Due to the capacity of pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras to simultaneously cover a panoramic area and maintain high resolution imagery, researches in automated surveillance systems with multiple PTZ cameras have become incr...
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Due to the capacity of pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras to simultaneously cover a panoramic area and maintain high resolution imagery, researches in automated surveillance systems with multiple PTZ cameras have become increasingly important. Most existing algorithms require the prior knowledge of intrinsic parameters of the PTZ camera to infer the relative positioning and orientation among multiple PTZ cameras. To overcome this limitation, we propose a novel mapping algorithm that derives the relative positioning and orientation between two PTZ cameras based on a unified polynomial model. This reduces the dependence on the knowledge of intrinsic parameters of PTZ camera and relative positions. Experimental results demonstrate that our proposed algorithm presents substantially reduced computational complexity and improved flexibility at the cost of slightly decreased pixel accuracy, as compared with the work of Chen and Wang. This slightly decreased pixel accuracy can be compensated by consistent labeling approaches without added cost for the application of automated surveillance systems along with changing configurations and a larger number of PTZ cameras.
This paper addresses the problem of steering a quadrotor vehicle along a predefined *** problem is formulated so as to dynamically prescribe an adequate time evolution along the path and simultaneously bound the effec...
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This paper addresses the problem of steering a quadrotor vehicle along a predefined *** problem is formulated so as to dynamically prescribe an adequate time evolution along the path and simultaneously bound the effect of position errors on the *** proposed solution consists of a nonlinear state feedback controller for thrust and torque actuations combined with a path following timing law that i)guarantees global asymptotic convergence of the path following error to zero,for a large class of three-dimensional paths,ii) ensures that the actuation does not grow unbounded as function of the position errors,and iii) allows for zero thrust actuation to be applied when the vehicle is converging to the *** results are presented to assess the performance of the proposed controller.
Ruts formed as a result of vehicle traversal on soft ground are used by expert off road drivers because they can improve vehicle safety on turns and slopes thanks to the extra lateral force they provide to the vehicle...
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Ruts formed as a result of vehicle traversal on soft ground are used by expert off road drivers because they can improve vehicle safety on turns and slopes thanks to the extra lateral force they provide to the vehicle. In this paper we propose a rut detection and tracking algorithm for autonomous ground vehicles (AGVs) equipped with a laser range finder. The proposed algorithm utilizes an extended Kalman filter (EKF) to recursively estimate the parameters of the rut and the relative position and orientation of the vehicle with respect to the ruts. Simulation results show that the approach is promising for future implementation.
Echo State Network (ESN) is a new type of Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) proposed in recent years. The training process of ESN is easier and requires less computational effort than regular RNN which has the same size....
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We report preliminary data of an initial laboratory study examining the effectiveness of self-regulated learning (SRL) training versus no training on learners' ability to deploy SRL processes and learn about the c...
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Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a neurological disorder that has been a hot topic worldwide. Human neurological disorders can be modeled in animals like rats and monkeys using standardized procedures that recreate spe...
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Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a neurological disorder that has been a hot topic worldwide. Human neurological disorders can be modeled in animals like rats and monkeys using standardized procedures that recreate specific pathogenic events and their behavioral outcomes. Different methods have been proposed to detect and verify the efficiency and effectiveness of such models. However, the inner scheme to detect and predict PD at the early stage is still a difficult problem. In this paper, a Conditional Random Fields (CRFs) based approach for PD image detection and prediction is presented. Machine learning techniques are discussed that proved to be useful in detecting and predicting PD in animal models.
When dealing with cognitive architecture and behavior, chunks are one of the most well known and accepted constructs. Despite that, the nature of chunks still remains very elusive, especially with understanding chunks...
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When dealing with cognitive architecture and behavior, chunks are one of the most well known and accepted constructs. Despite that, the nature of chunks still remains very elusive, especially with understanding chunks in procedural knowledge. Our attempt is to show the existence of chunks in procedural knowledge, define them, and describe their characteristics. With this purpose in mind, we use data mining techniques. We chose the game of chess as an experimental domain, due to its complexity, well defined rules, and a standardized measure of chess-players' knowledge. Results could contribute to the understanding of human information processing and cognitive architecture. They could be beneficial for tutoring and student modeling, and may serve as a framework for knowledge-based driven AI agents.
In the near future mobile robots accomplishing such tasks as delivery of goods, assistance for handicapped people and surveillance will become increasingly available. The aim of this paper is to show the disparity tha...
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PBOND is a web server that predicts the conformation of the peptide bond between any two amino acids. PBOND classifies the peptide bonds into one out of four classes, namely cis imide (cis-Pro), cis amide (cis-non...
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PBOND is a web server that predicts the conformation of the peptide bond between any two amino acids. PBOND classifies the peptide bonds into one out of four classes, namely cis imide (cis-Pro), cis amide (cis-nonPro), trans imide (trans-Pro) and trans amide (trans-nonPro). Moreover, for every prediction a reliability index is computed. The underlying structure of the server consists of three stages: (1) feature extraction, (2) feature selection and (3) peptide bond classification. PBOND can handle both single sequences as well as multiple sequences for batch processing. The predictions can either be directly downloaded from the web site or returned via e-mail. The PBOND web server is freely available at http://195.251.198.21/***.
This paper presents a method that considers not only patch appearances, but also patch relationships in the form of adjectives and prepositions for natural scene recognition. Most of the existing scene categorization ...
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This paper presents a method that considers not only patch appearances, but also patch relationships in the form of adjectives and prepositions for natural scene recognition. Most of the existing scene categorization approaches only use patch appearances or co-occurrence of patch appearances to determine the scene categories, but the relationships among patches remain ignored. Those relationships are, however, critical for recognition and understanding. For example, a `beach' scene can be characterized by a `sky' region above `sand', and a `water' region between `sky' and `sand'. We believe that exploiting such relations between image regions can improve scene recognition. In our approach, each image is represented as a spatial pyramid, from which we obtain a collection of patch appearances with spatial layout information. We apply a feature mining approach to get discriminative patch combinations. The mined patch combinations can be interpreted as adjectives or prepositions, which are used for scene understanding and recognition. Experimental results on a fifteen class scene dataset show that our approach achieves competitive state-of-the-art recognition accuracy, while providing a rich description of the scene classes in terms of the mined adjectives and prepositions.
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