Multiple Condensation filters for road detection and tracking

In this paper, we present a novel and robust road tracking system for vision-based personal navigation. Novelty of the work includes the use of multiple Condensation filters to track the road of arbitrary shape and automatic switching between trackers according to road conditions. The approach allows the road to be represented as a simple hyperbola. It also supports the representation of the road as a sequence of connected arcs/segments so that information from a digital map can be integrated into tracking. The parameters of the hyperbola road model are estimated using multiple vanishing points located in image strips. The road tracking method is robust in dealing with complex road shapes, background clutters, shadows, and road markings. Experiments using real videos demonstrate the robustness of our approach.     

Modeling contaminant intrusion in water distribution networks: A new similarity-based DST method

Contaminant intrusion in a water distribution network is a complex but a commonly observed phenomenon, which depends on three elements – a pathway, a driving force and a contamination source. However, the data on these elements are generally incomplete, non-specific and uncertain. In an earlier work, Sadiq, Kleiner, and Rajani (2006) have successfully applied traditional Dempster–Shafer theory (DST) to estimate the “risk” of contaminant intrusion in a water distribution network based on limited uncertain information. However, the method used for generating basic probability assignment (BPA) was not very flexible, and did not handle and process uncertain information effectively. In this paper, a more pragmatic method is proposed that utilizes “soft” computing flexibility to generate BPAs from uncertain information. This paper compares these two methods through numerical examples, and demonstrates the efficiency and effectiveness of modified method.     

Further results of recursive evaluation for compound distribution with the severity distribution of mixed type

Yang et al. [J.P. Yang, S.H. Cheng, Q. Wu, Recursive equations for compound distribution with the severity distribution of the mixed type, Science in China Series A 48 (2005) 594-609] investigated a recursive procedure for a kind of compound distributions with the number of claims belonging to (a,b)-family and the severity distribution of the mixed type. In this paper, we extend their results by assuming that the claim number belongs to a larger class. As applications, the excess-of-loss reinsurance treaty is discussed and concrete examples are considered in some detail.     

基于ATMEGA16语音录放系统的设计与实现

介绍了具有较强通用性的语音告警系统。系统通过单片机ATMEGA16控制语音芯片ISD1790,实现了在不同情况下提供不同的语音提示告警,且提示语音可以自行录入。最后通过D类音频功率放大器TPA3101D2,实现了高音质大音量语音输出。     

基于模式转换的分布式多媒体系统的结构模型

对于分布式多媒体系统,创建合适的结构模型是其重要的研究课题之一。文章在基于模式转换的思想基础上,提出了一种分布式多媒体系统的结构模型,该模型可有效地支持多媒体对象的表现和通信。     

一个实用的面向中小型企业的产品数据管理系统

介绍了一个面向中小型企业的产品数据管理系统SMPDM。它是一个建立在PDM基本框架之上,集产品结构与配置管理、图档管理、工艺卡片管理及编码管理为一体的实用系统。它实施简单,见效快,是管理中小型企业产品数据的良好工具。     

80C51原始IP核内部RAM的扩展方案

80C51系列单片机是一类经典的8位微处理器,其设计方法和体系结构一直是其他各类单片机设计的参考典范,自从20世纪80年代面世以后,得到了极大的发展与应用。直到今天,市场上还有一大部分单片机应用成品将其作为处理核心。基于80C51系列单片机无知识产权保护、市场应用广泛等优点,对其进行功能拓展,既有利于经济上节约成本,也有利于成果的推广使用。     

Three-dimensional reconstruction on PC-Windows platform for evaluation of living donor nephrectomy

Evaluation of renal vasculature was necessary for preoperative donor assessment in living donor kidney transplantation, and the ability to view the vascular imaging in three-dimensional (3D) space should be helpful undoubtedly. Considering the widespread use of personal computer (PC) systems, we aimed to find a handy way to display the anatomy of the renal arterial and venous systems of potential donors on PC-Windows platform. Ten living-related donors were included in this study. Serial computed tomography (CT) images were loaded into Amira 3.1 running on a PC with Windows XP. Following image crop, segmentation and 3D reconstruction, we got the 3D images and the video clips. According to the displays which were confirmed by latter intraoperative findings, eight donors had single renal vessels, one had a left accessory renal artery and one had a right accessory renal artery. This project offered a new approach to evaluate the renal vessel anatomy in living donor kidney transplantation, and it was favorable for accuracy and popularizing.