Cover Picture: A Hierarchically Structured Ni(OH)2 Monolayer Hollow‐Sphere Array and Its Tunable Optical Properties over a Large Region (Adv. Funct. Mater. 4/2007)

The fabrication of hierarchically structured Ni(OH)₂ monolayer hollow‐sphere arrays with the shell composed of building blocks of nanoflakelets is reported on p. 644 by Weiping Cai and co‐workers. The morphology can be easily controlled by the synthesis parameters, and the arrays show a tunable optical transmission stop band. Tuning can be achieved by changing the size or morphology of the hollow spheres. Such arrays may have potential applications in optical devices, photonic crystals, and as sensors for gas detection. The fabrication of a hierarchically structured Ni(OH)₂ monolayer hollow‐sphere array with the shell composed of building blocks of nanoflakelets is demonstrated based on a colloidal monolayer and electrochemical deposition. The morphology can be easily controlled by the colloidal monolayer and deposition parameters. Importantly, such monolayer hollow‐sphere array shows a morphology‐ and size‐dependent tunable optical transmission stop band. This stop band can be easily tuned from 455–1855 nm by changing the size of the hollow spheres between 1000 and 4500 nm, and also fine‐adjusted by changing the deposition time. The array exhibits a nearly incident‐angle‐independent position of the stop band that 3D photonic crystals do not possess. This structure may have potential applications in optical devices, photonic crystals, and sensors for gas detection.     

PARAMETRIC SOLUTIONS TO THE GENERALIZED SYLVESTER MATRIX EQUATION AX ‐ XF = BY AND THE REGULATOR EQUATION AX ‐ XF = BY + R

In this paper, explicit parametric solutions to the generalized Sylvester matrix equation AX ‐ XF = BY and the regulator matrix equation AX ‐ XF = BY + R are proposed without any transformation and factorization. The proposed solutions are presented in terms of the Krylov matrix of matrix pair (A, B), a symmetric operator and the generalized observability matrix of matrix pair (Z, F) where Z is an arbitrary matrix and is used to denote the degree of freedom in the solution. Due to its elegant form and convenient computation, these proposed solutions will play an important role in solving and analyzing these types of equations in control systems theory.     

Electric Potential in a Dielectric Sphere Head Produced by a Time-Harmonic Equivalent Current Dipole

A time-harmonic equivalent current dipole model is proposed to simulate EEG source which deals with the problem concerning the capacitance effect. The expressions of potentials in both homogeneous infinite dielectric medium and dielectric sphere on the electroquasistatic condition are presented. The potential in a 3-layer inhomogeneous spherical head is computed by using this model. The influences on potential produced by time-harmonic character and permittivity are discussed. The results show that potentials in dielectric sphere are affected by frequency and permittivity.     

HIGH-ORDER ILC WITH INITIAL STATE LEARNING FOR DISCRETE-TIME DELAYED SYSTEMS

This article addresses an iterative learning control (ILC) design for a class of linear discrete-time systems with multiple time delays. In order to improve the tracking performance, we introduce a P-type high-order iterative learning algorithm that makes use of information from several previous iterations. An initial state learning scheme is proposed to eliminate the effect of the initialization error on the final tracking error. Furthermore, we establish a sufficient condition to ensure asymptotic convergence. A simulation example is also provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed result.     

基于AOA协议实现Android设备的USB通信

AOA协议是Google公司推出的用于实现Android设备与外围设备之间USB通信的协议。该协议拓展了Android设备USB接口的功能,为基于Android系统的智能设备应用于数据采集和设备控制领域提供了条件。介绍了Android系统下USB通信的两种模式,并给出了USB配件模式下基于AOA协议实现Android手机控制步进电机的实例。     

基于数据融合的两轮自平衡小车控制系统设计

为解决两轮自平衡系统中传感器存在较大震动干扰与漂移误差的问题,并提高系统姿态倾角测量的精确性和实时性,提出了基于陀螺仪与加速度计数据融合的两轮系统自平衡控制方法。建立两轮自平衡系统的动力学模型,采用卡尔曼滤波算法融合陀螺仪与加速度计信号,得到系统姿态倾角与角速度最优估计值,通过双闭环数字PID算法实现两轮系统的自平衡控制。通过两轮小车自平衡控制系统的软硬件设计,成功验证了该方法的可行性与有效性。利用该方法大大提高了两轮自平衡系统的抗干扰性。     

一种中心反射折射直线像的拟合方法

直线在中心反射折射摄像机下的像是一条二次曲线.由于存在遮挡,准确地拟合直线像是非常困难的,从而影响了摄像机的标定精度.目前,这一问题仍然没有得到有效的解决.此外,根据中心反射折射摄像机成像模型发现,如果可见弧上图像点的对极点已知,可以大大提高直线像的拟合精度.为此,提出了一种新的拟合直线像的方法,该方法适用于包括抛物反射折射摄像机在内的所有中心反射折射摄像机.首先,推导出一种新的关于对极图像点与摄像机主点之间的关系;然后,通过这种关系建立目标函数,用来优化得到直线像的方程;最后,利用拟合的直线像估计摄像机的内参数,以此评价拟合算法的性能.大量模拟实验和真实实验均验证了拟合算法的有效性,即提出的拟合算法不仅鲁棒,且提高了直线像的拟合精度,进而提高了摄像机的标定精度.     

“数据库”类课程实验教学模块的改革

本文分析了"数据库"类课程实验教学存在的问题,提出了实验改革的目标和模块组织的原则,提出了一种模块组织的方案,包含实验名称、实验学时、实验类型、实验要求和实验内容。