A note on a local twist estimator

For the construction of composite surfaces interpolating a given curve net a new local twist estimator was proposed recently (Farin and Hagen, 1992). Some properties of this estimator—including an explicit representation for Gaussian curvature K at the knots of the curve net—are presented in this note.     

二次散射对脉冲激光雷达回波功率的影响

理论上分析了二次散射对大气脉冲激光雷达回波功率的影响并提出一种计算方法。采用某型大气激光雷达的测试结果与理论计算具有较强的一致性,证明了理论结果的正确性。根据二次散射回波信号的特点,选用适当的滤波方法将其影响降至最低。二次散射的理论计算解释了实测中发现的＂纹波＂现象,纹波的幅度和频率与雷达自身特性及粒子特性相关,其衰减速度较单次散射慢得多。因此对于大气探测具有进一步研究的重要价值。     

抗几何失真的视频Hashing算法研究

文中提出了一种基于视频灰度直方图形状的Hashing算法,能有效抵抗各种常见的几何失真和视频处理操作.算法的鲁棒性原理如下:1)由于直方图的形状与像素位置无关,故基于直方图的视频Hashing算法能有效抵抗各种常见的几何攻击;2)由于在计算Hashing前对视频帧进行了平滑预处理,故算法对加噪攻击、模糊滤波、有损压缩等处理操作有很好的鲁棒性;3)由于计算Hashing前在时间轴上进行了低通滤波预处理,故算法能抵抗帧率变化、帧丢失等时域同步攻击.实验结果表明,所提出的Hashing算法有良好的唯一性和鲁棒性能.     

复杂场景实时目标检测方法

针对含有非平稳背景的复杂场景,提出一种基于空间混合高斯模型的实时目标检测方法.该方法以混合高斯模型作为颜色分布的统计框架,并在空间邻域中利用背景与前景隶属度之间的竞争确定像素的归属,提高了检测准确率;同时通过基于偏差均值的匹配判断和低权重模型的移除提升了混合高斯统计框架的性能,以实时地对运动目标进行准确的检测.实验结果表明,文中方法对非平稳背景有很好的适应能力,在检测准确率和运行效率上均优于其他检测方法.     

基于柔性阵列传感器的脉象检测系统的设计

当前的脉象仪大部分采集手段单一,取脉压力的调节性差,无法模拟医生的布指方式,而且只能实现脉搏图的描记及分析,无法给出脉象的三维信息。针对这一问题研制了基于柔性阵列传感器的脉象检测系统,用硅胶制作了专门的脉搏换能器;设计了压力控制系统,实现压力自动调节,完成了对最佳取脉压力下脉象的采集;搭建了信号处理电路,实现了对脉象信号的提取和预处理;以USB-7660为核心构建了A/D采集系统,实现了对多路脉象信号的显示、存储。实验表明,该系统不仅可以有效采集到受试者的七路二维脉图,而且能清晰地观测到受试者的脉道宽度,并重建出相应脉搏波的三维传导地形图。     

Improving human robot collaboration through Force/Torque based learning for object manipulation

Human–Robot Collaboration (HRC) is a term used to describe tasks in which robots and humans work together to achieve a goal. Unlike traditional industrial robots, collaborative robots need to be adaptive; able to alter their approach to better suit the situation and the needs of the human partner. As traditional programming techniques can struggle with the complexity required, an emerging approach is to learn a skill by observing human demonstration and imitating the motions; commonly known as Learning from Demonstration (LfD). In this work, we present a LfD methodology that combines an ensemble machine learning algorithm (i.e. Random Forest (RF)) with stochastic regression, using haptic information captured from human demonstration. The capabilities of the proposed method are evaluated using two collaborative tasks; co-manipulation of an object (where the human provides the guidance but the robot handles the objects weight) and collaborative assembly of simple interlocking parts. The proposed method is shown to be capable of imitation learning; interpreting human actions and producing equivalent robot motion across a diverse range of initial and final conditions. After verifying that ensemble machine learning can be utilised for real robotics problems, we propose a further extension utilising Weighted Random Forest (WRF) that attaches weights to each tree based on its performance. It is then shown that the WRF approach outperforms RF in HRC tasks.     

可编程脉冲产生器的设计及应用

文中针对脉冲产生器的市场供应与实际应用情况,给出了一种以单片机为CPU核心的可编程脉冲产生器的设计思路,阐述了完成该产生器的硬件结构和软件设计方法,并给出相应的硬件电路和软件设计流程;为了验证设计的合理性,将其应用于某测控系统的步进电机控制器中,并进行实验测试,结果表明该设计具有低成本、高可靠性等特点,特别是其脉冲宽度与周期可编程预置,不仅增加了设备的使用灵活性,而且扩大了应用范围,可推广应用于多种功能的测控系统中。     

视觉测量中多光学靶点亮度自适应控制

提出了一种面向大视场高精度视觉测量的多红外目标靶点（红外LED）亮度自适应控制方法。以微控制器PIC16F873A和LED驱动芯片MAX6964作为核心器件,设计了可满足大空间范围内靶点亮度控制需求的多目标靶点控制驱动器。为了使LED在近距测量时的调节精度和远近距离测量时的发光亮度都能满足要求,根据MAX6964输出特点设计了PWM信号输出电路,并采用推挽电路驱动LED。实验证明,目标靶点在CCD相机上成像光斑稳定一致。     

Comparing ANN and GMM in a voice conversion framework

In this paper, we present a comparative analysis of artificial neural networks (ANNs) and Gaussian mixture models (GMMs) for design of voice conversion system using line spectral frequencies (LSFs) as feature vectors. Both the ANN and GMM based models are explored to capture nonlinear mapping functions for modifying the vocal tract characteristics of a source speaker according to a desired target speaker. The LSFs are used to represent the vocal tract transfer function of a particular speaker. Mapping of the intonation patterns (pitch contour) is carried out using a codebook based model at segmental level. The energy profile of the signal is modified using a fixed scaling factor defined between the source and target speakers at the segmental level. Two different methods for residual modification such as residual copying and residual selection methods are used to generate the target residual signal. The performance of ANN and GMM based voice conversion (VC) system are conducted using subjective and objective measures. The results indicate that the proposed ANN-based model using LSFs feature set may be used as an alternative to state-of-the-art GMM-based models used to design a voice conversion system.     

Finite-size effects in surface tension: Thermodynamics and the Gaussian interface model

It has been suggested by Kayser that finite-size effects associated with capillary waves might play a significant role in some surface tension measurements; for capillary rise between plates a distance D apart, an effect varying as 1/D and apparently observable in measurements, was proposed. In reconsidering this problem, one must analyze the thermodynamics of finite-size corrections to surface tension. In particular, one sees that capillary rise between plates does not measure the interfacial free energy density but, rather, a derivative of the interfacial free energy with respect to a system dimension. The quantity needed to draw definite conclusions, the finite-size residual free energy, can be calculated within the harmonic or Gaussian capillary wave model in d spatial dimensions with the aid of Poisson summation techniques and should yield the correct leading asymptotic behavior. For d=3 and experimentally relevant parameter values, the results are independent of the short-wavelength cutoff needed in the model and can be checked against the theory of conformai covariance at two-dimensional critical points. It is found that the finite-size effects in capillary-rise measurements of surface tension vary as 1/D ² (with a universal coefficient) but are too small to be seen in current experiments.Invited paper presented at the Tenth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, June 20–23, 1988, Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.A.