In this paper, we propose a novel approach for image completion with automatic structure propagation. This method integrates two stages: Firstly, it extends the salient structure lines from the known regions to the un...
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In this paper, we propose a novel approach for image completion with automatic structure propagation. This method integrates two stages: Firstly, it extends the salient structure lines from the known regions to the unknown by following a local self-similarity assumption on natural images. Then guided by the structure information, it restores the missing region by patch-based texture synthesis. Experiment results demonstrate a better effect of our method than that of the previous patch-based texture synthesis image completion algorithm.
The reliable estimation of system state in multi-sensor uncertainty is always the hot and knotty issue of nonlinear filtering theory. Aiming to the reasonable utilization of measurement information, a novel multi-sens...
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Large-scale digitisation of historical documents demands robust methods that cope with the presence of frequent distortions and noisy artefacts. This paper presents a hybrid text line segmentation method that uses a n...
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Large-scale digitisation of historical documents demands robust methods that cope with the presence of frequent distortions and noisy artefacts. This paper presents a hybrid text line segmentation method that uses a novel data structure and a rule base to combine the strengths of top-down and bottom-up approaches while minimising their weaknesses. The effectiveness of the proposed approach has been methodically evaluated in the context of large-scale digitisation using a standardised framework. Results on a diverse dataset show improved performance over top-down and bottom-up approaches as well as over a leading commercially available system.
The license plate location technique is an important image processing step in license plate recognition system. Vehicle license plates are distinguished from backgrounds using features proposed in existing literatures...
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The license plate location technique is an important image processing step in license plate recognition system. Vehicle license plates are distinguished from backgrounds using features proposed in existing literatures. However, the effect of location is quite affected by feature selection. In this paper, we propose a method of precise license plate location fusing salient features. The method is mainly divided into three steps. First, candidate license plate regions are detected using improved Harris corner feature with much less time than traditional method. Then, candidates are sifted to only retain license plates based on two salient features named color combination and mean difference which are first proposed in this paper. Finally, the license plates are located precisely according to the projection feature. In experiment, the proposed algorithm was tested with 1942 real images captured in different environment and the license plates are successfully located as 97.6% in average with only 109ms. The experiment results demonstrates the effectiveness and efficient of our algorithm.
Character information is hard to detect in billet scene images by CCD camera. In this paper, we present a method for detection of billet characters from measurements of recursive segmented image. This recursive segmen...
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Character information is hard to detect in billet scene images by CCD camera. In this paper, we present a method for detection of billet characters from measurements of recursive segmented image. This recursive segmented method can be used in a wide variety of billet scenes. According to high temperature and complex scene in the rolling line, we use an effective clustering and projection characteristics to determine the terminal condition of recursive segmentation. Then we can label character candidate regions in turn by this effective characteristics, and select the regions we want to achieve. The experiments show that this method makes full use of the characteristics of region and clustering. It can improve the quality of detection, and the detection result meets the need of practical application.
Tracking the same person across multiple cameras is an important task in multi-camera systems. It is also desirable to re-identify the individuals who have been previously seen with a single-camera. This paper address...
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Tracking the same person across multiple cameras is an important task in multi-camera systems. It is also desirable to re-identify the individuals who have been previously seen with a single-camera. This paper addresses this problem by the re-identification of the same individual in two different datasets, which are both challenging situations from video surveillance system. In this paper, local descriptors are introduced for image description, and support vector machines are employed for high classification performance and so an efficient Bag of Features approach for image presentation. In this way, robustness against low resolution, occlusion and pose, viewpoint and illumination changes is achieved in a very fast way. We get promising results from the evaluation with situations where a number of individuals vary continuously from a multi-camera system.
Character information is hard to detect in billet scene images by CCD camera. In this paper, we present a method for detection of billet characters from measurements of recursive segmented image. This recursive segmen...
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Character information is hard to detect in billet scene images by CCD camera. In this paper, we present a method for detection of billet characters from measurements of recursive segmented image. This recursive segmented method can be used in a wide variety of billet scenes. According to high temperature and complex scene in the rolling line, we use an effective clustering and projection characteristics to determine the terminal condition of recursive segmentation. Then we can label character candidate regions in turn by this effective characteristics, and select the regions we want to achieve. The experiments show that this method makes full use of the characteristics of region and clustering. It can improve the quality of detection, and the detection result meets the need of practical application.
The real time X-ray angiography based on C-arm cone beam system is the workhorse imaging modality for interventional cardiac procedures. These images are two-dimensional (2D) projections of three dimensional (3D) obje...
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The real time X-ray angiography based on C-arm cone beam system is the workhorse imaging modality for interventional cardiac procedures. These images are two-dimensional (2D) projections of three dimensional (3D) objects along the X-ray direction. The organ of interest (OOI), such as left ventricle (LV) endocardium, in the projection image is superimposed with other anatomical structures and often has low contrast. In this study, a novel approach is proposed to isolate the OOI in projection images by subtracting with a background image, which is generated by numerical projection of 3D tomographic image with OOI masked out. Study based on one patient and one pig image is taken. About two to three-fold increase in the contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) is achieved for LV endocardium, compared to an unprocessed image.
In this paper, the Harmony Search (HS)-based BP neural networks are used for the classification of the epileptic electroencephalogram (EEG) signals. It is well known that the gradient descent-based learning method can...
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In this paper, the Harmony Search (HS)-based BP neural networks are used for the classification of the epileptic electroencephalogram (EEG) signals. It is well known that the gradient descent-based learning method can result in local optima in the training of BP neural networks, which may significantly affect their approximation performances. Two HS methods, the original version and a new variation recently proposed by the authors of the present paper, are applied here to optimize the weights in the BP neural networks for the classification of the epileptic EEG signals. Simulations have demonstrated that the classification accuracy of the BP neural networks can be remarkably improved by the HS method-based training.
Architectural elements are the components and details of buildings. Their unique set, combination, design, construction technique form the architectural style of buildings. Building facade classification by architectu...
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Architectural elements are the components and details of buildings. Their unique set, combination, design, construction technique form the architectural style of buildings. Building facade classification by architectural styles is viewed as a task of classifying separate architectural structural elements. In the scope of building facade architectural style classification the current paper targets the problem of classification of Gothic and Baroque architectural elements called tracery, pediment and balustrade. Since certain gradient directions dominate on the shape of each architectural element, discrimination between dominating gradients means classification of architectural elements and thus architectural styles. We use local features to describe gradient directions. Our approach is based on clustering and learning of local features and yields a high classification rate.
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