To segment an object from its background in an image for advanced vision processing, this paper presents a novel bio-inspired general framework for image segmentation in complex nature scenes, which is a hierarchical ...
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To segment an object from its background in an image for advanced vision processing, this paper presents a novel bio-inspired general framework for image segmentation in complex nature scenes, which is a hierarchical system that mimics the organization of layered early visual area in primate visual cortex. The proposed methodology consists of two typical stages: the first stage is a parallel modular structure including three segmenting operators based on color feature, form feature and texture feature, each of which solves the segmentation problem independently for the same input. Then, a fusion operation, multiple feature fusion segmentation (MFFS), integrates these three feature segmentations together through the backpropagation neuron network (BPNN) in the last stage, which simulates the operation of area following the lateral geniculate nucleus in primary visual cortex. The proposed approach is applied to several segmentation experiments of many single objects in clustering conditions, the result shows that the approach is capable of competing with state-of-the-art systems.
Based on the trickle-up and trickle-down process in primate visual pathway, an ideal model for object recognition is researched. Firstly, the information of the low spatial frequency are extracted and passed to high v...
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Based on the trickle-up and trickle-down process in primate visual pathway, an ideal model for object recognition is researched. Firstly, the information of the low spatial frequency are extracted and passed to high visual cortex, the bank of the objects in memory is activated by this input, so the prediction of the possible candidate objects is pulled out. Then, the information of high spatial frequency, which keeps the invariability and selectivity of an object, is gained through the trickle-up process. With the top-down prediction, the context and the detailed information from trickle-up pathway, the object is recognized by Bayes inference. The performance of the proposed model is proved by several experiments.
Image re-ranking aims at improving the precision of keyword-based image retrieval, mainly by introducing visual features to re-rank. Many existing approaches require offline training for every keyword, which are unsui...
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Interference alignment (IA) is a joint-transmission technique that achieves the capacity of the interference channel for high signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs). However, most prior works on IA are based on the impractical...
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Interference alignment (IA) is a joint-transmission technique that achieves the capacity of the interference channel for high signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs). However, most prior works on IA are based on the impractical assumption that perfect and global channel-state information(CSI) is available at all transmitters, resulting in overwhelming feedback overhead. To substantially suppress the feedback overhead, this paper proposes an efficient design of the feedback framework for IA in the K-user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) interference channel. The proposed feedback topology supports sequential CSI exchange (feedback and feedforward) between transmitters and receivers and reduces the feedback overhead from a cubic function of K to a linear one, compared to conventional feedback approaches. Given the proposed feedback topology, we consider the limited feedback channel from the receivers to corresponding interferers and analyze the effect of quantization error which generates the residual interference. Also, an efficient feedback-bit allocation algorithm that minimizes the upper-bound of sum residual interference is proposed.
The high quantum efficiency (∼100%) in the bacterial photosynthetic reaction center (RC) has inspired research on the application of RCs to build protein based solar cells. Conventionally, applying RCs as the photose...
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This paper introduces a novel electromechanical energy conversion system, called Machine Integrated with Trans-Rotary Magnetic Gear (MITROMAG) as a force-dense linear motor/generator. The device is obtained by integra...
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(纸本)9781467308021
This paper introduces a novel electromechanical energy conversion system, called Machine Integrated with Trans-Rotary Magnetic Gear (MITROMAG) as a force-dense linear motor/generator. The device is obtained by integrating a Trans-Rotary Magnetic Gear (TROMAG) into a 3-phase winding. The TROMAG converts a low speed high force linear motion of a translator to a low torque high speed rotation of a rotor. Upon adding Permanent Magnet (PM) poles to the outer surface of the rotor of the TROMAG, it also serves as the rotor of an inner rotor PM machine. The resultant electromechanical device is compared to a PM linear tubular machine, as a benchmark, for a given force and speed. Simplified analytical models along with accurate field solutions and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) are employed to design the systems. It is shown that, for the given design specifications, the MITROMAG would surpass the linear PM machine in regard to the volume and weight with a great margin.
To locate the object accurately in a scene for further vision processing, a novel bio-inspired model for image segmentation is proposed, which closely follows the computation of trickle-up and trickle-down processing ...
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One of the drawbacks of current computer-aided Detection (CADe) systems is a high number of false-positive (FP) detections, especially for detecting mass abnormalities. In a typical CADe system, classifier design is o...
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(纸本)9781424441198
One of the drawbacks of current computer-aided Detection (CADe) systems is a high number of false-positive (FP) detections, especially for detecting mass abnormalities. In a typical CADe system, classifier design is one of the key steps for determining FP detection rates. This paper presents the effective classifier ensemble system for tackling FP reduction problem in CADe. To construct ensemble consisting of correct classifiers while disagreeing with each other as much as possible, we develop a new ensemble construction solution that combines data resampling underpinning AdaBoost learning with the use of different feature representations. In addition, to cope with the limitation of weak classifiers in conventional AdaBoost, our method has an effective mechanism for tuning the level of weakness of base classifiers. Further, for combining multiple decision outputs of ensemble members, a weighted sum fusion strategy is used to maximize a complementary effect for correct classification. Comparative experiments have been conducted on benchmark mammogram dataset. Results show that the proposed classifier ensemble outperforms the best single classifier in terms of reducing the FP detections of masses.
We propose an optimized mapping rule for the 32-point four-dimensional crossconstellation for high-speed optical communications based on bit-interleaved coded-modulation with iterative decoding. The optimized mapping ...
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Top-emitting, oxide-confined, polyimide-planarized 980-nm VCSELs with copper-plated heatsinks were fabricated and characterized. Increasing the plated heatsink radius from 0-μm to 4-μm larger than the mesa diameter ...
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Top-emitting, oxide-confined, polyimide-planarized 980-nm VCSELs with copper-plated heatsinks were fabricated and characterized. Increasing the plated heatsink radius from 0-μm to 4-μm larger than the mesa diameter for lasers with 8-μm oxide aperture diameter reduced the measured thermal impedance, increased the maximum bias current density, and increased the maximum output optical power achieved by a 29%, 37%, and 73%, respectively. VCSELs with oxide aperture diameter and heatsink overlap of 8-μm and 4-μm, respectively, demonstrated 17°C decrease in the internal device temperature (i.e. active region temperature) at the maximum output optical power. Devices with similar mesa diameters of 26-μm and different heatsink overlaps exhibited a threshold bias current and a total series resistance of (630±4%)μA and ~95Ω, respectively.
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