By 0}, abstract = {This paper presents results of a research project "dUcale" that experiments ICT solutions for the museum of Palazzo Ducale (Urbino). In this project, the famed painting the "Citt{\`a} Ideale" becomes a case to exemplify a specific approach to the digital mediation of cultural heritage. An augmented reality (AR) mobile application, able to enhance the museum visit experience, is presented. The computing technologies involved in the project (websites, desktop and social applications, mobile software, and AR) constitute a persuasive environment for the artwork knowledge. The overall goal of our research is to provide to cultural institutions best practices efficiently on low budgets. Therefore, we present a low cost method for high-resolution acquisition of paintings; the image is used as a base in AR approach. The proposed methodology consists of an improved SIFT extractor for real time image. The other novelty of this work is the multipoint probabilistic layer. Experimental results demonstrated the robustness of the proposed approach with extensive use of the AR application in front of the "Citt{\`a} Ideale" painting. To prove the usability of the application and to ensure a good user experience, we also carried out several users tests in the real scenario.}, doi = {10.1155/2014/597476}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84919754522\&partnerID=40\&md5=7e1c1da868b9c0927bb555d4151577ac}, author = {Paolo Clini and Emanuele Frontoni and Quattrini, R. and Roberto Pierdicca} } @conference {Cocchioni2014418, title = {Autonomous navigation, landing and recharge of a quadrotor using artificial vision}, booktitle = {2014 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ICUAS 2014 - Conference Proceedings}, year = {2014}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {418-429}, abstract = {In this paper a solution to UAV reduced endurance and autonomous flight is proposed. With a complete on-board solution, based on artificial vision, the developed system is able to autonomously take off, navigate and land, recharging its battery by using a dedicated landing platform, both in indoor and outdoor scenarios. The landing platform includes a passive centering system to correct the landing error of the UAV, with a novel design wich reduce cost and increase the safety (thanks to small and isolated electrical contacts) without invasive hardware changes on the drone. The developed vision algorithm provides a fast and accurate measurement of UAV position with respect to the landing platform using a visual target, but at the same time it is able to automatically switch to an estimation of position that is independent from the visual target. This aspect is used during navigation or when the tracking of the target fails, ensuring a continuous position measurement feed to the controllers. The developed control system manages all the different phases of a mission (motor turning on/off, take off, navigation, landing,...) with low control error, ensuring a landing over the landing platform with an error that is lower than 5cm for both x and y axis. The developed software in ROS environment is modular and provides input/output interfaces to receive command, or send data. {\textcopyright} 2014 IEEE.}, doi = {10.1109/ICUAS.2014.6842282}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84904565097\&partnerID=40\&md5=04076148a6e9b80c9da87ee06d339603}, author = {Francesco Cocchioni and Adriano Mancini and Sauro Longhi} } @conference {Frontoni2014, title = {A heuristic approach to evaluate occurrences of products for the planogram maintenance}, booktitle = {MESA 2014 - 10th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, Conference Proceedings}, year = {2014}, note = {cited By 0}, abstract = {Planogram is a detailed visual map of products in a retail store and establishes the position of products in order to increase sales and to supply the best location for suppliers. So, the aims of {\textquoteright}correct{\textquoteright} planogram are several and are: increasing sales, increasing profits, introducing a new item, supporting an innovative merchandising approach, and better manages the shelves. Deviating from the planogram defeats the purpose of any of those goals. A fundamental aspect in the retail operations is to maintain the integrity of the planogram. This work intends to provide a solution to this problem, proposing a system that individually identifies the presence of a specific product in the image of a shelf. This even though the product is moved, rotated, misplaced, or even in poor lighting conditions. This paper presents a method to find and count multiple instances of the same object that occurs into an image of a shelf in a store without using classifiers. The procedures here described are based on a heuristic algorithm that involves morphological operation, template matching and histogram comparison. Experimental results are presented in order to verify the effectiveness of the proposed approach. They demonstrate that the algorithm provides satisfactory results when the user manually chooses the most significant label of the product to find in the shelf image.}, doi = {10.1109/MESA.2014.6935615}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84911965097\&partnerID=40\&md5=0de9992bbb2157ad432a05fee65d6dfc}, author = {Emanuele Frontoni and Marco Contigiani and Ribighini, G.} } @conference {Contigiani2014, title = {Indoor people localization and tracking using an energy harvesting smart floor}, booktitle = {MESA 2014 - 10th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, Conference Proceedings}, year = {2014}, note = {cited By 0}, abstract = {In the recent years, different kind of intelligent floors have been proposed but they are expensive and in many cases difficult to install and manage. In this paper, we previously describe the state of the art concerning smart floors designed to satisfy different applications and then we present an intelligent floor realized for localizing and tracking people in an indoor environment. The aim of this work is to propose an innovative smart floor based on an energy harvesting system able to allow the localization and analysis of the movement of the users in a specific space. The solution presented in this paper involves the use of capacitive sensors on a polymeric support to insert between solid wood and a wooden part of a floating parquet. The proposed system is part of HDOMO, an Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) project developing smart solutions for active aging. A detailed architecture of the smart floor is proposed together with a preliminary test phase.}, doi = {10.1109/MESA.2014.6935623}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84911959515\&partnerID=40\&md5=e0736aa6e37701f6950aee45457ef457}, author = {Marco Contigiani and Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and A. Gatto} } @conference {Rossi2014, title = {Interoperability issues among smart home technological frameworks}, booktitle = {MESA 2014 - 10th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, Conference Proceedings}, year = {2014}, note = {cited By 0}, abstract = {Population aging may be seen both as a human success story, the triumph of public health, medical advancements and economic development over diseases and injures, and as one of the most challenging phenomena that society faces in this century. Assistive technology in all its possible implementations (from Telemedicine to Ambient Assisted Living, and Ambient Intelligence) represents an emerging answer to the needs of the new generation of older adults whose desire is to live longer with a higher quality of life. Objective of this paper is to present the results of a public financed action for the development and implementation of an {\textquoteright}integration platform{\textquoteright} for Ambient Assisted Living that includes features of home automation (energy management, safety, comfort, etc.) and introduces {\textquoteright}smart objects{\textquoteright}, to monitor activities of daily living and detect any abnormal behavior that may represent a danger, or highlight symptoms of some incipient disease.}, doi = {10.1109/MESA.2014.6935626}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84911958222\&partnerID=40\&md5=969da407b2d8bad8fa3e16dbc7d254a0}, author = {Rossi, L. and Belli, A. and De Santis, A. and Diamantini, C. and Emanuele Frontoni and Gambi, E. and Palma, L. and Pernini, L. and Pierleoni, P. and Potena, D. and Raffaeli, L. and Spinsante, S. and Primo Zingaretti and Cacciagrano, D. and Corradini, F. and Culmone, R. and De Angelis, F. and Merelli, E. and Re, B.} } @conference {Massi2014, title = {A real-time reliability and durability testing framework}, booktitle = {MESA 2014 - 10th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, Conference Proceedings}, year = {2014}, note = {cited By 0}, abstract = {This paper presents a methodological framework for designing testing and measurement systems fully integrated with the enterprise information system. In comparison with the most common solutions for designing embedded testing platforms the proposed framework sets itself at a higher level of abstraction. The proposed framework allows getting different, programmable test benches that can run in parallel, and it does not restrict the choice of hardware, sensors and actuators, as it happens with commercial development systems for the same kind of machines. The framework is conceived to be used on embedded boards equipped with the GNU/Linux operating system and with at least one network interface. By using open data formats, the framework provides an easy way to exchange data with enterprise information systems, thus assuring interoperability with different IT solutions. The paper includes the description of a cooker hood testing system designed and implemented with this framework, and which highlights the advantages of the proposed development method.}, doi = {10.1109/MESA.2014.6935592}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84911979615\&partnerID=40\&md5=9e44e4e4151cf14b313983a811b7c3f1}, author = {Gionata Massi and Morganti, G. and Claudi, A. and Primo Zingaretti} } @article {Liciotti2014, title = {Shopper analytics: A customer activity recognition system using a distributed rgb-d camera network}, journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)}, volume = {8811}, year = {2014}, note = {cited By 0}, abstract = {The aim of this paper is to present an integrated system consisted of a RGB-D camera and a software able to monitor shoppers in intelligent retail environments. We propose an innovative low cost smart system that can understand the shoppers{\textquoteright} behavior and, in particular, their interactions with the products in the shelves, with the aim to develop an automatic RGB-D technique for video analysis. The system of cameras detects the presence of people and univocally identifies them. Through the depth frames, the system detects the interactions of the shoppers with the products on the shelf and determines if a product is picked up or if the product is taken and then put back and finally, if there is not contact with the products. The system is low cost and easy to install, and experimental results demonstrated that its performances are satisfactory also in real environments.}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-12811-5_11}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84921652873\&partnerID=40\&md5=44bc641a712fa9af6ffd341f41b0aec0}, author = {Daniele Liciotti and Marco Contigiani and Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and Primo Zingaretti and Valerio Placidi} } @conference {Cocchioni2014374, title = {Unmanned ground and aerial vehicles in extended range indoor and outdoor missions}, booktitle = {2014 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ICUAS 2014 - Conference Proceedings}, year = {2014}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {374-382}, abstract = {The capability to instantiate a cooperation among heterogeneous agents is a fundamental feature in mobile robotics. In this paper we focus on the interaction between Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to extend the endurance of UAV, thanks to a novel landing/recharging platform. The UGV acts as a docking station and hosts the UAV during the indoor/outdoor transition and vice-versa. We designed a platform and a robust landing target to automate the fast recharge of UAV. The synchronization and coordination of cooperation is managed by a Ground Control Station (GCS) developed using a versatile software toolchain based on the integration of Stateflow, auto-generation of C-code and ROS. All the software components of UAV, UGV and GCS have been developed using ROS. The obtained results show that the UAV is able to land over the UGV with high accuracy (<5cm for both x and y axis) thanks to a visual position estimation algorithm, also in presence of wind (with gust up to 20-25km/h), recharging its batteries in a short time to extend its endurance. {\textcopyright} 2014 IEEE.}, doi = {10.1109/ICUAS.2014.6842276}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84904582437\&partnerID=40\&md5=f57cb12575d6f9ff24ff152e95b48c80}, author = {Francesco Cocchioni and Pierfelice, V. and Benini, A. and Adriano Mancini and Emanuele Frontoni and Primo Zingaretti and Ippoliti, G. and Sauro Longhi} } @article {Mancini2013409, title = {A novel method for fast processing of large remote sensed image}, journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)}, volume = {8157 LNCS}, number = {PART 2}, year = {2013}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {409-418}, abstract = {In this paper we present a novel approach to reduce the computational load of a CFAR detector. The proposed approach is based on the use of integral images to directly manage the presence of masked pixels or invalid data and reduce the computational time. The approach goes through the challenging problem of ship detection from remote sensed data. The capability of fast image processing allows to monitor the marine traffic and identify possible threats. The approach allows to significantly boost the performance up to 50x working with very high resolution image and large kernels. {\textcopyright} 2013 Springer-Verlag.}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-41184-7_42}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84884709393\&partnerID=40\&md5=335f37537f59723ffcfa04255b21821b}, author = {Adriano Mancini and Anna Nora Tassetti and Cinnirella, A. and Emanuele Frontoni and Primo Zingaretti} } @conference {Catani2011889, title = {Efficient traffic simulation using busses as active sensor network}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference}, volume = {3}, number = {PARTS A AND B}, year = {2011}, note = {cited By 4}, pages = {889-894}, abstract = {In this paper we present a traffic simulation system using traffic data gathered from readings by GPS devices installed on board of busses, i.e., busses running on the road are used as a mobile sensor network. Traffic data are inferred from the comparison of data about normal speed and current speed in a certain position. The simulation system was developed to invent mechanisms that use such information for traffic optimization. In particular, simulations allow to manage traffic lights in real time and to control the traffic system in order to give priority to public transportation systems. {\textcopyright} 2011 by ASME.}, doi = {10.1115/DETC2011-49013}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84863576021\&partnerID=40\&md5=b5122447bb6ce4e611ea9e196886e59e}, author = {Ludovico Catani and Emanuele Frontoni and Primo Zingaretti and Di Pasquale, G.} } @article {Cesetti2011157, title = {A visual global positioning system for unmanned aerial vehicles used in photogrammetric applications}, journal = {Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications}, volume = {61}, number = {1-4}, year = {2011}, note = {cited By 10}, pages = {157-168}, abstract = {The combination of photogrammetric aerial and terrestrial recording methods can provide new opportunities for photogrammetric applications. A UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), in our case a helicopter system, can cover both the aerial and quasi-terrestrial image acquisition methods. A UAV can be equipped with an on-board high resolution camera and a priori knowledge of the operating area where to perform photogrammetric tasks. In this general scenario our paper proposes vision-based techniques for localizing a UAV. Only natural landmarks provided by a feature tracking algorithm will be considered, without the help of visual beacons or landmarks with known positions. The novel idea is to perform global localization, position tracking and localization failure recovery (kidnapping) based only on visual matching between current view and available georeferenced satellite images. The matching is based on SIFT features and the system estimates the position of the UAV and its altitude on the base of the reference image. The vision system replaces the GPS signal combining position information from visual odometry and georeferenced imagery. Georeferenced satellite or aerial images must be available on-board beforehand or downloaded during the flight. The growing availability of high resolution satellite images (e.g., provided by Google Earth or other local information sources) makes this topic very interesting and timely. Experiments with both synthetic (i.e., taken from satellites or datasets and pre elaborated) and real world images have been performed to test the accuracy and the robustness of our method. Results show sufficient performance if compared with common GPS systems and give a good performance also in the altitude estimation, even if in this last case there are only preliminary results. {\textcopyright} 2010 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.}, doi = {10.1007/s10846-010-9489-5}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79951511981\&partnerID=40\&md5=22fb7414e9a79d5c70082f7e0e8c0684}, author = {Cesetti, A. and Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and Ascani, A. and Primo Zingaretti and Sauro Longhi} } @conference {Cesetti2010125, title = {Autonomous safe landing of a vision guided helicopter}, booktitle = {Proceedings of 2010 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, MESA 2010}, year = {2010}, note = {cited By 2}, pages = {125-130}, abstract = {In this paper a vision-based system for safe autonomous landing of a helicopter-based Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is presented. The remote user selects target areas from high resolution aerial or satellite images. These areas are tracked by a feature-based image matching algorithm that identifies natural landmarks and gives feedbacks for control purposes. {\textcopyright} 2010 IEEE.}, doi = {10.1109/MESA.2010.5552081}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77957363095\&partnerID=40\&md5=105d5126c8256e58ab2a67b66bd8c271}, author = {Cesetti, A. and Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and Primo Zingaretti} } @conference {Catani2010319, title = {A framework based on vision sensors for the automatic management of exchange parking areas}, booktitle = {Proceedings of 2010 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, MESA 2010}, year = {2010}, note = {cited By 3}, pages = {319-324}, abstract = {This paper proposes a framework for the automatic management of exchange parking areas, usually located in the periphery of large cities. These parks are used for medium/long period stops of private or public vehicles and the subsequent sorting of passengers to public transportation networks. The objective of this paper is to analyze and stress the potential of a framework that exploits only vision sensors, which are very versatile and minimally invasive. Using a visual sensor network and the proposed tracking approach we are able to know and track the position of every bus in the exchange station and to send data to the planning station, which allocates slots for other busses and manages public information. Preliminary results are promising and show the feasibility of the proposed method, so that future research work is directed towards a distributed implementation of the framework with stand-alone and embedded devices under the control of a supervisor. {\textcopyright} 2010 IEEE.}, doi = {10.1109/MESA.2010.5552047}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77957341506\&partnerID=40\&md5=accfd4f3b19a01e8662f81ce6185545b}, author = {Ludovico Catani and Emanuele Frontoni and Primo Zingaretti} } @conference {Raspa2010, title = {Selection of Lithium cells for EV battery pack using self organizing maps}, booktitle = {EVS 2010 - Sustainable Mobility Revolution: 25th World Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition}, year = {2010}, note = {cited By 0}, abstract = {A challenging problem in energy storage systems for electric vehicles is the efficiency use of lithium multicell batteries. Because of production tolerances, unbalanced cells can be overstressed during usage leading to the reduction of the available capacity and premature failure of the battery pack. In order to reduce this problem the Universit{\`a} Politecnica delle Marche and FAAM Group S.p.A. developed a method for the selection and classification of homogenous cells to form uniform battery pack using Self Organizing Maps neural networks. Experimental data are collected from a set of LiFePo4 cells tested in FAAM laboratories. The selection considers both experimental data and identified characteristics: Discharge Voltage, Open Circuit Voltage, Total Capacity and identified parameters from Randle{\textquoteright}s equivalent circuit modelling. The State of Charge variability within each selected group of cells has been chosen as the clustering criterion to find the method which gives the best results in terms of homogeneity of the battery. Simulation results consider an experimental EV load profile and show a great reduction of the SOC variability and, consequently, in the balance of the battery pack for all the methods presented compared to random selection. Capacity and discharge voltage based methods give the best results over all.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84907415017\&partnerID=40\&md5=42dc9ff2c6cfe464e796818859e805ce}, author = {Raspa, P. and Frinconi, L. and Adriano Mancini and Cavalletti, M. and Sauro Longhi and L. Fulimeni and P. Bellesi and Isidori, R.} } @article {Cesetti2010233, title = {A Vision-based guidance system for UAV navigation and safe landing using natural landmarks}, journal = {Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications}, volume = {57}, number = {1-4}, year = {2010}, note = {cited By 45}, pages = {233-257}, abstract = {In this paper a vision-based approach for guidance and safe landing of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is proposed. The UAV is required to navigate from an initial to a final position in a partially known environment. The guidance system allows a remote user to define target areas from a high resolution aerial or satellite image to determine either the waypoints of the navigation trajectory or the landing area. A feature-based image-matching algorithm finds the natural landmarks and gives feedbacks to an onboard, hierarchical, behaviour-based control system for autonomous navigation and landing. Two algorithms for safe landing area detection are also proposed, based on a feature optical flow analysis. The main novelty is in the vision-based architecture, extensively tested on a helicopter, which, in particular, does not require any artificial landmark (e.g., helipad). Results show the appropriateness of the vision-based approach, which is robust to occlusions and light variations. {\textcopyright} 2009 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.}, doi = {10.1007/s10846-009-9373-3}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84893415343\&partnerID=40\&md5=1af91a05c14c688e97131ab24f43e2bd}, author = {Cesetti, A. and Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and Primo Zingaretti and Sauro Longhi} } @article {Mancini2009307, title = {A framework for simulation and testing of UAVs in cooperative scenarios}, journal = {Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications}, volume = {54}, number = {1-3 SPEC. ISS.}, year = {2009}, note = {cited By 18}, pages = {307-329}, abstract = {Today, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have deeply modified the concepts of surveillance, Search\&Rescue, aerial photogrammetry, mapping, etc. The kinds of missions grow continuously; missions are in most cases performed by a fleet of cooperating autonomous and heterogeneous vehicles. These systems are really complex and it becomes fundamental to simulate any mission stage to exploit benefits of simulations like repeatability, modularity and low cost. In this paper a framework for simulation and testing of UAVs in cooperative scenarios is presented. The framework, based on modularity and stratification in different specialized layers, allows an easy switching from simulated to real environments, thus reducing testing and debugging times, especially in a training context. Results obtained using the proposed framework on some test cases are also reported. {\textcopyright} 2008 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.}, doi = {10.1007/s10846-008-9268-8}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-56649092912\&partnerID=40\&md5=dc161c1b0a0533432e58fcdf588aec40}, author = {Adriano Mancini and Cesetti, A. and Iual{\`e}, A. and Emanuele Frontoni and Primo Zingaretti and Sauro Longhi} } @conference {Cesetti2009, title = {A single-camera feature-based vision system for helicopter autonomous landing}, booktitle = {2009 International Conference on Advanced Robotics, ICAR 2009}, year = {2009}, note = {cited By 4}, abstract = {In this paper a feature based single camera vision system for the safe landing of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is proposed. The autonomous helicopter used for tests is required to navigate from an initial to a final position in a partially known environment, to locate a landing area and to land on it. The algorithm proposed for the detection of safe landing areas is based on the analysis of optical flow and of mutual geometric position of different kinds of features, observed from different points of view. Vision allows estimating the position and velocity of a set of features with respect to the helicopter while the onboard, hierarchical, behavior-based control system autonomously guides the helicopter. Results, obtained using real data and a real helicopter in a outdoor scenario, show the appropriateness of the vision-based approach. It does not require any artificial landmark (e.g., helipad), is able to estimate correctly and autonomously safe landing areas and is quite robust to occlusions.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70449334565\&partnerID=40\&md5=3373a2496d17d58330e7a887f552c6ba}, author = {Cesetti, A. and Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and Primo Zingaretti and Sauro Longhi} } @conference {Cesetti2009910, title = {Vision-based autonomous navigation and landing of an unmanned aerial vehicle using natural landmarks}, booktitle = {2009 17th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED 2009}, year = {2009}, note = {cited By 13}, pages = {910-915}, abstract = {This paper presents the design and implementation of a vision-based navigation and landing algorithm for an autonomous helicopter. The vision system allows to define target areas from a high resolution aerial or satellite image to determine the waypoints of the navigation trajectory or the landing area. The helicopter is required to navigate from an initial position to a final position in a partially known environment using GPS and vision, to locate a landing target (a helipad of a known shape or a natural landmark) and to land on it. The vision system, using a feature-based image matching algorithm, finds the area and gives feedbacks to the control system for autonomous landing. Vision is used for accurate target detection, recognition and tracking. The helicopter updates its landing target parameters owing to vision and uses an on board behavior-based controller to follow a path to the landing site. Results show the appropriateness of the vision-based approach that does not require any artificial landmark (e.g., helipad) and is quite robust to occlusions, light variations and seasonal changes (e.g., brown or green leaves). {\textcopyright} 2009 IEEE.}, doi = {10.1109/MED.2009.5164661}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84885338997\&partnerID=40\&md5=e544d46c421bd62be9c0ad9fa4ac016b}, author = {Cesetti, A. and Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and Primo Zingaretti and Sauro Longhi} } @article {Cesetti200817, title = {From simulated to real scenarios: A framework for multi-UAVs}, journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)}, volume = {5325 LNAI}, year = {2008}, note = {cited By 2}, pages = {17-28}, abstract = {In this paper a framework for simulation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), oriented to rotary wings aerial vehicles, is presented. It allows UAV simulations for stand-alone agents or multi-agents exchanging data in cooperative scenarios. The framework, based on modularity and stratification in different specialized layers, allows an easy switching from simulated to real environments, thus reducing testing and debugging times. CAD modelling supports the framework mainly with respect to extraction of geometrical parameters and virtualization. Useful applications of the framework include pilot training, testing and validation of UAVs control strategies, especially in an educational context, and simulation of complex missions. {\textcopyright} 2008 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-89076-8-6}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-58049115678\&partnerID=40\&md5=8301ffc2a6a97aefca4df012079ad726}, author = {Cesetti, A. and Adriano Mancini and Emanuele Frontoni and Primo Zingaretti and Sauro Longhi} } @conference {Frontoni2007, title = {Prototype UAV helicopter working in cooperative environments}, booktitle = {IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM}, year = {2007}, note = {cited By 7}, abstract = {Today small autonomous helicopters offer a low budget platform for aerial applications such as surveillance (both military and civilian), land management, and earth science. In this paper we introduce a prototype of autonomous aerial vehicle, the Helibot helicopter, specifically designed for applications in a cooperative network based on autonomous agents as UAV and UGV. We present our scalable and robust architecture, focusing in particular on hardware and real time solutions. A mechanical structure for safe testing is then presented. {\textcopyright}2007 IEEE.}, doi = {10.1109/AIM.2007.4412564}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-48649092977\&partnerID=40\&md5=79d155f3eb244add87a4d8ba5d7616ed}, author = {Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and Caponetti, F. and Primo Zingaretti and Sauro Longhi} } @conference {Mancini2007, title = {Safe flying for an UAV helicopter}, booktitle = {2007 Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED}, year = {2007}, note = {cited By 9}, abstract = {Today small autonomous helicopters offer a low budget platform for aerial applications such as surveillance (both military and civil), land management and earth sciences. In this paper we introduce a prototype of autonomous aerial vehicle, the Helibot helicopter, specifically designed for applications in cooperative networks. Fundamental steps in the design process of an UAV are shown. We also present work in progress in the field of failure detection and a novel idea to the problem of failure recovery using a terrain vision system. {\textcopyright}2007 IEEE.}, doi = {10.1109/MED.2007.4433946}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-50249099214\&partnerID=40\&md5=290b41c35e2f9a3766073505671d036a}, author = {Adriano Mancini and Caponetti, F. and Monteri{\`u}, A. and Emanuele Frontoni and Primo Zingaretti and Sauro Longhi} } @conference {Frontoni2006, title = {Fast mobile robot localization using low cost sensors}, booktitle = {IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)}, volume = {8}, number = {PART 1}, year = {2006}, note = {cited By 2}, abstract = {Bayesian filtering is a well known probabilistic filtering method. Its applications to mobile robot localization are very popular, but an active approach to the problem of localization was never presented. An interesting question is: what is the best action that the robot should choose to localize itself in the minimum number of steps? This paper presents the Fast Particle Filtering (FPF) algorithm to select the best action that allows a fast global localization using particle filtering. The appropriateness of our approach is demonstrated empirically using a mobile robot equipped with low cost sonar sensors in a structured office environment. Comparisons with classical Bayesian filtering approaches are also presented to demonstrate the better performances and the lower computational cost of the FPF algorithm. Copyright {\textcopyright} 2006 IFAC.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80051600774\&partnerID=40\&md5=b6c6e42ff4df40128cbe9bf76d128f44}, author = {Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and Caponetti, F. and Primo Zingaretti} } @conference {Frontoni2006, title = {A framework for simulations and tests of mobile robotics tasks}, booktitle = {14th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED{\textquoteright}06}, year = {2006}, note = {cited By 13}, abstract = {This paper presents an education framework, developed in Matlab, for studying and experimenting typical mobile robotics tasks such as obstacle avoidance, localization, navigation and SLAM. The most important characteristic of this framework is the ability to easily switch from a simulator to a real robot to tune and test algorithms and to evaluate results in simulated and real environments. The framework is being used with interesting results in robotic courses at the Universit{\`a} Politecnica delle Marche in Ancona, Italy. In the second part of the paper a test case to evaluate an optimization of a Monte Carlo Localization process with sonar sensors is presented.}, doi = {10.1109/MED.2006.328842}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-35949002522\&partnerID=40\&md5=c56db964d779bed90b4aff91801d06cf}, author = {Emanuele Frontoni and Adriano Mancini and Caponetti, F. and Primo Zingaretti} } @conference {Borella2005515, title = {A 4-colorable mapping for a class of crosstalk-free permutations in dilated networks for photonic switching}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Telecommunications, ConTEL 2005}, volume = {2}, year = {2005}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {515-522}, abstract = {In order to reduce the impact of crosstalk in optical switching, dilated architectures can be adopted to build interconnection networks. This approach, that avoids the necessity of optical buffers, is considered here for the development of 4-layered switches, based on the Omega topology. In particular, the correlation existing between the crosstalk-free configurations of the switch and the 4-colorability properties of the correspondent permutation graphs is demonstrated. Then, the theorems presented in this paper allow to define a method to identify either such crosstalk-free configurations, or their relative optimal permutations partitions.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33744969321\&partnerID=40\&md5=7b38925238239626cd2d4370d9f1f9e4}, author = {Borella, A. and Cancellieri, G. and Emanuele Frontoni and Pallotta, V.} } @conference {Carbonaro1999241, title = {A comprehensive approach to image-contrast enhancement}, booktitle = {Proceedings - International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, ICIAP 1999}, year = {1999}, note = {cited By 3}, pages = {241-246}, abstract = {The paper describes a novel comprehensive approach to image-contrast enhancement in the spatial domain. Instead of defining another transformation function our strategy consists of adopting a general functional form, able to map different transformation functions, and in using a learning technique to select the parameter values that are optimal for the image being processed. First, local measures of spatial activity are assigned to each pixel of the image. Second, the local contrast value for each pixel is computed according to a function which is based on human visual response. Third, the parameters of a comprehensive contrast-enhancement function are selected by a genetic algorithm on the basis of the spatial activity of the image resulting from the transformation. The validity of the proposed technique is confirmed both perceptually, that is, higher fitness values correspond to the images that have been judged better by human observers, and by comparative evaluations of our algorithm with respect to classical methods. {\textcopyright} 1999 IEEE.}, doi = {10.1109/ICIAP.1999.797602}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77956062070\&partnerID=40\&md5=bec0356d2a98fdaca54e11dd4711add0}, author = {A. Carbonaro and Primo Zingaretti} } @article {Zingaretti1998177, title = {Route following based on adaptive visual landmark matching}, journal = {Robotics and Autonomous Systems}, volume = {25}, number = {3-4}, year = {1998}, note = {cited By 3}, pages = {177-184}, abstract = {Route following based on visual landmark matching may require many models to cover all different situations. This paper describes a system that is able to adapt template{\textquoteright}s modelling parameters to environmental conditions (lighting, shadows, etc.) by a genetic learning technique. In addition, the mobile robot self-localisation is obtained by a stereo approach that uses the centres of matching in the two images to solve in a simple way the correspondence problem in the 3D position estimation. The experimental results show that the tracking robustness is improved, while using a small set of templates. {\textcopyright} 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032208707\&partnerID=40\&md5=8655435896f671afeeb70009f9086bee}, author = {Primo Zingaretti and A. Carbonaro} } @conference {Tascini1998278, title = {Unauthorized access identification in restricted areas}, booktitle = {Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering}, volume = {3364}, year = {1998}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {278-286}, abstract = {The paper describes a system to control vehicle accesses in restricted areas. The signalling of vehicles whose license- plates do not belong to a specific database is the aim of the system. The adaptation to different environmental conditions, and the identification of a vehicle by processing the license- plate pattern as a whole, without considering the recognition of the characters, are its two main characteristics. The system implements a recognition engine constituted by two modules. First, the system analyzes the video-recorded sequences to select a frame in which the license-plate satisfies pre-defined constraints, and extracts the license- plate template on which the matching with the model templates stored in the database will be performed. Second, vehicle identification is performed by a genetic template matching that, without requiring a high computational complexity, provides adaptation to normal environmental variations by exploiting learning capabilities. The implemented system, forced to distinguish only between authorized and unauthorized vehicles according to a threshold in the genetic fitness function, shows robust performance on Italian cars, but it is adaptable to different license-plate models, and is independent from outdoor conditions. {\textcopyright}2003 Copyright SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering.}, doi = {10.1117/12.317481}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-62249155465\&partnerID=40\&md5=c5bfb42de0062e33b5145339e0517adb}, author = {Guido Tascini and A. Carbonaro and Primo Zingaretti} } @conference {Carbonaro1997147, title = {Landmark matching in a varying environment}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Euromicro Workshop on Advanced Mobile Robots, EUROBOT}, year = {1997}, note = {cited By 4}, pages = {147-153}, abstract = {A system for landmark tracking by a template matching approach is described. Route following based on landmarks may require many models to cover all different situations, so a genetic algorithm learning technique is used to adapt modelling parameters to environmental conditions (lighting, shadows, reflexes, etc.) during the tracking. In addition, the mobile robot self-localization is obtained by a stereo approach that uses the centres of matching in the two images to solve in a simple way the correspondence analysis in the 3-D position estimation. The experimental results show that the tracking robustness is improved when the adaptive template matching is used for landmark tracking.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0031356261\&partnerID=40\&md5=84da6f7845bf77d41951a6da2296155c}, author = {A. Carbonaro and Primo Zingaretti} } @conference {Carbonaro1997229, title = {Object tracking in a varying environment}, booktitle = {IEE Conference Publication}, number = {443 pt 1}, year = {1997}, note = {cited By 3}, pages = {229-233}, abstract = {An object tracking system based on a template matching approach is demonstrated. The system identifies the target and tracks a sequence of video-recorded images without losing the object by using a genetic algorithm (GA)-based learning to adapt template matching processes to environmental conditions. The adaptive GA generates templates better than fixed, random or indexed template generation techniques in terms of both the cross-correlation score and time necessary to choose the template model. While the overload using the GA is minimal if it is not necessary to change template model, in all other cases the GA offers a better solution to the search the associated search and optimization problem than usual algorithms.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0031337379\&partnerID=40\&md5=91c558ca9bbaca4384ce4e7619dd71f4}, author = {A. Carbonaro and Primo Zingaretti} } @conference {Conte19961213, title = {Automatic analysis of visual data in submarine pipeline inspection}, booktitle = {Oceans Conference Record (IEEE)}, volume = {3}, year = {1996}, note = {cited By 8}, pages = {1213-1219}, abstract = {An automatic system for analysis and interpretation of visual data from submarine pipeline inspection operates using images collected by cameras mounted on an unmanned Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) that moves along the pipeline. The system supports the operator in navigating the ROV and in detecting structural elements of the pipeline such as anodes, gravel heaps and reference bands. The system employs a feature based technique for recognizing the pipeline{\textquoteright}s profile and for detecting the structural elements. Information gathered by analyzing and interpreting the visual data can be used for automatic guidance and inspection by integrating the system into a larger architecture.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0030385353\&partnerID=40\&md5=d5723a92ebcff100f3868adc25135935}, author = {Conte, G. and S.M. Zanoli and Perdon, A.M. and Guido Tascini and Primo Zingaretti} } @article {Tascini1996432, title = {Real-time inspection by submarine images}, journal = {Journal of Electronic Imaging}, volume = {5}, number = {4}, year = {1996}, note = {cited By 5}, pages = {432-442}, abstract = {A real-time application of computer vision concerning tracking and inspection of a submarine pipeline is described. The objective is to develop automatic procedures for supporting human operators in the real-time analysis of images acquired by means of cameras mounted on underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROV). Implementation of such procedures gives rise to a human-machine system for underwater pipeline inspection that can automatically detect and signal the presence of the pipe, of its structural or accessory elements, and of dangerous or alien objects in its neighborhood. The possibility of modifying the image acquisition rate in the simulations performed on video-recorded images is used to prove that the system performs all necessary processing with an acceptable robustness working in real-time up to a speed of about 2.5 kn, widely greater than that the actual ROVs and the security features allow. {\textcopyright} 1996 SPIE and IS\&T.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0009091679\&partnerID=40\&md5=0be09172d776524c453eb82b24820faf}, author = {Guido Tascini and Primo Zingaretti and Conte, G.} } @article {Antonicelli1993125, title = {Camerano study on hypertension: The problem of blood pressure variability during medical visit}, journal = {Clinical and Experimental Hypertension}, volume = {15}, number = {SUPPL. 1}, year = {1993}, note = {cited By 3}, pages = {125-138}, abstract = {The Camerano Study on Arterial Hypertension (AH) is a cross-sectional study, carried out on a wide population sample in a small town in Central Italy, and aimed at revealing the prevalence of certain characteristics of AH in the population examined. In particular, we studied some aspects of blood pressure (BP) levels during the medical visits. To evaluate the effects of the medical visit on BP levels, we divided the subjects into 3 groups: I) Hypertensive subjects, II) Treated hypertensive subjects, III) Normotensive subjects (control group). The Systolic Arterial Pressure (SAP) in normotensive subjects reached maximum levels during the first medical visit and then decreased in the following two controls (p<0.001). The Diastolic Arterial Pressure (DAP) did not show any significant changes during the three measurements (p=n.s.). Instead the maximum level of SAP in the hypertensive group did not appear at the First measurement but only after 5 minutes and was seen to decrease towards the end of the visit (p<0.001). Even DAP showed different levels compared to the normotensives: A decrease in BP levels was registered after 15 minutes respect to earlier measurements (p<0.01). The levels of group II were similar to those of normotensive subjects.}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0027175329\&partnerID=40\&md5=f3e21a4965a8f2d45fca099ff52dfea1}, author = {Antonicelli, R. and Gesuita, R. and Primo Zingaretti and Amadio, L. and Pagelli, P. and Cusi, D. and Paciaroni, E.} } @article {Antonicelli199217, title = {The camerano study on hypertension: The problem of arterial hypertension in the elderly}, journal = {Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics}, volume = {15}, number = {SUPPL. 1}, year = {1992}, note = {cited By 3}, pages = {17-26}, abstract = {The Camerano study on arterial hypertension (AH) was a cross-sectional study, carried out on a large population sample in a small twon in central Italy. The main goal was to reveal both the prevalence and certain characteristics of AH in the population examined. The main resuts, can be summarized as follows: (i) The occurrence of AH in the old (65-74 years) and very old (>=75 years) groups was 43.3 and 57.4\%, respectively. (ii) isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) was found in 1.7, 23.6 and 3.9\% in the adult, old and very old subjects, respectively. (iii) The association of AH with some of the more common cardiovascular risk factors (dyslipidemia, hyperglycemia, obesity, etc.) was significant for all the risk factors in the adult group, while in the old group there was a significant association only with the body mass index. (iv) Blood pressure (BP) values during the medical visits were evaluated, and adult versus old subjects were compared, but no significant differences were found. {\textcopyright} 1992 Elsevier Science Pablishers B.V. All rights reserved.}, doi = {10.1016/S0167-4943(05)80003-2}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0026662064\&partnerID=40\&md5=32b7c6611b71b6ca2f62c62434cf5ae9}, author = {Antonicelli, R. and Gesuita, R. and Primo Zingaretti and Amadio, L. and Pacelli, P. and Cusi, D. and Paciaroni, E.} }