This paper presents a user interactive system that manages, with minimum user interaction, to locate a set of characteristic feature points in the frontal view of a person's face. Our method is user adaptive and i...
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(纸本)0780355121
This paper presents a user interactive system that manages, with minimum user interaction, to locate a set of characteristic feature points in the frontal view of a person's face. Our method is user adaptive and is implemented as a combination of a classification-based facial region extraction technique with a transition based facial feature extraction method. First, we allow the system to be trained to recognize image blocks belonging to the facial area by proper training of a feedforward neural network. Then, we initialize the feature detection algorithm with a blink of the user's eyes, which localizes the exact contours of the eyes. Finally, we locate the remaining facial features (face contour, eyebrows, mouth and nose) by adaptively thresholding the facial area and utilizing knowledge of the geometrical structure of the face.
In this paper a procedure is described for the segmentation and tracking of objects in color image sequences. For this purpose, we propose the novel procedure of K-Means with a connectivity constraint algorithm as a g...
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In this paper a procedure is described for the segmentation and tracking of objects in color image sequences. For this purpose, we propose the novel procedure of K-Means with a connectivity constraint algorithm as a general segmentation algorithm combining several types of information including color, motion and compactness. In this algorithm, the use of spatiotemporal regions is introduced since a number of frames is analyzed simultaneously and as a result the same region is present in consequent frames. Experimental results in real image sequences evaluate the performance of the algorithm.
The maternal ECG (MECG) is the main source of interference in fetal ECG (FECG) monitoring. The MECG is detected at all electrodes placed on the mother's skin (thoracic and abdominal). In the case of multi-fetal pr...
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(纸本)0780358422
The maternal ECG (MECG) is the main source of interference in fetal ECG (FECG) monitoring. The MECG is detected at all electrodes placed on the mother's skin (thoracic and abdominal). In the case of multi-fetal pregnancies the traditional adaptive filtering technique provides a "maternal clean" signal consisting of the two fetal ECG signals. It cannot however provide the desired individual FECG. The work reported here suggests the use of the blind source separation (BSS) algorithm to deal with the problem. Simulation studies show that the BSS algorithm can perform a separation of twins' FECG. Real signals were recorded from pregnant women at their 28-30/sup th/ week of pregnancy, carrying 2-3 fetuses. The noise was found to be too strong for the algorithm (and the naked eye) to notice any fetal heart signal.
An analytical approach is developed for evaluating the expected range increase and variations in coverage range, while using an M-element adaptive antenna array at the base station (BS). The analysis is based on the m...
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An analytical approach is developed for evaluating the expected range increase and variations in coverage range, while using an M-element adaptive antenna array at the base station (BS). The analysis is based on the match filter bound an the bit error rate probability for a frequency non-selective Rayleigh fading channel. Results for a ten element uniform linear array (ULA) indicate the expected range increase over a BS with only a single antenna can be nearly doubled. A 1.6 to 1.7 increase is also likely with a five-element array.
A multifilter is a filter with matrix-valued coefficients, and is used in the processing of vector-valued signals, e.g. color images. Convolution becomes a vector sum of matrix-vector multiplication. In this paper, we...
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A multifilter is a filter with matrix-valued coefficients, and is used in the processing of vector-valued signals, e.g. color images. Convolution becomes a vector sum of matrix-vector multiplication. In this paper, we efficiently implement a multifilter as a parallel combination of scalar filters. Each scalar filter works on one component of the input vector signal, which increases processing speed by the dimension of the vector-valued signal. This means that by using N processors, the throughput is increased by a factor of N while the total memory usage remains unchanged. We also present a frequency-domain analysis of the filtering.
Cellular systems using adaptive antennas for spatial processing have been shown to provide an increase in capacity. When employing adaptive antennas, the standard approach to achieve capacity gain has been to maximize...
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Cellular systems using adaptive antennas for spatial processing have been shown to provide an increase in capacity. When employing adaptive antennas, the standard approach to achieve capacity gain has been to maximize the link quality between the mobile and base station via optimum combining. This paper presents an alternative optimization approach based on optimizing the adaptive antenna array to maximize the trunking efficiency, of which the effect was subsequently an outstanding issue. Monte Carlo simulations, substantiated with theoretical analysis, were used to evaluate this issue. Based on the analysis, the proposed approach could increase the capacity by 2 to 4 times.
A transmission channel used in application such as telecommunications can be modeled as a bandpass filter. Measurement of the frequency selectivity of the channel is important to ensure that the information-bearing si...
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A transmission channel used in application such as telecommunications can be modeled as a bandpass filter. Measurement of the frequency selectivity of the channel is important to ensure that the information-bearing signal has minimal distortion and loss of information. A comparison is made for several methods used for estimating the frequency selectivity of the transmission. The methods presented are the correlation method, instantaneous energy and frequency estimation and the cross Wigner-Ville distribution. The theoretical foundations and assumptions are described for each method. In general, all the methods gave similar performance in terms of the frequency selectivity. Due to the shorter analysis duration, both the instantaneous energy and frequency estimation and cross Wigner-Ville distribution is ideal for estimating the frequency selectivity of time-varying channels.
The edge and motion are the main features that human visual system (HVS) perceives intensively. This paper proposes an algorithm for the segmentation of the moving object with accurate boundary using color and motion ...
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Multi-modality image registration and fusion are essential steps in building 3D models from remote sensing data. In this paper, we present a neural network technique for the registration and fusion of multi-modality r...
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Multi-modality image registration and fusion are essential steps in building 3D models from remote sensing data. In this paper, we present a neural network technique for the registration and fusion of multi-modality remote sensing data for the reconstruction of 3D models of terrain regions. A feedforward neural network is used to fuse the intensity data sets with the spatial data set after learning its geometry. Results on real data are presented. Human performance evaluation is assessed on several perceptual tests in order to evaluate the fusion results.
We propose a novel algorithm for embedded stereoscopic image coding based on the hierarchical decomposition of stereo information. The proposed scheme is endowed with excellent progressive transmission capability and ...
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We propose a novel algorithm for embedded stereoscopic image coding based on the hierarchical decomposition of stereo information. The proposed scheme is endowed with excellent progressive transmission capability and retains the option for perfect reconstruction of the original image pair. Experimental evaluation shows that the resulting method produces comparable results with a previously proposed algorithm for progressive stereo image coding.
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