{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3048080405","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/aim43001.2020.9158956","title":"An Experimental Analysis of Pipe Inspection using Solar Panel Receiver for Visible Light Communication and Energy Harvesting","display_name":"An Experimental Analysis of Pipe Inspection using Solar Panel Receiver for Visible Light Communication and Energy Harvesting","publication_year":2020,"publication_date":"2020-07-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3048080405","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/aim43001.2020.9158956","mag":"3048080405"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/aim43001.2020.9158956","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/aim43001.2020.9158956","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2020 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101606668","display_name":"Wen Zhao","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6402-4755"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I150744194","display_name":"Waseda University","ror":"https://ror.org/00ntfnx83","country_code":"JP","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I150744194"]}],"countries":["JP"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Wen Zhao","raw_affiliation_strings":["the Major in Modern Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University, 17 Kikui-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"the Major in Modern Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University, 17 Kikui-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I150744194"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5001851501","display_name":"Mitsuhiro Kamezaki","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4377-8993"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I150744194","display_name":"Waseda University","ror":"https://ror.org/00ntfnx83","country_code":"JP","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I150744194"]}],"countries":["JP"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Mitsuhiro Kamezaki","raw_affiliation_strings":["the Research Institute for Science and Engineering (RISE), Waseda University, 17 Kikui-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"the Research Institute for Science and Engineering (RISE), Waseda University, 17 Kikui-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I150744194"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5102390875","display_name":"Kaoru Yamaguchi","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I150744194","display_name":"Waseda University","ror":"https://ror.org/00ntfnx83","country_code":"JP","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I150744194"]}],"countries":["JP"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kaoru Yamaguchi","raw_affiliation_strings":["the Major in Modern Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University, 17 Kikui-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"the Major in Modern Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University, 17 Kikui-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I150744194"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5089368826","display_name":"Minoru Konno","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I173469426","display_name":"Tokyo Gas (Japan)","ror":"https://ror.org/044pzhf68","country_code":"JP","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I173469426"]}],"countries":["JP"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Minoru Konno","raw_affiliation_strings":["Pipeline Technology Center, Strategy Planning Department, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., 1-7-7, Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama-city, Kanagawa, Japan"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Pipeline Technology Center, Strategy Planning Department, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., 1-7-7, Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama-city, Kanagawa, Japan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I173469426"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5043359454","display_name":"Akihiko Onuki","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I173469426","display_name":"Tokyo Gas (Japan)","ror":"https://ror.org/044pzhf68","country_code":"JP","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I173469426"]}],"countries":["JP"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Akihiko Onuki","raw_affiliation_strings":["Pipeline Technology Center, Strategy Planning Department, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., 1-7-7, Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama-city, Kanagawa, Japan"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Pipeline Technology Center, Strategy Planning Department, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., 1-7-7, Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama-city, Kanagawa, Japan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I173469426"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5080654277","display_name":"Shigeki Sugano","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9331-2446"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I150744194","display_name":"Waseda University","ror":"https://ror.org/00ntfnx83","country_code":"JP","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I150744194"]}],"countries":["JP"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Shigeki Sugano","raw_affiliation_strings":["the Department of Modern Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"the Department of Modern Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I150744194"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":4,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"12","issue":null,"first_page":"1848","last_page":"1853"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10851","display_name":"Optical Wireless Communication Technologies","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10851","display_name":"Optical Wireless Communication Technologies","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12309","display_name":"solar cell performance optimization","score":0.989799976348877,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11019","display_name":"Image Enhancement Techniques","score":0.9848999977111816,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/visible-light-communication","display_name":"Visible light communication","score":0.8726596832275391},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/energy-harvesting","display_name":"Energy harvesting","score":0.5290600061416626},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/attenuation","display_name":"Attenuation","score":0.5048807263374329},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/solar-energy","display_name":"Solar energy","score":0.4785483479499817},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/electrical-engineering","display_name":"Electrical engineering","score":0.47327232360839844},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/photodiode","display_name":"Photodiode","score":0.453060507774353},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/transmission","display_name":"Transmission (telecommunications)","score":0.43986624479293823},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/energy-consumption","display_name":"Energy consumption","score":0.4316721558570862},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.3921065628528595},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/electronic-engineering","display_name":"Electronic engineering","score":0.38602542877197266},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/energy","display_name":"Energy (signal processing)","score":0.3624066710472107},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.25391411781311035},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/materials-science","display_name":"Materials science","score":0.23645684123039246},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/optoelectronics","display_name":"Optoelectronics","score":0.22881954908370972},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/optics","display_name":"Optics","score":0.1715286672115326},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/physics","display_name":"Physics","score":0.13915956020355225},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/light-emitting-diode","display_name":"Light-emitting diode","score":0.1383582055568695}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C160487672","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1426313","display_name":"Visible light communication","level":3,"score":0.8726596832275391},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C101518730","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q930236","display_name":"Energy harvesting","level":3,"score":0.5290600061416626},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C184652730","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2357982","display_name":"Attenuation","level":2,"score":0.5048807263374329},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C541104983","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40015","display_name":"Solar energy","level":2,"score":0.4785483479499817},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119599485","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43035","display_name":"Electrical engineering","level":1,"score":0.47327232360839844},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C751236","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175943","display_name":"Photodiode","level":2,"score":0.453060507774353},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C761482","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118093","display_name":"Transmission (telecommunications)","level":2,"score":0.43986624479293823},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780165032","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16869822","display_name":"Energy consumption","level":2,"score":0.4316721558570862},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.3921065628528595},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C24326235","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126095","display_name":"Electronic engineering","level":1,"score":0.38602542877197266},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C186370098","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q442787","display_name":"Energy (signal processing)","level":2,"score":0.3624066710472107},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.25391411781311035},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192562407","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228736","display_name":"Materials science","level":0,"score":0.23645684123039246},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49040817","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193091","display_name":"Optoelectronics","level":1,"score":0.22881954908370972},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120665830","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14620","display_name":"Optics","level":1,"score":0.1715286672115326},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.13915956020355225},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C176666156","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25504","display_name":"Light-emitting diode","level":2,"score":0.1383582055568695},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/aim43001.2020.9158956","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/aim43001.2020.9158956","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2020 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/6","display_name":"Clean water and sanitation","score":0.5299999713897705},{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/7","display_name":"Affordable and clean energy","score":0.46000000834465027}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":13,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1979286510","https://openalex.org/W2027438184","https://openalex.org/W2063874488","https://openalex.org/W2303845602","https://openalex.org/W2517283636","https://openalex.org/W2760438944","https://openalex.org/W2804698806","https://openalex.org/W2886904846","https://openalex.org/W2942769694","https://openalex.org/W2978619042","https://openalex.org/W2988204711","https://openalex.org/W2989222694","https://openalex.org/W6769148005"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2501797479","https://openalex.org/W2997630107","https://openalex.org/W3109516991","https://openalex.org/W2291056487","https://openalex.org/W2395898055","https://openalex.org/W2779101090","https://openalex.org/W2289948051","https://openalex.org/W3081944688","https://openalex.org/W3096625689","https://openalex.org/W1938994607"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,212],"maintenance":[1],"of":[2,25,35,98,140,167,225],"water":[3,26,42,78],"pipelines":[4],"is":[5,87,101,170],"quite":[6],"essential":[7],"since":[8,54],"the":[9,19,32,55,77,85,91,95,99,105,114,138,141,155,164,196,216,222,232],"leakage,":[10],"deformation,":[11],"and":[12,22,66,93,127,147,183,202,204,210],"damage":[13],"can":[14],"bring":[15],"fatal":[16],"problems":[17],"to":[18,121,194],"stable":[20],"supply":[21],"safe":[23],"use":[24],"resource.":[27],"In":[28,135],"our":[29],"former":[30],"study,":[31,137],"transmission":[33,218],"approach":[34],"information":[36],"(image,":[37],"sensor":[38,83,100],"data,":[39],"etc.)":[40],"from":[41],"pipe":[43,86],"based":[44,199,207],"on":[45,200,208,231],"visible":[46,56,115],"light":[47,57,116,185],"relay":[48],"communication":[49,117],"technology":[50,119],"has":[51,58,110,151],"been":[52,111,152],"proposed":[53],"less":[59,229],"signal":[60,124],"attenuation,":[61],"stronger":[62],"anti-electromagnetic":[63],"interference":[64],"capability,":[65],"smaller":[67],"bit":[68],"error":[69],"ratio":[70],"(BER)":[71],"than":[72,130],"traditional":[73,131],"wireless":[74],"solutions":[75],"in":[76,84,113],"pipe.":[79],"However,":[80],"each":[81],"inspection":[82],"still":[88],"powered":[89],"by":[90,104,178],"battery,":[92],"thus,":[94],"operation":[96],"time":[97],"severely":[102],"restricted":[103],"battery":[106],"consumption.":[107],"Solar":[108],"panel":[109,143,169,227],"introduced":[112],"(VLC)":[118],"due":[120],"its":[122],"large":[123],"receiving":[125,223],"area":[126],"higher":[128],"efficiency":[129],"photodiode":[132],"(PD)":[133],"receivers.":[134],"this":[136],"performance":[139],"solar":[142,168,226],"receiver":[144],"for":[145,161,181,186],"VLC":[146,187,205,233],"energy":[148,160,162,197],"harvesting":[149,198],"(EH)":[150],"analyzed.":[153],"Since":[154],"LED":[156,184],"owns":[157],"low":[158],"irradiation":[159],"harvesting,":[163],"received":[165],"power":[166],"low.":[171],"To":[172],"solve":[173],"these":[174],"problems,":[175],"a":[176],"solution":[177],"using":[179],"sunlight":[180],"EH":[182],"was":[188],"proposed.":[189],"We":[190],"performed":[191],"several":[192],"experiments":[193],"evaluate":[195],"current":[201,224],"voltage,":[203],"quality":[206],"waveform":[209],"BER.":[211],"results":[213],"indicated":[214],"that":[215],"hybrid":[217],"method":[219],"could":[220],"increase":[221],"with":[228],"influence":[230],"quality.":[234]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-07-14T23:27:15.235271","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}