Silhouette is an important research issue in the field of Non-Photorealistic Rendering (NPR) and it is also a popular drawing feature in illustrations and line-drawing artworks. In this paper, we present a real-time i...
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(纸本)9781424407071
Silhouette is an important research issue in the field of Non-Photorealistic Rendering (NPR) and it is also a popular drawing feature in illustrations and line-drawing artworks. In this paper, we present a real-time image-based stylized rendering system. First, we project a 3D model to image-space. Then we extract edges in the image-space data. We perform edge-detection algorithms on GPU (Graphics processing Units) for speedup. GPU is good at floating-points calculating and processing with parallelism. Both features match the property of most imageprocessing tasks. Our system can run at an interactive frame rate when combining our edge-detection algorithms with graphic hardware architecture. We demonstrate that this system performance can reach real-time and render images in good NPR style.
A machine vision based keg inspection system can allow cost effective keg tracking and preventative maintenance programs to be implemented, leading to substantial savings for breweries with large keg fleets. A robust ...
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(纸本)9781424407071
A machine vision based keg inspection system can allow cost effective keg tracking and preventative maintenance programs to be implemented, leading to substantial savings for breweries with large keg fleets. A robust keg serial number recognition and keg condition assessment process is required to cater for different keg brands and a range of keg ages in the fleet It has been demonstrated that the proposed imageprocessing methodology, and neural network based number recognition system, successfully located and identified keg serial numbers with a 92% digit accuracy. Furthermore, the vision system allowed the concurrent assessment of the keg condition by assessing deformity of the keg rim, and that of the filler valve. A correlation coefficient, generated using a template matching process, proved to be a suitable metric which adequately indicated rims within and outside acceptable deformity bounds.
This work presents a new performance improvement technique for hardware implementations of non-recursive convolution based imageprocessing algorithms. It combines an advanced data flow technique (instruction reuse) p...
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(纸本)9781424427604
This work presents a new performance improvement technique for hardware implementations of non-recursive convolution based imageprocessing algorithms. It combines an advanced data flow technique (instruction reuse) proposed in modern microprocessor design with the value locality of image data to develop a method, window memoization, that increases the throughput with minimal cost in area and accuracy. We implement window memoization as a 2-wide superscalar pipeline such that it consumes significantly less area than conventional 2-wide superscalar pipelines. As a case study, we have applied window memoization to Kirsch edge detector. The average speedup factor was 1.76 with only 25% extra hardware.
In this paper, we present a progressive image reconstruction scheme based on the semantically scalable multi-scale edge representation of images, with the resolution and visual quality scalable to various bitrate requ...
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(纸本)9781424407071
In this paper, we present a progressive image reconstruction scheme based on the semantically scalable multi-scale edge representation of images, with the resolution and visual quality scalable to various bitrate requirements. In the multi-scale edge representation an image is decomposed into its multi-scale primal sketch and the background where the multi-scale primal sketch preserves the structural semantics of images, and the background represents the smooth locale. Edge compensation is performed to smoothly remove edges at each scale. The multi-scale edges are then embedded encoded using the GFA modeling. The image reconstruction is progressively achieved by synthesizing multi-scale edges on the reconstructed image obtained from previous scale. As edge synthesis is performed at consecutive scales, the visual quality of the reconstructed image is progressively enhanced. Experiment shows that the proposed scheme performs well at low bit-rate multiresoultion representation and progressive reconstruction.
Conventional wisdom in model-based computational imaging incorporates physics-based imaging models, noise characteristics, and image priors into a unified Bayesian framework. Rapid advances in deep learning have inspi...
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Conventional wisdom in model-based computational imaging incorporates physics-based imaging models, noise characteristics, and image priors into a unified Bayesian framework. Rapid advances in deep learning have inspired a new generation of data-driven computational imaging systems with performances even better than those of their model-based counterparts. However, the design of learning-based algorithms for computational imaging often lacks transparency, making it difficult to optimize the entire imaging system in a complete manner.
This paper examines the feasibility of an approach to image retrieval from a heterogeneous collection based on texture. For each texture of interest (T), a T-vs-other classifier is evolved for small n x n windows usin...
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This paper examines the feasibility of an approach to image retrieval from a heterogeneous collection based on texture. For each texture of interest (T), a T-vs-other classifier is evolved for small n x n windows using genetic programming. The classifier is then used to segment the images in the collection. If there is a significant contiguous area of T in an image, it is considered to contain that texture for retrieval purposes. We have experimented with sky and grass textures in the Corel Volume 12 image set Experiments with a single image indicate that classifiers for the two textures can be learned to a high accuracy. Experiments with a test set of 714 Corel images gave a retrieval accuracy of 84% for both sky and grass textures. These results suggest that the use of texture could enhance retrieval accuracy in content based image retrieval systems.
This paper presents an automated algorithm for image enhancement. A novel parametric indices of fuzziness (PIF) is introduced, which serves as the optimization criterion of the contrast enhancement procedure. The prop...
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(纸本)9781424427604
This paper presents an automated algorithm for image enhancement. A novel parametric indices of fuzziness (PIF) is introduced, which serves as the optimization criterion of the contrast enhancement procedure. The proposed PIT comprises the Sugeno class of involutive fuzzy complements and the first order fuzzy moment of the image. The PIT as the measure of fuzziness should be maximized, and the maximum of PIT is tuned based on the first-order fuzzy moment of the image. The parameters of the transformation function are found by the genetic algorithm aiming to maximize the PIF. Finally, several experiments are made to demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed method.
In classical graph-based image segmentation, a data-driven matrix is constructed representing similarities between every pair of pixels. The eigenvectors of such matrices contain relevant information about the cluster...
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In classical graph-based image segmentation, a data-driven matrix is constructed representing similarities between every pair of pixels. The eigenvectors of such matrices contain relevant information about the clusters present on the image. An approach to image segmentation using spectral clustering with out-of-sample extensions is presented. This approach is based on the weighted kernel PCA framework. An advantage of the proposed method is the possibility to train and validate the clustering model on subsampled parts of the image to be segmented. The cluster indicators for the remaining pixels can then be inferred using the out-of-sample extension. This subsampling scheme can be used to reduce the computation time of the segmentation. Simulation results with grayscale and color images show improvements in terms of computation times together with visually appealing clusters.
A novel approach based on computationalintelligence techniques for the identification of nonlinear dynamic systems is presented in this paper. The technique encompasses both the properties of the Karhunen-Loeve Trans...
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(纸本)9781424407071
A novel approach based on computationalintelligence techniques for the identification of nonlinear dynamic systems is presented in this paper. The technique encompasses both the properties of the Karhunen-Loeve Transform in representing stochastic processes and the approximation capabilities of multi-layer neural networks. Experimental results on nonlinear systems governed by difference equations demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach that is based on a real-time learning algorithm. Exhaustive experimentation on specific case studies was performed and some experimental results were compared with other existing techniques such as the Lee-Schetzen method, Least Mean Square (LMS), Recursive Least Square (RLS) and Normalized Least Mean Square (NLMS) algorithms. A better identification-accuracy was also achieved, and a reduction of some orders of magnitude in training-times compared with the well-known Lee-Schetzen method was obtained, thus making the proposed methodology one of the current best practices in this field.
In this paper, we combine image segmentation techniques and face detection methods to extract the human from scenes. Firstly, skin regions are detected and an ellipse fitting method is employed to detect the face regi...
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