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JOU, JYBOVIK, ACLaboratory for Vision Systems
Computer and Vision Research Center Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering The University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas 78712-1084 USA
Techniques are described for improving the speed and accuracy of iterative visible-surface reconstruction algorithms. In particular, the importance of obtaining accurate early information is emphasized, both in the in...
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Techniques are described for improving the speed and accuracy of iterative visible-surface reconstruction algorithms. In particular, the importance of obtaining accurate early information is emphasized, both in the initial surface approximation and in the early localization of surface discontinuities. The first of these goals is attained using a simple technique known as constraint expansion , which yields a good initial approximation while accounting for detected discontinuities. The second goal is attained by using the locations of the image irradiance edges as a guide in locating potential discontinuities. Discontinuity detection in later stages of computation is augmented by a double-thresholding strategy and discontinuity backtracking.
作者:
CLARK, MBOVIK, ACLaboratory for Vision Systems
Computer and Vision Research Center Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering The University of Texas at Austin Austin TX 78712-1084 U.S.A
In this paper we apply a previously developed model of texture segmentation using multiple spatially and spectrally localized filters, known as Gabor filters, to the analysis of textures composed of elementary image f...
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In this paper we apply a previously developed model of texture segmentation using multiple spatially and spectrally localized filters, known as Gabor filters, to the analysis of textures composed of elementary image features known as textons. It is found that for regularly- or irregularly-spaced texton patterns, the segmentation approach works well, in the sense that it is in accordance with visual segmentation. Differences in texton spacing, size, orientation, and phase are all found to lead to successful segmentations.
The robust controller has very simple structures and can be divided into two separate parts: a servo controller and an auxiliary controller. The two controllers are designed independently. The function of the auxiliar...
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The robust controller has very simple structures and can be divided into two separate parts: a servo controller and an auxiliary controller. The two controllers are designed independently. The function of the auxiliary controller is to cancel out the plant uncertainties directly without the use of the high loop gain principle. Interpretation of robot controller as a signal-synthesis adaptive controller is given. Practical implementation issues of the auxiliary controller are discussed. Simulations of a design example with large parameter uncertainty, nonlinearity, and external disturbance are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the design technique. This technique is further tested with success in an experimental study of joint position control of a PUMA 560 robot arm.< >
Control of tool-workpiece interaction force is of vital importance in automated assembly. Using a simple linear continuous model of an edge-following system to predict the appropriate accomodation gains in a force con...
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Control of tool-workpiece interaction force is of vital importance in automated assembly. Using a simple linear continuous model of an edge-following system to predict the appropriate accomodation gains in a force control loop, previous work has shown that force control by accomodation is feasible. Following up this work, this paper describes the analysis, simulation and implementation of an adaptive force control in a two-dimensional edge-following task with a PUMA 560 robot and wrist force sensor. First, a discrete-time model of an edge-following system is developed and then used as the plant; second, a model reference adaptive control (MRAC) scheme is applied to achieve both tracking and regulation purposes. The reference (tracking) model can be determined by experimental reference input and desired model output information; the reference (regulation) model can be obtained by simulation to smooth out the plant output and improve the augmented filtered plant-model error. Study is done on the values of the adaptation gains in the adaptive mechanism, and hence can be adjusted to insure the best plant output performance.
This paper presents a new algorithm for determining the position and orientation of objects. The problem is formulated as an optimization problem using dual number quaternions. It is shown that this reduces to an eige...
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The method of using log-polar mapping with spectral band separation to form feature vectors for an associative memory is investigated. Log-polar mapping is used to provide the scale and rotation invariant properties. ...
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Many image compression techniques involve segmentation of a gray level image. With such techniques, information is extracted that describes the regions in the segmented image, and this information is then used to form...
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An intelligent robotic system for multi-sensor based tracking and interception of moving objects which travel at unknown velocities is presented. The capability for multi-sensor assisted object tracking has been achie...
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(纸本)9780819400383
An intelligent robotic system for multi-sensor based tracking and interception of moving objects which travel at unknown velocities is presented. The capability for multi-sensor assisted object tracking has been achieved through the development of techniques to track in multiple dimensions for both the static and dynamic cases. These methods are realized via the fusion of the best attributes of visual and acoustic sensing into an effective configuration that is ideal for real time tracking purposes. The kinematic information for a moving object is extracted via end effector mounted vision and ultrasonic sensors. A hybrid position/force servo-controlled gripper developed at NCSU has been used for the system implementation. One parallel actuation gripper finger houses a fiber optics based Eye-in-Hand vision sensor, while the other accommodates an ultrasonic range sensor. The primary intent of this work is to develop approaches for performing the tasks of: generalized visual/ultrasonic tracking of known rectangular entities;3-D tracking of arbitrary pseudo-planar objects that can change orientation about the optical axis;and a real time paradigm for the tracking of motion in 3-D with variable orientation about the optical axis. This discussion includes both a description of the underlying principles and the initial experimental results.
A representation and a computational model for deriving three-dimensional articulated volumetric descriptions of objects from laser range-finder data are described. What differentiates this work from other approaches ...
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A representation and a computational model for deriving three-dimensional articulated volumetric descriptions of objects from laser range-finder data are described. What differentiates this work from other approaches is that it is purely bottom up, relying on general assumptions cast in terms of differential geometry. Darboux frames, snakes, and superquadrics form the basis of this representation, and curvature consistency provides the computational framework. The organization is hierarchical. Darboux frames are used to describe the local surface, while snakes are used to interpolate between features, particularly those that serve to partition a surface into its constituent parts. Superquadrics are subsequently used to characterize the 3-D shape of each surface partition. The result is a set of connected volumetric primitives which serve to describe the overall shape of an object. A set of examples showing how the approach performs on data acquired with a laser range finder is included.< >
The design of a special-purpose systolic image convolution processor for use in a robot vision system is described. It presents a high-speed two-dimensional hardware convolution architecture based on VSLI systolic arr...
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The design of a special-purpose systolic image convolution processor for use in a robot vision system is described. It presents a high-speed two-dimensional hardware convolution architecture based on VSLI systolic arrays for image processing applications. An architecture for the parallel processing of the generalized two-dimensional convolution is summarized. A VLSI convolution chip was designed to accommodate various convolution window sizes. The number of coefficients being handled is directly proportional to the number of systolic computing elements (processors) used. In the present design three such processors are configured on one VLSI chip. Signed coefficients and unsigned data of eight bits are supported. All processing and interprocessor communications are performed bit-serially. The chip design incorporates error detection during convolution, and overflow avoidance techniques are possible for maximum system autonomy. The chip is estimated to operate at a maximum frequency of 16 MHz.< >
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