Registration using natural features for augmented reality systems

Registration is one of the most difficult problems in augmented reality (AR) systems. In this paper, a simple registration method using natural features based on the projective reconstruction technique is proposed. This method consists of two steps: embedding and rendering. Embedding involves specifying four points to build the world coordinate system on which a virtual object will be superimposed. In rendering, the Kanade-Lucas-Tomasi (KLT) feature tracker is used to track the natural feature correspondences in the live video. The natural features that have been tracked are used to estimate the corresponding projective matrix in the image sequence. Next, the projective reconstruction technique is used to transfer the four specified points to compute the registration matrix for augmentation. This paper also proposes a robust method for estimating the projective matrix, where the natural features that have been tracked are normalized (translation and scaling) and used as the input data. The estimated projective matrix will be used as an initial estimate for a nonlinear optimization method that minimizes the actual residual errors based on the Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) minimization method, thus making the results more robust and stable. The proposed registration method has three major advantages: 1) It is simple, as no predefined fiducials or markers are used for registration for either indoor and outdoor AR applications. 2) It is robust, because it remains effective as long as at least six natural features are tracked during the entire augmentation, and the existence of the corresponding projective matrices in the live video is guaranteed. Meanwhile, the robust method to estimate the projective matrix can obtain stable results even when there are some outliers during the tracking process. 3) Virtual objects can still be superimposed on the specified areas, even if some parts of the areas are occluded during the entire process. Some indoor and outdoor experiments have been conducted to validate the performance of this proposed method.     

认真深入做好前期工作确保三峡工程顺利兴建

三峡工程建设,无论是防洪,发电、航运其工程规模极其巨大,而且工程建设地处我国人口密集、经济相对较发达的长江干流上游最下部河段上;为此,工程建设的前期工作更应较全面深入周密细致,充分考虑方方面面的利害得失,正确地反映工程建设的经济效益。在开发性移民方针下,做好水库淹没损失的合理补偿和移民安置,不留后患。长江上游年年发生洪水造成灾害,工程设计应考虑在水库调洪运行中给上游带来的洪涝灾害淹没损失应得到相应的赔偿。执行《水法)对水资源的有偿使用经济收益的分配是一个有待探讨的问题。     

地方中小水利水电工程建设安全工作不容忽视

针对当前地方中小水利水电工程施工中存在的各类安全问题,分析归纳了安全事故产生的原因,提出加强政府监管、规范监理执业行为、加强监理岗前准入制和执法监管力度等解决施工安全问题的措施。     

数字多媒体处理器TMS320DM355启动分析

分析了TI公司的TMS320DM355的启动方式和NAND启动流程,使开发者能够根据实际需求改动DVSDK中的UBL与编译U-Boot,并排除开发过程中出现的错误。使开发者通过各种方式下载操作系统内核映像至DM355的Flsah,并建立NFS文件系统,从而建立一个完整的开发环境。     

Nondegenerate piecewise linear systems: a finite Newton algorithm and applications in machine learning

We investigate Newton-type optimization methods for solving piecewise linear systems (PLSs) with nondegenerate coefficient matrix. Such systems arise, for example, from the numerical solution of linear complementarity problem, which is useful to model several learning and optimization problems. In this letter, we propose an effective damped Newton method, PLS-DN, to find the exact (up to machine precision) solution of nondegenerate PLSs. PLS-DN exhibits provable semiiterative property, that is, the algorithm converges globally to the exact solution in a finite number of iterations. The rate of convergence is shown to be at least linear before termination. We emphasize the applications of our method in modeling, from a novel perspective of PLSs, some statistical learning problems such as box-constrained least squares, elitist Lasso (Kowalski & Torreesani, 2008), and support vector machines (Cortes & Vapnik, 1995). Numerical results on synthetic and benchmark data sets are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of PLS-DN on these problems.     

Model experiment on anti-deformation performance of a self-supporting transmission tower in a subsidence area

A large number of high-voltage power transmission towers have recently been constructed in mining areas prone to subsidence.In order to ensure the safety of the transmission towers and the safe operati...     

HPO己内酰胺工艺的现状与前景分析

分析了世界己内酰胺生产和消费现状，指出了HPO工艺在己内酰胺工业中的重要地位，并与己内酰胺生产新工艺进行了比较，提出了今后发展方向，对前景进行了展望。     

青霉素酰化酶基因工程菌 E.coli A_(56)(pPA22)水解青霉素 G 的动力学

用初速度法测定了青霉素酰化酶基因工程菌 E.coli A_(56)(pPA22)游离细胞和固定化细胞水解青霉素 G 的动力学常数,并进行了动力学模型的检验。该菌体酶活高,米氏常数小,固定化后米氏常数和苯乙酸抑制常数增大,底物抑制常数和6-APA 抑制常数没有变化。通过青霉素 G 裂解过程的考察,验证了青霉裂解动力学模型的适用性及动力学常数测定的可靠性。     

Preparation of BaTiO3-Based Nonreducible X7R Dielectric Materials Via Nanometer Powders Doping

Nonreducible X7R dielectric materials, which can be cofired with Ni electrode, were obtained by doping nanometer additives to BaTiO₃ powders synthesized by employing a sol-gel method. The crystallization process, structure and constituent of nanometer additives, as well as morphologies were studied via differential thermal and thermogravimetric analyses (DTA/TG), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The effects of the calcining temperature of dopants on the dielectric properties were also discussed. The experiment results proved that higher-performance X7R dielectric materials could be obtained via nanometer doping compared with conventional doping. At room temperature, dielectric constant is more than 3000; dielectric loss lower than 1.0% and insulation resistance more than 10¹¹Ω ⋅cm.