In this paper, steps of the physically-based modeling technique are revisited. Proposals for enhancing computational burden are implemented. Force derived from the distance between the model profile and the object pro...
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(纸本)0819423068;9780819423061
In this paper, steps of the physically-based modeling technique are revisited. Proposals for enhancing computational burden are implemented. Force derived from the distance between the model profile and the object profile has proven sufficient for shape recovery purposes while the speed of the fitting process is reduced dramatically. In order to give machines the ability to detect surface irregularities as well as their sizes, a threshold potential function force is applied to excite the surface nodal mesh with good time requirements. Implementation details as well as sample examples are introduced.
Constraints are mathematical mapping functions which transform from an attribute or feature space onto a score or measure of plausibility. The term plausible is used because this paper assumes one is looking to suppor...
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(纸本)0819407445
Constraints are mathematical mapping functions which transform from an attribute or feature space onto a score or measure of plausibility. The term plausible is used because this paper assumes one is looking to support a hypothesis rather than refute it. In this paper, a system is described which allows the algorithm developer to easily incorporate domain knowledge into an interpretation process through the graphical creation and editing of constraints. These constraints can be applied to multiple sets of data through the use of application programs. Groupings or spatial relationships such as collinearity or nearness are also attributes which may be constrained in an attempt to interpret image data. Model matches may likewise be written as constraint mappings. Primitive constraints may be combined to form compound constraints, and differing compounding weights may be assigned to primitive constraints. If these weights are written as functions dependent upon other information, the a system developed with this process can be made adaptive.
We describe an implemented computer program that recognizes the occurrence of simple spatial motion events in simulated video input. The program receives an animated line-drawing as input and produces as output a sema...
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(纸本)0819413208
We describe an implemented computer program that recognizes the occurrence of simple spatial motion events in simulated video input. The program receives an animated line-drawing as input and produces as output a semantic representation of the events occurring in that movie. We suggest that the notions of support, contact, and attachment are crucial to specifying many simple spatial motion event types and present a logical notation for describing classes of events that incorporates such notions as primitives. We then suggest that the truth values of such primitives can be recovered from perceptual input by a process of counterfactual simulation, predicting the effect of hypothetical changes to the world on the immediate future. Finally, we suggest that such counterfactual simulation is performed using knowledge of naive physical constraints such as substantiality, continuity, gravity, and ground plane. We describe the algorithms that incorporate these ideas in the program and illustrate the operation of the program on sample input.
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the challenge of engineering robust intelligentrobots. Robust intelligentrobots may be considered as ones that not only work in one environment but rather in all types of situ...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9780819479327
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the challenge of engineering robust intelligentrobots. Robust intelligentrobots may be considered as ones that not only work in one environment but rather in all types of situations and conditions. Our past work has described sensors for intelligentrobots that permit adaptation to changes in the environment. We have also described the combination of these sensors with a "creative controller" that permits adaptive critic, neural network learning, and a dynamic database that permits task selection and criteria adjustment. However, the emphasis of this paper is on engineering solutions which are designed for robust operations and worst case situations such as day night cameras or rain and snow solutions. This ideal model may be compared to various approaches that have been implemented on "production vehicles and equipment" using Ethernet, CAN Bus and JAUS architectures and to modern, embedded, mobile computing architectures. Many prototype intelligentrobots have been developed and demonstrated in terms of scientific feasibility but few have reached the stage of a robust engineering solution. Continual innovation and improvement are still required. The significance of this comparison is that it provides some insights that may be useful in designing future robots for various manufacturing, medical, and defense applications where robust and reliable performance is essential.
We present an approach for abstracting invariant classifications of spatiotemporal patterns presented in a high-dimensionality input stream, and apply an early proof-of-concept to shift and scale invariant shape recog...
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ISBN:
(纸本)0819464821
We present an approach for abstracting invariant classifications of spatiotemporal patterns presented in a high-dimensionality input stream, and apply an early proof-of-concept to shift and scale invariant shape recognition. A model called Hierarchical Quilted Self-Organizing Map (HQSOM) is developed, using recurrent self-organizing maps (RSOM) arranged in a pyramidal hierarchy, attempting to mimic the parallel/hierarchical pattern of isocortical processing in the brain. The results of experiments are presented in which the algorithm learns to classify multiple shapes, invariant to shift and scale transformations, in a very small (7 x 7 pixel) field of view.
There has recently been growing interest in exploiting the concept of reasoning about function for object recognition. In a function-based approach to object recognition, recognition of an object means labeling it as ...
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(纸本)0819413208
There has recently been growing interest in exploiting the concept of reasoning about function for object recognition. In a function-based approach to object recognition, recognition of an object means labeling it as belonging to some category of objects according to the function that it could serve. The few function-based recognition systems which have so far been described in the literature have all assumed that the input to the problem is a pure static shape description. By `pure' shape we mean that the only object property that the systems have reasoned about is their abstract shape. By `static' shape we mean that the systems have reasoned about an object from only a single (assumed rigid) abstract shape instance. This paper discusses some of the issues which must be addressed in extending the function-based approach to handle non-shape properties (such as material properties) and dynamic shape descriptions.
In this paper I will describe work in progress on a low cost vision-based robot designed to give primitive tours. The system is very simple, robust and efficient, and runs on a hardware platform which could be duplica...
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Classical stereo algorithms attempt to reconstruct 3D models of a scene by matching points between two images. Finding points that match is an important part of this process, and point matches are most commonly chosen...
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ISBN:
(纸本)081945561X
Classical stereo algorithms attempt to reconstruct 3D models of a scene by matching points between two images. Finding points that match is an important part of this process, and point matches are most commonly chosen as the minimum of an error function based on color or local texture. Here we motivate a probabilistic approach to this point matching problem, and provide an experimental design for the empirical measurement of the color matching error for corresponding points. We use this prior in a Bayesian scene reconstruction example, and show that we get better 3D reconstruction by not committing to a specific pixel match early in the visual processing. This allows a calibrated stereo camera to be considered as a probabilistic volume sensor --- which allows it to be more easily integrated with scene structure measurements from other kinds of sensors.
This paper describes a fuzzy logic controller (FLC) designed and implemented to control the yaw angle of a 10 kW fixed speed teetered-rotor wind turbine presently being commissioned at the University of Texas at El Pa...
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(纸本)0819413208
This paper describes a fuzzy logic controller (FLC) designed and implemented to control the yaw angle of a 10 kW fixed speed teetered-rotor wind turbine presently being commissioned at the University of Texas at El Paso. The technical challenge of this project is that the wind turbine represents a highly stochastic nonlinear system. The problems associated with the wind turbine yaw control are of a similar nature as those experienced with position control of high inertia equipment like tracking antenna, gun turrets, and overhead cranes. Furthermore, the wind turbine yaw controller must be extremely cost-effective and highly reliable in order to be economically viable compared to the fossil fueled power generators.
Attributed Fuzzy Tournaments (AFT''s) are a special type of attributed fuzzy graphs which are useful to represent uncertainties inherent to many realworld problems. A new algorithm that finds the best fuzzy ma...
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ISBN:
(纸本)0819404489
Attributed Fuzzy Tournaments (AFT''s) are a special type of attributed fuzzy graphs which are useful to represent uncertainties inherent to many realworld problems. A new algorithm that finds the best fuzzy matching configuration between components of two Attributed Fuzzy Transitive Tournaments (AFTT''s) is proposed. The best fuzzy matching between two AFTT''s is the matching configuration between components of both AFTT''s such that the overall distance measure between two AFTT''s possesses the minimum value. Useful applications of the proposed algorithm can be found in scene matching where the nodes of an AFT represent the objects in the scene and the arcs represent the relationships among the objects. Uncertainties of the image are represented via fuzzy membership values associated with the nodes and arcs. An examples showing the usefulness of the algorithm in pattern matching is shown through image analysis. I.
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