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Magnetic pattern recognition sensor arrays using CCD readout

2014· article· en· W1490561113 on OpenAlexaff
O Nixon, Arokia Nathan

Bibliographic record

VenueCambridge University Engineering Department Publications Database · 2014
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicNon-Destructive Testing Techniques
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Waterloo
Fundersnot available
KeywordsRobustness (evolution)Computer scienceSensitivity (control systems)SIGNAL (programming language)Channel (broadcasting)LinearityNoise (video)Electrical engineeringComputer hardwareElectronic engineeringMaterials scienceAcousticsPhysicsEngineeringArtificial intelligenceTelecommunications
DOInot available

Abstract

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Magnetic encoding is currently widely employed in cheques, transaction cards, access cards and bank notes because of its robustness, economy, security, and ease of updating coded information. Coded magnetic information is currently read using either inductive metal-in-gap (MIG) or magnetoresistive (MR) heads.1)Due to various loss mechanisms, the signal-to-noise ratio of MIG heads peaks at around 100 kHz, decreasing rapidly at higher frequencies. The fabrication of both the MIG head2)as well as the accompanying signal processing circuitry3)is also non-trivial. MR heads provide higher SNR and signals that are independent of spatial frequency. They are however fragile, non-linear, and have a high temperature coefficient In cheques and bank notes, human-readable magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) characters are employed. Each MICR character has been designed to produce a distinct inductive head signal pattern. Unlike magnetic stripes, MICR characters signals are not binary when read using conventional read heads, resulting in increased read error rates. To avoid costly misreads, a closely spaced array of magnetic sensors can be utilized. Fabrication of read head arrays is, however, difficult in both technologies. A silicon magnetic sensor array fabricated using the charge-coupled device (CCD) technology has been designed to overcome these limitations. The magnetic sensor pixels are buried-channel MOSFET's with geometries designed to optimize magnetic sensitivity. The use of buried-channel, as opposed to surface-channel, MOSFET's results in enhanced sensitivity, lower noise, and higher signal resolution.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.003
Threshold uncertainty score0.011

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0010.001
Open science0.0020.001
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0030.002

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.020
GPT teacher head0.203
Teacher spread0.183 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designBench or experimental
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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