A fuzzy symbolic approach to formalize sensory measurements: an application to a comfort sensor

Author

Mauris, Gilles ; Foulloy, Laurent

Author_Institution

Lab. d´´Automatique et de Microinformatique Industrielle, Univ. de Savoie, Annecy, France

Volume

51

Issue

4

fYear

2002

fDate

8/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

712

Lastpage

715

Abstract

This paper deals with a fuzzy modeling of comfort perception. The aim of the presented sensor is to reproduce the linguistic evaluation provided by a human being from the aggregation of the relevant physical measurements such as temperature, humidity, and luminosity. The fuzzy symbolic method proposed here enables introducing new measurements easily in order to refine the comfort definition in a way adapted to the applications considered. The graphical user interface developed allows designing a user-friendly configuration of the intelligent sensor realized.

Keywords

fuzzy logic; fuzzy set theory; graphical user interfaces; humidity sensors; intelligent sensors; temperature sensors; virtual instrumentation; comfort definition; comfort perception; comfort sensor; fuzzy meanings; fuzzy modeling; fuzzy sets; fuzzy symbolic approach; graphical user interface; humidity; information chaining; intelligent measurement systems; intelligent sensor; linguistic evaluation; luminosity; membership functions; physical measurements aggregation; subjective perception; temperature; user-friendly configuration; Fuzzy logic; Fuzzy sets; Graphical user interfaces; Humans; Humidity measurement; Intelligent sensors; Intelligent systems; Sensor systems; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIM.2002.803294

Filename

1044711