Majid SarrafzadehComputer Science Department

UCLA

CS152A◦ Introductory digital design laboratory

Introduction to FPGA, HDL, etc. CS152B

◦ Digital design project laboratory Advanced use of FPGA, image processing, wireless

modules, sensors, etc. CS151C

◦ Design of digital systems Emphasis on the application level design

Undergraduate capstone course Emphasis on:

◦ Interdisciplinary approach Focuses on the healthcare industry

◦ Real-world problem solving Incorporation of industry and research lab interaction

◦ A cyclic transfer of ideas Coursework to research and vice versa

Introduction to material 1 week

Step by step lab experiments and tutorials 3 weeks – 20%

Midterm exam 30%

◦ Logic design, Embedded systems design approaches Final Project

6 weeks – 50%◦ Comprehensive proposal

Technical, economical, and social impacts◦ Research and development◦ Demonstration

Technologies◦ Digilent Development Boards

Virtex II Pro, Spartan III VGA, sound, Network, UART interface

◦ Video Camera◦ Inertial sensors

Crossbow motes, Wii remotes, ◦ Mobile robots

IRobot Create

Conventional Assistive Devices◦ Critical in providing support and

enabling movement◦ 4 million cane users in US

Risks◦ May contribute to falls◦ Due to improper usage

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Smart Cane System◦ Detect proper and improper

motion Sensing

◦ Acceleration, rotation, forces Capabilities

◦ Cellular phone for fall detection and alarm notification

◦ Visual usage guidance

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Children aging 8-18 spend more time (44.5 hr/week) in front of computer game screens than any other activity except sleeping

30.3% of children (age 6-11) are overweight and 15.3% are obese

A study shows that the group that lessen their time watching TV and playing video games (7 hr/week) had a significant reduction in body fat compared to other groups (21 hr/week)

Encourage children to engage in exercise in exchange for home entertainment.

In 2006, one-third of teenagers are reported owning an iPod, estimated 25.2 million teens in the U.S.◦ Adults in the U.S. rate obesity as one of the three most

important health concerns for children◦ We set our target market to be parents that have iPod in their

family and care about their children’s fitness and health

A system that optically tracks and quantifies eye movement◦ Use hardware processing to track

iris/pupil movement◦ Project the resulting data on to the screen

To improve User-System interfaces

Potentially help the paralyzed and disabled use computers

Monitor the state of a status-critical body◦ A patient in a hospital

Track changes or anomalies in the object’s state.

Identifying a potentiallydangerous scenario with a distress signal Autonomous Response

A fun Pong game for players of all ages Alternative forms of video games that will

allow children to play and get exercise at the same time.

Many people are color blind◦ 1 in 20, roughly 10% of males, or ~13.6 million in

the USA have some form of red-green blindness Real time video analysis and replacement

with a focus towards color blindness

Those with red-green color blindness may see a 21 instead of the normal 74

Given a chess position with the iRobot being a piece

The system figure out the board through the camera

A human will be responsible for playing the opposing team. This will continue until checkmate.

Use a camera to determine a top-down mini golf course, with the structure of the room

Using input from a Wiimote, Allow players to play through the course

Being able to play with ordinary objects around the house in ways that would otherwise be impossible