In this paper, a novel method is proposed able to automatically generate accurate 3D models of both outdoor buildings and indoor scenes with perspective cues from line segments that are automatically extracted from a ...
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(纸本)9781450301756
In this paper, a novel method is proposed able to automatically generate accurate 3D models of both outdoor buildings and indoor scenes with perspective cues from line segments that are automatically extracted from a single image with an uncalibrated camera. The proposed method uses geometric constraints and knowledge of photography and achieves an accurate, real-time and fully automated 3D reconstruction of the scene without any intervention from the user.
This paper deals with the local spectrum sensing problem in non-Gaussian noise. It is of great importance to reliably detect the presence of licensed users in cognitive radio. This task highly depends on the noise dis...
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This paper deals with the local spectrum sensing problem in non-Gaussian noise. It is of great importance to reliably detect the presence of licensed users in cognitive radio. This task highly depends on the noise distribution, thus it is important to characterize the noise behavior as best as possible. Although Gaussian assumption for noise is of interest due to many reasons, it sometimes fails to model the behavior of noise in practice. In this paper we present a local spectrum sensing scheme in a broad family of non-Gaussian noise. We reasonably assume that the Primary User (PU) signal is Phase Shift Keying (PSK) modulated, where the number of constellation points, M, and the symbol code sequence are unknown to the Secondary Users (SU), as in practice. We also assume that the SUs are unaware of the PU signal complex amplitude and the non-Gaussian noise variance. Within this framework, we obtain the Generalized Likelihood Ratio Test (GLRT) as our spectrum sensing scheme and propose an approximate implementation of the resulting GLRT. Simulation results show that our proposed scheme has an acceptable performance.
To efficiently perform large matrix LU decomposition on FPGAs with limited local memory, the original algorithm needs to be blocked. In this paper, we propose a block LU decomposition algorithm for FPGAs, which is app...
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To efficiently perform large matrix LU decomposition on FPGAs with limited local memory, the original algorithm needs to be blocked. In this paper, we propose a block LU decomposition algorithm for FPGAs, which is applicable for matrices of arbitrary size. We introduce a high performance hardware design, which mainly consists of a linear array of processing elements (PEs), to implement our block LU decomposition algorithm. A total of 36 PEs can be integrated into a Xilinx Virtex-5 xc5vlx330 FPGA on our self-designed PCI-Express card, reaching a sustained performance of 8.50 GFLOPS at 133 MHz, which outperforms previous work.
The paper presents an efficient data encoder based on Lempel-Ziv-Welch (LZW) algorithm to be used in a low-power capsule endoscopic system. The encoder is library-based where the size of the library can be set by the ...
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The paper presents an efficient data encoder based on Lempel-Ziv-Welch (LZW) algorithm to be used in a low-power capsule endoscopic system. The encoder is library-based where the size of the library can be set by the user, and hence, the output data rate can be controlled according to the bandwidth requirement. The simulation is carried out with several endoscopic images and the results show that a minimum overall compression ratio of 92.8% can be achieved with a minimum reconstruction quality of 30dB. The energy consumption has been estimated to be 75uJ/frame. Several other encoding algorithms have been studied and the comparative results are discussed.
Digital image and video in their raw form require an enormous amount of storage capacity. Considering the important role played by digital imaging and video in medical and health science, it is necessary to develop a ...
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Digital image and video in their raw form require an enormous amount of storage capacity. Considering the important role played by digital imaging and video in medical and health science, it is necessary to develop a system that produces high degree of compression while preserving critical image/video information. In this paper, we present a hybrid algorithm that performs the discrete cosine transform on the discrete wavelet transform coefficients. Simulation has been carried out on several medical and endoscopic images and videos. The results show that the proposed hybrid algorithm performs much better in term of peak-signal-to-noise-ratio with a higher compression ratio compared to standalone DCT and DWT algorithms. The scheme is intended to be used as the image/video compressor engine in medical imaging and video applications, such as, telemedicine and wireless capsule endoscopy.
The networked application environment has motivated the development of multitasking operating systems for sensor networks and other low-power electronic devices, but their multitasking capability is severely limited b...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781424472611;9780769540597
The networked application environment has motivated the development of multitasking operating systems for sensor networks and other low-power electronic devices, but their multitasking capability is severely limited because traditional stack management techniques perform poorly on small-memory systems. In this paper, we show that combining binary translation and a new kernel runtime can lead to efficient OS designs on resource-constrained platforms. We introduce SenSmart, a multitasking OS for sensor networks, and present new OS design techniques for supporting preemptive multi-task scheduling, memory isolation, and versatile stack management. We have implemented SenSmart on MICA2/MICAz motes. Evaluation shows that SenSmart performs efficient binary translation and demonstrates a significantly better capability in managing concurrent tasks than other sensornet operating systems.
As a Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA) network, the performance of IEEE 802.11 networks highly depends on the accuracy of the carrier sensing procedure. However, conventional carrier sensing approaches suffer from ...
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As a Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA) network, the performance of IEEE 802.11 networks highly depends on the accuracy of the carrier sensing procedure. However, conventional carrier sensing approaches suffer from the well known hidden and exposed node problems, adversely affecting aggregate throughput of the IEEE 802.11 networks. In this paper, we propose a novel scheme through which each station can adaptively select its Carrier Sense Threshold (CST) in order to mitigate the hidden/exposed node problems. The basic idea behind our approach is for the Access Point (AP) to periodically transmit a Busy/Idle (BI) signal to all the stations. Individual stations then use the BI signal from the AP together with their own local BI signal in order to adjust their CST. We use NS-2 simulations to show that our approach can enhance the aggregate throughput by as much as 50%.
Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is a neurological disease that affects millions of individuals in the world. Majority of TLE patients suffer from refractory seizures. Determining abnormal/damaged regions of the brain tha...
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C.H. TingU.U. SheikhS.A.R Abu-BakarComputer Vision
Video and Image Processing Research Laboratory Department of Microelectronics and Computer Engineering Faculty of Electrical Engineering Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Malaysia
In this paper, we present a gender estimation technique that will determine whether a person looking at the camera is a male or female. Several facial features extracted from a face are passed to post-image-processing...
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In this paper, we present a gender estimation technique that will determine whether a person looking at the camera is a male or female. Several facial features extracted from a face are passed to post-image-processing operations before they are sent to a rule-base classifier. We applied our technique to both static passport-like photos as well as several video sequences consisting of a single face each. Our database also contains images of females wearing headscarf as well as bald men. Our initial results showed a very promising outcome. For static face images, we obtained an accuracy of 100% correct gender estimation for females and 98% for males while for video sequences, the accuracy obtained was 87.5% for females and 70% for males.
Background subtraction is an important step used to segment moving regions in surveillance videos. However, cast shadows are often falsely labeled as foreground objects, which may severely degrade the accuracy of obje...
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Background subtraction is an important step used to segment moving regions in surveillance videos. However, cast shadows are often falsely labeled as foreground objects, which may severely degrade the accuracy of object localization and detection. Effective shadow detection is necessary for accurate foreground segmentation, especially for outdoor scenes. Based on the characteristics of shadows, such as luminance reduction, chromaticity invariance and texture invariance, we introduce a nonparametric framework for modeling surface behavior under cast shadows. To each pixel, we assign a potential shadow value with a confidence weight, indicating the probability that the pixel location is an actual shadow point. Given an observed RGB value for a pixel in a new frame, we use its recent spatio-temporal context to compute an expected shadow RGB value. The similarity between the observed and the expected shadow RGB values determines whether a pixel position is a true shadow. Experimental results show the performance of the proposed method on a suite of standard indoor and outdoor video sequences.
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