This paper presents a framework for object-oriented scene segmentation in video, which uses motion as the major characteristic to distinguish different moving objects and then to segment the scene into object regions....
This paper presents a framework for object-oriented scene segmentation in video, which uses motion as the major characteristic to distinguish different moving objects and then to segment the scene into object regions. From the feature block (FB) correspondences through at least two frames obtained via a tracking algorithm, the reference feature measurement matrix and feature displacement matrix are formed. We propose a technique for initial motion clustering of the FBs, in which the principal components (PC) of the two matrices are adopted as the motion features. The motion features have several advantages: (1) They are low-dimensional (2-dim). (2) They preserve well both the spatial closeness and the motion similarity of their corresponding FBs. (3) They tend to form distinctive clusters in the feature space, thus allowing simple clustering schemes to be applied. The Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm is applied for clustering the motion features. For those scenes involving mainly the camera motion, the PC-based motion features will exhibit nearly parallel lines in the feature space. This facilitates a simple and yet effective layer extraction scheme. The final motion-based segmentation involves labeling of all the blocks in the frame. The EM algorithm is again applied to minimize an energy function which takes motion consistency and neighborhood-sensitivity into account. The proposed algorithm has been applied to several test sequences and the simulation results suggest a promising potential for video applications.
The application of fuzzy logic controllers to improve power-system damping behaviour has received some attention in the literature during the last few years. The paper presents an approach in which besides speed and i...
The application of fuzzy logic controllers to improve power-system damping behaviour has received some attention in the literature during the last few years. The paper presents an approach in which besides speed and its first derivative, the second derivative is applied to the Fuzzy-set based power-system stabilizer (PSS), so that a three-dimensional space with improved behaviour is formed. The parameters are then optimized by the new searching technique, the genetic algorithm. Excellent digital simulation results are demonstrated for a single machine infinite bus-bar systems.
We review some recent approximations of the averaged mutual information criterion and its use as a measure of signal independence. We describe an update law and its comparison with previous work in the literature. We ...
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We review some recent approximations of the averaged mutual information criterion and its use as a measure of signal independence. We describe an update law and its comparison with previous work in the literature. We also identify the link between the minimization of the mutual information and the information-maximization of the output entropy function of a (nonlinear) neural network. Example simulations demonstrate the performance of our recently developed algorithm in static and dynamic environments.
This paper intends to solve problems in the BP learning in the conventional multilayered perceptron, and proposes two methods, the local generalization and the global generalization, improve the generalization ability...
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This paper intends to solve problems in the BP learning in the conventional multilayered perceptron, and proposes two methods, the local generalization and the global generalization, improve the generalization ability of the perceptron with the localized representation. In the local generalization, the generalization learning is executed so that the generalization ability function based on the distance between the separating partial hyperplanes and the set of patterns for learning, is maximized under the given order of separation in the learning. A problem then is that the range of adjustment for the separating partial hyperplane is limited depending on the order of separations, which prevents the improvement of the generalization ability. In the global generalization, the generalization ability function is defined considering the order of category separation and the optimal separating partial hyperplanes are determined simultaneously to maximize the function. Simulation experiments are carried out for the learning task on the two-dimensional plane and the recognition task for the handwritten Chinese characters. It is seen that the generalization ability is improved greatly. It is seen that the local generalization can realize nearly the same generalization ability, and the global generalization can realize a better generalization ability, compared to the BP learning.
A feedforward artificial neural network (ANN) with learning capability in modular design is presented using CMOS circuits. We employ a modified error backpropagation continuous-time learning rule. A (nonlinear) analog...
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A feedforward artificial neural network (ANN) with learning capability in modular design is presented using CMOS circuits. We employ a modified error backpropagation continuous-time learning rule. A (nonlinear) analog Gilbert multiplier is used as a synapse and a wide-range transconductance amplifier is used as soma. For learning circuits, the, same multiplier is used for updating the weights. Test results demonstrate the successful operation of the chip. Finally, a modular chip design for a large scale implementation of feedforward ANN with learning is described.< >
A mixed-signal VLSI design for early vision processing, which includes an analog edge detection chip with embedded array photosensors and a digital multiprocessor chip, is described. The system architecture overview s...
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A mixed-signal VLSI design for early vision processing, which includes an analog edge detection chip with embedded array photosensors and a digital multiprocessor chip, is described. The system architecture overview shows that the combination of the analog chip and the digital processors can perform highly efficient processing in neural-based vision processing. The analog edge detection chip consisting of 258*258 photosensor cells can be implemented in an area of 13.5 mm*15.5 mm using the MOSIS 0.8- mu m CMOS technology. The digital multiprocessor chip, which includes 64 processing elements, can be implemented in a 15.0-mm*18.0-mm chip using an industrial-scale 0.5- mu m CMOS technology. A system implementation for fingerprint verification is presented as an example of possible applications.< >
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Theocharis, J.Petridis, V.Dr.-Ing. John Theocharis (1956) graduated as an Electrical Engineer from Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki.Greece
in 1980. From 1980 to 1985 he has been with the scientific staff of the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Aristotelian University where he received the Ph.D. degree in 1985. Since 1986 he is working as a lecturer and in 1990 he became assistant professor at the Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering in the m e university. His research activities include control power electronics and electrical motor drives. Recently he is working with the Neural Network Systems with applications to field oriented control problems. Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki School of Engineering Faculty of Electrical Engineering Dept. of Electronics & Computer Engineering P.O. Box 438 GR-Thessalonikil/Greece.T+3131/219784Fax + 3031/274868) Prof. Dr.-Ing. Vasilis Petridis (1946) graduated from National Technical University of Athens
Greece in 1969.He obtained the M.Sc. and the Ph.D. in electronics and systems from the University of London in 1970 and 1974. respectively. H i s interests include applied automatic control neural networks drives dynamic systems robotics etc. He is currently professor in the Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering of the University of Thessaloniki. (Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki. School of EngineeringFaculty of Electrical Engineering Dept. of Electronics & Computer Engineering P.O. Box 438. GR-ThessaloniW Greece T+3031/219784.Fax+3031/274868)
The procedure of harmonic insertion is generalized in this paper. Analytical expressions of the voltage spectra are derived. The insertion of the 3rd harmonic to the modulating signal, which is of particular interest,...
A system for color correction has been designed, built, and tested successfully; the essential components are three custom chips built using subthreshold analog CMOS VLSI. The system, based on Land's Retinex theor...
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A system for color correction has been designed, built, and tested successfully; the essential components are three custom chips built using subthreshold analog CMOS VLSI. The system, based on Land's Retinex theory of color constancy, produces colors similar in many respects to those produced by the visual system. Resistive grids implemented in analog VLSI perform the smoothing operation central to the algorithm at video rates. With the electronic system, the strengths and weaknesses of the algorithm are explored.
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