The use of mindmapping software for patent search and management

Modern information technologies and in particular the internet have revolutionized the patent information professionals' work in terms of speed of access and information comprehensiveness from both company internal and external digital sources. Here, I describe how the digital mindmapping technique can be used to complement existing intellectual property management software solutions to meet the challenge of optimizing and managing patent search workflows as well as to rapidly organise and access highly dynamic, heterogeneous and scattered patent information sources. Both eye catching and highly memorable and at the same time self-explanatory mindmapping examples are presented. These were designed to include basic and advanced level digital mindmapping features tailored to significantly speed up and maintain a high work quality level of patent search professionals. A special emphasis is put on the great benefit of organising and accessing the plethora of internet-based worldwide online patent registers through mindmapping, both in terms of managing the constantly changing deep links to the actual search options for e.g., legal status information, and keeping track of the offered level of content.     

汽车造型的工程属性与情感属性的映射关系研究

目的研究汽车造型中的工程属性与情感属性存在的映射和对应关系,以及对于设计评价的影响。方法通过文献研究和实验分析,揭示了汽车造型中的工程属性与情感属性的映射和转换关系。结论造型中的工程属性能与情感属性存在内在的映射与转化关系,可以提高设计方案在跨学科研发团队中的沟通效率,提高设计创意的"编码"和"解码"。对于汽车创意和评价具有重要的参考价值,可以提高设计方案在跨学科研发团队中的多向沟通效率,提高设计方案的接受度和可行性。     

由文本至口形的媒体变换技术的研究

本文根据汉语的发音特点,提出了由基本音素口形参数和预先建立的口形模型来生成各种音节相应的正面口形图象的方法,从而完成由文本至口形的媒体变换,首先我们建立变形物体运动模型,然后由此构造一个口唇的动态发音模型,最后采用纹理映射技术,由基本音素口形参数和动态发音模型合成正面发音口形的图象。     

Two is better than one: A diploid genotype for neural networks

In nature the genotype of many organisms exhibits diploidy, i.e., it includes two copies of every gene. In this paper we describe the results of simulations comparing the behavior of haploid and diploid populations of ecological neural networks living in both fixed and changing environments. We show that diploid genotypes create more variability in fitness in the population than haploid genotypes and buffer better environmental change; as a consequence, if one wants to obtain good results for both average and peak fitness in a single population one should choose a diploid population with an appropriate mutation rate. Some results of our simulations parallel biological findings.     

Some improved results on communication between information systems

To study the communication between information systems, Wang et al. [C. Wang, C. Wu, D. Chen, Q. Hu, C. Wu, Communicating between information systems, Information Sciences 178 (2008) 3228-3239] proposed two concepts of type-1 and type-2 consistent functions. Some properties of such functions and induced relation mappings have been investigated there. In this paper, we provide an improvement of the aforementioned work by disclosing the symmetric relationship between type-1 and type-2 consistent functions. We present more properties of consistent functions and induced relation mappings and improve upon several deficient assertions in the original work. In particular, we unify and extend type-1 and type-2 consistent functions into the so-called neighborhood-consistent functions. This provides a convenient means for studying the communication between information systems based on various neighborhoods.     

Assessing the utility of airborne hyperspectral and LiDAR data for species distribution mapping in the coastal Pacific Northwest, Canada

To effectively manage forested ecosystems an accurate characterization of species distribution is required. In this study we assess the utility of hyperspectral Airborne Imaging Spectrometer for Applications (AISA) imagery and small footprint discrete return Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data for mapping 11 tree species in and around the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, in coastal South-western Canada. Using hyperspectral imagery yielded producer's and user's accuracies for most species ranging from > 52-95.4 and > 63-87.8%, respectively. For species dominated by definable growth stages, pixel-level fusion of hyperspectral imagery with LiDAR-derived height and volumetric canopy profile data increased both producer's (+ 5.1-11.6%) and user's (+ 8.4-18.8%) accuracies. McNemar's tests confirmed that improvements in overall accuracies associated with the inclusion of LiDAR-derived structural information were statistically significant (p < 0.05). This methodology establishes a specific framework for mapping key species with greater detail and accuracy then is possible using conventional approaches (i.e., aerial photograph interpretation), or either technology on its own. Furthermore, in the study area, acquisition and processing costs were lower than a conventional aerial photograph interpretation campaign, making hyperspectral/LiDAR fusion a viable replacement technology.     

Spatial gamut mapping algorithms for cross‐display color reproduction

Abstract— Owing to the fast developments of computer networks and color imaging technologies, there is a tendency towards remote proofing in the printing or textile industries. More cases such as cross‐display color matching will occur in the future information society. The problems of color mismatching we usually find in cross‐display devices have been widely discussed today. In this paper, to achieve equivalent color matching between a sRGB monitor and an Adobe RGB monitor, the spatial gamut mapping algorithm (SGMA), which introduces sigmoidal tone mapping, multi‐mapping paths, and unsharp mask (USM) operation into a sRGB color‐management system, is proposed. According to the designs of USM locations, this proposed SGMA can be further developed into pre‐USM, post‐USM, and double‐USM types. Besides, two critical image characteristics, edge map and color histogram, are investigated to establish the relationship between image content and SGMA. The psychophysical experimental results show that double‐USM SGMA obtains better color matching than the other spatial types.     

基于GPU的实时亚像素Harris角点检测

针对Harris角点检测精度和检测速度问题,利用现代图形处理器(GPU)对角点检测算法进行改进,提出一种基于GPU的快速亚像素Harris角点检测算法,该算法利用了GPU的并行处理能力和亚像素Harris角点检测算法的并行性特点。实验结果表明,对于分辨率为720×720的24 bit视频图像,该算法能够实现实时的亚像素级Harris角点检测。     

基于Trace的并行性能模拟任务任务映射方法

针对Trace驱动的并行性能模拟问题,提出基于Trace信息指导的映射方法CO-LP3M。CO-LP3M利用从Trace中提取的目标应用程序的通信特征,以宿主机物理进程间通信次数最小化为目标,兼顾计算负载均衡,生成并行模拟任务到宿主机的映射。对Jacobi3D和HPL两个程序进行实验改为：对HPL程序进行实验(注：此处本来是两个程序的,后来为了缩减篇幅就删掉了其中的一个),结果表明CO-LP3M可有效提高并行模拟性能,相对于常见的映射方式,模拟性能最多提高14.7%。在此基础上给出CO-LP3M的扩展技术SCO-LP3M。