Effects of apparent image velocity and complexity on the dynamic visual field using a high-speed train driving simulator

Train driving is a highly visual task. The visual capabilities of the train driver affects driving safety and driving performance. Understanding the effects of train speed and background image complexity on the visual behavior of the high-speed train driver is essential for optimizing performance and safety. This study investigated the role of the apparent image velocity and complexity on the dynamic visual field of drivers. Participants in a repeated-measures experiment drove a train at nine different speeds in a state-of-the-art high-speed train simulator. Eye movement analysis indicated that the effect of image velocity on the dynamic visual field of high-speed train driver was significant while image complexity had no effect on it. The fixation range was increasingly concentrated on the middle of the track as the speed increased, meanwhile there was a logarithmic decline in fixation range for areas surrounding the track. The extent of the visual search field decreased gradually, both vertically and horizontally, as the speed of train increased, and the rate of decrease was more rapid in the vertical direction. A model is proposed that predicts the extent of this tunnel vision phenomenon as a function of the train speed.Relevance to industryThis finding can be used as a basis for the design of high-speed railway system and as a foundation for improving the operational procedures of high-speed train driver for safety.     

Does thermal control improve visual satisfaction? Interactions between occupants’ self-perceived control,visual, thermal,and overall satisfaction

Occupants’ satisfaction had been researched independently related to thermal and visual stimuli for many decades showing among others the influence of self-perceived control. Few studies revealed interactions between thermal and visual stimuli affecting occupant satisfaction. In addition, studies including interactions between thermal and visual stimuli are lacking different control scenarios. This study focused on the effects of thermal and visual factors, their interaction, seasonal influences, and the degree of self-perceived control on overall, thermal, and visual satisfaction. A repeated-measures laboratory study with 61 participants running over two years and a total of 986 participant sessions was conducted. Mixed model analyses with overall satisfaction as outcome variable revealed that thermal satisfaction and visual satisfaction are the most important predictors for overall satisfaction with the indoor environment. Self-perceived thermal control served as moderator between thermal satisfaction and overall satisfaction. Season had slight influence on overall satisfaction. Random effects explained the highest amount of variance, indicating that intra- and interindividual differences in the ratings of satisfaction are more prevalent than study condition. Future building design and operation plans aiming at a high level of occupant satisfaction should consider personal control opportunities and take into account the moderating effect of control opportunities in multimodal interactions.     

Capturing Preservice Chemistry Teachers’ Visual Representations of Redox Reactions through Storyboards

This study aimed to identify preservice chemistry teachers’ understanding of redox reactions at the submicroscopic level and how they make connections to macroscopic level. Twenty‐five preservice chemistry teachers first viewed a video of a redox reaction happening between a zinc wire and a copper(II) sulfate solution, then they reflected on their macroscopic observations, and generated storyboards (a sequence of drawings) representing this reaction at the submicroscopic level. Both the reflections and the storyboards were coded, and the categories reflecting the participants’ levels of understanding were determined. Results showed that the participants usually identified the macroscopic evidences, but they had conceptual difficulties in interpreting and representing evidences at the submicroscopic level. Few participants indicated a scientific or a moderate understanding of redox reactions, whereas the majority exhibited either weak or alternative understanding of redox reactions.     

基于边缘和局部熵融合的视觉安全性评估方法

针对基于局部熵进行加密图像视觉安全性评估存在块效应的局限性，引入图像的边缘特征，通过共有边缘来衡量加密图像与原始图像的边缘相似度，消除了块效应。由于局部熵对加密等级低的图像不敏感，边缘相似度对加密等级高的图像不敏感，将两个评估方法进行自适应融合，提出[SLEES]（Local Entropy and Edge Similarity，[SLEES]）指标。通过改变图像像素位置和图像像素值的加密方式处理图像和视频帧进行测试，实验结果表明，[SLEES]指标相比传统评估指标有更好的鲁棒性，评估范围更广。     

Autonomous industrial assembly using force,torque, and RGB-D sensing

ABSTRACT

We present algorithms and results for a robotic manipulation system that was designed to be easily programable and adaptable to various tasks common to industrial setting, which is inspired by the Industrial Assembly Challenge at the 2018 World Robotics Summit in Tokyo. This challenge included assembly of standard, commercially available industrial parts into 2D and 3D assemblies. We demonstrate three tasks that can be classified into ‘peg-in-hole’ and ‘hole-on-peg’ tasks and identify two canonical algorithms: spiral-based search and tilting insertion. Both algorithms use hand-coded thresholds in the force and torque domains to detect critical points in the assembly. After briefly summarizing the state of the art in research, we describe the strategy and approach utilized by the tested system, how it's design bears on its performance, statistics on 20 experimental trials for each task, lessons learned during the development of the system, and open research challenges that still remain.     

Rolling Kanban: a new visual tool to schedule family batch manufacturing processes with kanban

Rolling Kanban is the name of a kanban management methodology for batch processes manufacturing environment. Proposed in the early 2000s by FESTO Consulting, for two decades we have lost knowledge both from operative and scientific point of view. Basically, Rolling Kanban means a visual planning methodology based on the production of product-families and variants where: (i) set-up times are reduced between the products of the same family, and (ii) relevant times (dozens of minutes if not even hours) must be considered for changeover between products of different families. In addition, the cyclic production sequence between different product families cannot be maintained. Considering that very few technical information and documents are available about this approach, the main objective of this paper is to retrieve and present, for the first time to the scientific community, the Rolling Kanban methodology. Besides, a real industrial implementation concerning a manufacturer of domestic fittings is discussed as a case study. More specifically, two novel versions of the original Rolling Kanban technique are fully presented to effectively overcome certain limits and criticalities found during its operative use, such as the difficulty to realise a pull production, considering increased set-up time for changeover between products of different families.     

EmotionMap: Visual Analysis of Video Emotional Content on a Map

Journal of Computer Science and Technology - Emotion plays a crucial role in gratifying users’ needs during their experience of movies and TV series, and may be underutilized as a framework...     

智能网联汽车APP中控制模块的视觉设计与应用

目的研究智能网联汽车手机APP中控制模块的视觉设计与应用,强化视觉设计过程的合理性,为智能汽车HMI设计实践工作提供启示与借鉴。方法首先从用户体验的角度分析APP控制模块存在的视觉设计问题,主要是视觉结构单一、视觉层级混乱、视觉特征缺失,再从行为逻辑的角度思考视觉设计方法,"由面及点"地提出控制模块的视觉设计思路,并结合设计应用案例论证其可行性。结果从合理视觉布局、明确视觉层级和提炼视觉语言的角度提出APP控制模块的视觉设计思路。结论智能网联汽车APP控制模块的视觉设计应该重视行为逻辑的影响。从任务角度思考视觉布局、从行为逻辑的角度思考视觉层级、从行为特征的角度思考视觉语言,提高视觉设计工作的合理性,减少与交互设计工作脱节的现象,强化控制求助的高效性和安全性。     

选矿生产指标可视化监控平台研究

针对选矿工业过程流程长、工序多、生产指标多的特点,结合数据可视化及可视分析技术,开发一种选矿生产指标可视化监控组态平台。该平台包括生产工艺可视化组态设计环境、生产指标监控和可视及可视分析3个工具。组态设计环境支持以组态方式绘制工艺流程图,并能通过可视界面自定义生产工序的输入输出指标、触发事件、约束规则、工序状态属性、提示信息等;支持集成专家知识、经验和规则以实现基于知识的生产指标监控;提供算法配置接口,方便集成指标监控算法。其组态出的每一个工序都可以复用和扩展,可以构建选矿行业的基础工序单元组件库,形成选矿行业的知识积累。基于可视的工艺流程,利用指标监控工具为指标配置可视化方案,实现指标可视化监控。可视化方案由可视及可视分析工具提供,包括实时数据、历史数据及其统计特性、多指标综合对比分析、指标关联关系分析、多视图等可视方案。此外,为了提升工序指标监控效率和减轻操作人员监控强度,系统提供因子分析、Pearson相关分析、互信息、信息熵等分析手段,以辅助人们提取出工序关键监控指标,从而实现对监控生产指标的约简。由于该平台以组态方式提供,使其可以快速应用于其他流程行业,实现生产指标可视化监控的组态化。最后,该系统作为选矿生产执行系统的一部分成功应用到某选矿厂生产过程中,取得了良好的应用效果。     

不确定环境下基于质量功能展开的电动汽车技术特性综合重要度确定

电动汽车技术特性重要度的确定是电动汽车研发的关键环节,能协助研发主体优化资源配置,更好地满足顾客需求。综合考虑顾客需求、竞品情况、技术可得性情况以及企业自身实力情况,提出一种不确定环境下基于质量功能展开的电动汽车技术特性综合重要度确定模型,为电动汽车制造企业提供了一种科学、有效的开发工具。该模型利用基本不确定语言信息刻画不确定评估信息,模型的基本过程为:识别顾客需求,并利用最佳—最差权重确定方法(BWM)确定顾客需求重要度;确定顾客需求与技术特性关联关系,基于顾客需求重要度确定技术特性基本重要度;利用BWM方法,确定基于竞品分析的修正重要度、基于技术可得性的修正重要度以及基于自身实力的修正重要度;综合基本重要度与修正重要度,确定技术特性综合重要度。最后,以某一企业的电动汽车研发案例为对象,论证了该模型的可行性与有效性。