For a non-square transfer matrix with zeros on the extended imaginary axis including infinity, this paper discusses how to dilate (augment) such transfer matrix to a square one without adding extra zeros on the extend...
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For a non-square transfer matrix with zeros on the extended imaginary axis including infinity, this paper discusses how to dilate (augment) such transfer matrix to a square one without adding extra zeros on the extended imaginary axis. The state-space construction for the dilation is proposed by using the finite and infinite eigenstructures of the transfer matrix.
This paper studies the energy based control of an underactuated two-link robot called the Pendubot. After having investigated the characteristics of the closed-loop system with the energy based control law (Fantoni et...
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This paper studies the energy based control of an underactuated two-link robot called the Pendubot. After having investigated the characteristics of the closed-loop system with the energy based control law (Fantoni et al. , 2000) for swinging the Pendubot up, this paper proposes a sufficient condition about parameters in the control law such that the total energy of the Pendubot will converge to the potential energy of its top upright position. This paper gives an answer to the unsolved issue in (Fantoni et al. , 2000) whether the total energy of the Pendubot will converge to the potential energy of its top upright position. Moreover, with the aid of the proposed condition, the parameters in the control law are easy to be chosen.
In any measuring system the categorization of the error generation factors leads to simplification of complex error problems and to higher suppression of the error. In this paper we categorize, quantify and analyze th...
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In this paper, we propose a new image pixel structure for high dynamic range operation, which is based on a multiple sampling scheme and conditional reset circuits. To expand the dynamic range of the sensor, the outpu...
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In this paper, we propose a new image pixel structure for high dynamic range operation, which is based on a multiple sampling scheme and conditional reset circuits. To expand the dynamic range of the sensor, the output of the pixel is sampled multiple times in an integration time. In each sampling, the output of the pixel is compared with a reference voltage, and the result of this comparison activates the conditional reset circuit. The times of conditional reset during the integration contribute to the increase of the dynamic range of the sensor. Dynamic range can be increased to N, where N is the sampling times in an integration time. The test chip was fabricated with a 0.65-/spl mu/m CMOS technology (2-P, 2-M).
Personal computers used for data acquisition systems can drastically affect the maximum speeds at which they are able to continuously acquire data. SitePlayer for data acquisition is rapidly becoming a more flexible a...
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Personal computers used for data acquisition systems can drastically affect the maximum speeds at which they are able to continuously acquire data. SitePlayer for data acquisition is rapidly becoming a more flexible alternative to a desktop PC based data acquisition system. The data transfer capability of computer use can significantly affect the performance of a DAQ system. The success of Web-based systems has demonstrated the power of connectivity. As the world increasingly moves towards being fully connected, home networking that connects smart household appliances and connects them to the Internet becomes a natural next step. With the wide spread deployment of the Internet and World Wide Web (WWW), both as a public resource and as corporate resources, people have come to recognize the utility of attaching low-cost devices to networks for the purpose of communicating with these devices using standard networking protocols, including TCP/IP (Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) and HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) This paper discusses the possibility of using a small system for controlling and monitoring devices from anywhere in the world.
Segmentation serves as the first step in any image analysis and it plays a very vital role as the success of the image analysis in the later stage depends very much on a suitable and robust segmentation scheme. Hand s...
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Segmentation serves as the first step in any image analysis and it plays a very vital role as the success of the image analysis in the later stage depends very much on a suitable and robust segmentation scheme. Hand segmentation on the other hand is the first step for hand image analysis such as hand gesture recognition. An image subtraction method is implemented on a gray level image, RGB color image and image in normalized RGB color space under homogeneous background to investigate their appropriateness for segmentation. A skin color model based on the clustering property of skin color is then built to improve the segmentation result obtained from the image subtraction on the normalized RGB image. It is found that the proposed skin color modeling technique is able to improve the segmentation and provide a faster and reliable method for hand segmentation.
We propose a pipelined architecture for an equalizer based on the multilevel modified constant modulus algorithm (MMCMA). We also provide the correction factor that mathematically converts the adaptive equalizer havin...
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We propose a pipelined architecture for an equalizer based on the multilevel modified constant modulus algorithm (MMCMA). We also provide the correction factor that mathematically converts the adaptive equalizer having the proposed architecture into an equivalent non-pipelined conventional MMCMA based equalizer. The proposed architecture uses modules with 6 filter coefficients, resulting in an overall latency of a single sampling period, along the main transmission line. The basic concepts of the proposed architecture is to implement the finite impulse response (FIR) filter and the algorithm portion of the equalizer, such that the critical path of all circuits has three complex multipliers and three adders.
In this paper we describe the coordination strategies that were designed to achieve effective cooperation between a robot goal-keeper and the rest of the ART (Azzurra Robot Team) team that participates in the RoboCup ...
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A feedback decentralized optimal approach for traffic control in urban networks is developed. The control structure is based on the minimization of an objective function corresponding to the difference among the trave...
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A feedback decentralized optimal approach for traffic control in urban networks is developed. The control structure is based on the minimization of an objective function corresponding to the difference among the travel times from each origin node to all the possible destination through the available route on the network. The problem solution is provided on a temporal horizon not specified. The adopted methodology foresees the use of three different algorithmic structures; the first one is able to define the dynamics of the transportation system, and has gotten with a macro model of traffic simulation; the second is used for estimating the travel times on the links, using Gallager's algorithm (1977), and the third defines the resolution of a linear problem of optimization subject to non linear constraints.
Studies the swing up control for the Acrobot, i.e., to move the Acrobot from its stable downward position to its unstable inverted position and balance it about the vertical. The combination of the partial linearizati...
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Studies the swing up control for the Acrobot, i.e., to move the Acrobot from its stable downward position to its unstable inverted position and balance it about the vertical. The combination of the partial linearization control for the swing up phase proposed by Spong (1995) and the robust control for the capture and balance phase is utilized in this paper. The key idea is first to treat the speed of the second link when it rotates across the vertical as an uncertainty, and then to design a robust controller based on the quadratic stabilization method to cope with such uncertainty. It is shown that that the robust controller is generally superior to the LQR controller in capturing and balancing the Acrobot, and the difficulty of tuning the gains in the swing up phase can be ameliorated.
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