A new method for the reduction of the number of colors in a digital image is proposed. The new method is based on the developed of a new neural network classifier that combines the advantages of the Growing Neural Gas...
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In this paper, we propose a hybrid Tabu Expectation Maximization (TEM) Algorithm for segmentation of Brain Magnetic Resonance (MR) images in both supervised and unsupervised framewrok. Gaussian Hidden Markov Random Fi...
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The purpose of this work is to develop a time-frequency signal analysis system to detect and recognize different kinds of power quality events or disturbances. To achieve our goal, design of computational signal proce...
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(纸本)0780391977
The purpose of this work is to develop a time-frequency signal analysis system to detect and recognize different kinds of power quality events or disturbances. To achieve our goal, design of computational signal processing methods is being addressed developing time-frequency tools based on signal algebra operators. The use of signal algebra operators permits the formulation of time-frequency algorithms in a computational framework setting, allowing the search for efficient hardware implementations. Time-frequency formulations are being implemented for embedded system applications using Digital Signal processing (DSP) and field programmable gate array (FPGA) units. Voltage disturbances are responsible for many disruptions in industrial, commercial and residential power supply systems, causing time and monetary losses. It is necessary to identify fast methods of determining when these disturbances are occurring in order to make correct power quality decisions. Automated information processing systems are needed to assess existing problems. Although a lot of work has been done on power line disturbance assessment, new techniques are desired to address new challenging power quality issues, specially in the area of physical security. Time-frequency signal analysis is a well known tool used in fields such as speech, sonar, and radar processing and is now finding its being in power quality assessment. A time-frequency representation is a two-dimensional representation that shows how the spectral content of a given signal changes with time. There is a genuine interest in this kind of representations for the field of power quality signal analysis systems since they provide more information than the typical one dimensional analysis. To achieve the goals of this work an environment is being created using MATLAB to simulate power line signal disturbances such as swells, sags, harmonic distortions, and outages. This environment computes desired time-frequency representations of
This work focuses on hardware implementations of the ambiguity function defined in terms of signal operators for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) sensor image formation applications. Due to the large quantity of data as...
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Performance of face verification systems can be adversely affected by a number of different mismatches (e.g. illumination, expression, alignment, etc.) between gallery and probe images. In this paper, we demonstrate t...
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This work deals with the development of a computational signal algebra framework for the modeling and simulation of digital image interferometry processing applications, exploiting the rapid prototyping capabilities o...
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This paper describes a platform-independent system which adds spatial auditory feedback to the icons of a computer interface in order to assist visually impaired individuals during icon location and selection. In this...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9806560531
This paper describes a platform-independent system which adds spatial auditory feedback to the icons of a computer interface in order to assist visually impaired individuals during icon location and selection. In this enhanced system, icons have 3D sound properties, in addition to their graphical properties. Each icon has a specific sound associated with it. As the cursor is moved throughout the interface, the user is able to hear, spatially, in which direction and at what distance each icon is located, with respect to the cursor.
Representing the face as a distribution of freely moving patches, which we refer to as a "free-parts" representation, has recently demonstrated some benefit in the task of face verification. This benefit can...
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(纸本)1901725294
Representing the face as a distribution of freely moving patches, which we refer to as a "free-parts" representation, has recently demonstrated some benefit in the task of face verification. This benefit can be largely attributed to the representation's natural ability to deal with local appearance variation within the face. Hitherto, a major limitation that has hindered the wider adoption of this type of facial representation, for the task of face verification, has been its poor ability to take advantage of prior knowledge concerning mismatches in context;such as pose. This paper goes some way to alleviating these limitations by making two novel contributions: (i) Demonstrating that free-parts distributions of a client's face for different poses overlap to such a degree that a considerable amount of discrimination is preserved in the intersection. (ii) Through the off-line estimation of subject-independent pose dependent priors, an alternative to the canonical log-likelihood measure can be employed that takes advantage of this intersection and is less sensitive to mismatch in the presence of pose variation.
In this paper, we present BioGrid, a novel computing resource that combines advantages of grid computing technology with bioinformatics parallel applications. The grid environment permits the sharing of a large amount...
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