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Vol. 32, No. 8(2), S&M2292

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Online: ISSN 2435-0869
Sensors and Materials
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Vol. 37 No. 8(4)
Special Issue on Advances in Sensors and Computational Intelligence for Industrial Applications : Part 1

Guest Editor: Chih-Hsien Hsia (National Ilan University)

Preface

  • With the increasing popularity of self-driving cars, road-condition detection systems have become a significant research focus. Traffic sign detection, which is a crucial component of these syste ... Read More

  • Acupressure is a valuable method for maintaining good health and also helps in the overall regulation of bodily functions and the promotion of physical fitness. In this paper, we propose a real-t ... Read More

  • The rapid development of IoT, cloud computing, and AI in recent years has benefited smart homes tremendously. However, camera footage showing facial images of users from smart homes has raised se ... Read More

  • Manual railway inspection, being both time-consuming and labor-intensive, no longer meets the demands of modern railway maintenance, where efficiency and precision are essential. To address this ... Read More

  • In this paper, we present a mobile application for personalized skincare product recommendations based on facial skin analysis and real-time environmental conditions. The system integrates four c ... Read More

  • With the rapid development of automated optical inspection (AOI) technology and imaging sensor systems, image-based coffee bean quality inspection has emerged as an effective alternative to manua ... Read More

  • Sensor-based X-ray imaging, made possible by high-sensitivity medical imaging sensors equipped with advanced detector materials, enables noninvasive and low-dose assessment of bone structures. Le ... Read More


S&M4147

Research paper of Special Issue

S&M4147
Small-traffic-sign Detection Model Based on Improved YOLOv7
Hsin-Chun Lin, Yung-Yao Chen, Sin-Ye Jhong, Cong-Cheng Zhang, Kai-Lung Hua, Sheng-Tao Chenm, and Chih-Hsien Hsia
pp. 3707-3722
https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM5347
Published on August 28, 2025
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S&M4148

Research paper of Special Issue

S&M4148
Design of Real-time Interactive Healthcare System for Acupoint Analysis Based on Augmented Reality
Yu-Xiang Zhao, Chung-Yen Wei, and Bo-Yuan Xu
pp. 3723-3743
https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM5356
Published on August 28, 2025
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S&M4149

Research paper of Special Issue

S&M4149
Biometrics Security: Lightweight Finger-vein Recognition Based on Efficient Focal Aggregation Block and Vision Transformer
Hua-Ching Chen, Liang-Ying Ke, and Chih-Hsien Hsia
pp. 3745-3754
https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM5483
Published on August 28, 2025
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S&M4150

Research paper of Special Issue

S&M4150
YOLOv3-based Detection Method for Sensing Railway Fastener Defect with Training Data Generated by Generative Adversarial Network Models
Ming-An Chung, Chia-Wei Lin, Jia-Wei Lin, Chun-Chia Lin, Chen-You Gao, Pu-Chun Chen, and Yi-Xuan Ma
pp. 3755-3771
https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM5487
Published on August 28, 2025
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S&M4151

Research paper of Special Issue

S&M4151
Development and Evaluation of a Mobile-based Skincare Recommendation System Using Facial Analysis
Yih-Jiun Lee and Chia-An Lee
pp. 3773-3784
https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM5556
Published on August 28, 2025
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S&M4152

Research paper of Special Issue

S&M4152
Lightweight Vision-transformer-based Coffee Bean Quality Inspection with Class-aware Unsupervised Domain Adaptation
Hsien-Chun Cho, Zih-Ching Chen, and Ching-Yi Chen
pp. 3785-3802
https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM5701
Published on August 28, 2025
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S&M4153

Research paper of Special Issue

S&M4153
Sensor-based Explainable Deep Learning Framework for Osteoporosis Screening via Hip X-ray Interpretation
Shang-Wen Feng, Szu-Yin Lin, Yueh-Te Shen, Bo-Yu Chen, Yen-Chiu Chen, and Yi-Hung Chiang
pp. 3803-3814
https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM5723
Published on August 28, 2025
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