A fast digital Radon transform—An efficient means for evaluating the Hough transform

A fast digital Radon transform based on recursively defined digital straight lines is described, which has the sequential complexity of N² log N additions for an N × N image. This transform can be used to evaluate the Hough transform to detect straight lines in a digital image. Whilst a parallel implementation of the Hough transform algorithm is difficult because of global memory access requirements, the fast digital Radon transform is vectorizable and therefore well suited for parallel computation. The structure of the fast algorithm is shown to be quite similar to the FFT algorithm for decimation in frequency. It is demonstrated that even for sequential computation the fast Radon transform is an attractive alternative to the classical Hough transform algorithm.     

Argon I Lines Produced in a Hollow Cathode Source, 332 nm to 5865 nm

We report precision measurements by Fourier transform spectroscopy of the vacuum wavenumber, line width, and relative signal strength of 928 lines in the Ar I spectrum. Wavelength in air and classification of the transition are supplied for each line. A comparison of our results with other precision measurements illustrates the sensitivity of Ar I wavelengths to conditions in the light source.     

SuperDense Quantum Teleportation

Recent advances in experimental technique make SuperDense Teleportation (SDT) possible only now, ten years after my first proposal at an ISI Torino summer conference on Quantum Computing. The effect uses remote state preparation to send more state-specifying parameters per bit than ordinary quantum teleportation (QT) can transmit. The SDT uses a maximally entangled state to teleport the relative phases of an n-dimensional state with equal amplitudes on every standard basis vector. For n greater than or equal to 3, the SDT sends more of these state-specifying parameters than QT. In the limit of large n the ratio is 2 to 1, hence the nomenclature by analogy with Super Dense Coding. Alice’s measurements and Bob’s transformations are far simpler than their corresponding operations in QT. The roles of Charles who chooses the state and Diana who deploys it are different than in QT. My discussion includes a brief review of the progress and possibilities of realization for several different experimental approaches around the world. This paper is the write-up of my remarks at the Festschrift conference for Anton Zeilinger, for many years a close collaborator in the Hampshire College NSF grant continuing our work with Mike Horne and Danny Greenberger started under Cliff Shull at MIT in the late 20th century.     

工业配料中的自控

本文介绍了微机在工业配料过程中的应用情况，对上料-计量-下料的全过程即“动态运行-静态计量-动态运行”进行控制．     

一种基于双正交重叠变换的嵌入式编码算法研究

双正交变换为基于块的低复杂度变换,而且与传统的离散余弦变换相比,一定程度上减小了变换后图像的块效应,因而被采纳入联合图像专家组织JPEG（Joint Photographic Expert Group）最新制定的静态图像编码标准JPEG XR中。为了能够改善其无法实现码流长度控制的缺陷,文章深入研究了JPEG XR的编码技术,提出了一种针对固定压缩比的编码算法。主要思路是通过对双正交变换后的系数进行嵌入式位平面编码,取代了原先的量化步骤,使得压缩码流长度可以精确控制。     

Research on resolution between multi-component LFM signals in the fractional Fourier domain

When the initial frequencies and chirp rates of multi-component linear frequency modulation (LFM or chirp) signals are close,the signals may not be distinguished in the fractional Fourier domain (FRFD).Consequently,some signals cannot be detected.In this paper,first,the spectral distribution characteristics of a continuous LFM signal in the FRFD are analyzed,and then the spectral distribution characteristics of a LFM signal in the discrete FRFD are analyzed.Second,the critical resolution distance between the peaks of two LFM signals in the FRFD is deduced,and the relationship between the dimensional normalization parameter and the distance between two LFM signals in the FRFD is also deduced.It is discovered that selecting a proper dimensional normalization parameter can increase the distance.Finally,a method to select the parameter is proposed,which can improve the resolution ability of the fractional Fourier transform (FRFT).Its effectiveness is verified by simulation results.     

A robust watermarking algorithm based on QR factorization and DCT using quantization index modulation technique

We propose a robust digital watermarking algorithm for copyright protection.A stable feature is obtained by utilizing QR factorization and discrete cosine transform(DCT) techniques,and a meaningful watermark image is embedded into an image by modifying the stable feature with a quantization index modulation(QIM) method.The combination of QR factorization,DCT,and QIM techniques guarantees the robustness of the algorithm.Furthermore,an embedding location selection method is exploited to select blocks with small modifications as the embedding locations.This can minimize the embedding distortion and greatly improve the imperceptibility of our scheme.Several standard images were tested and the experimental results were compared with those of other published schemes.The results demonstrate that our proposed scheme can achieve not only better imperceptibility,but also stronger robustness against common signal processing operations and lossy compressions,such as filtering,noise addition,scaling,sharpening,rotation,cropping,and JPEG/JPEG2000 compression.     

基于森林火灾平台的红外图像识别技术研究

森林火灾探测一直是森林资源保护工作中的老大难问题。早期的火灾探测技术多是基于火灾的烟雾和温度特征的,但其判别标准过于单一,误报率较高。随着计算机技术的发展和红外探测器的发明,出现了基于红外图像处理的森林火灾防护技术,该技术主要对红外探测器获得的森林现场的红外图像进行一定的处理后识别图像中是否有火灾出现。本文的主要工作是进行红外图像增强算法的研究,通过对各种算法的描述和仿真实验结果分析,提出一种相对较适合森林背景红外图像的处理算法一将基于频域处理的提升小波变换与直方图修正结合起来的红外图像增强算法。     

曲线曲面小波变换的边界连续性保持

现有的小波分解边界连续性保持方法由于将去除的节点全部插回,摒弃了数据压缩特性.为此在曲线小波分解边界处理方面提出2种基于数据压缩的连续性保持方法:一是插入与Cr连续相关的节点,然后调整相应的控制顶点与高分辨曲线的控制顶点保持一致;二是不插入节点,直接调整与Cr连续相关的控制顶点.在曲面方面,提出了曲面分裂法和T曲面法:通过插入重节点把曲面分裂成边界部分和中心部分并对边界部分插入节点,再调整相应的控制顶点与高分辨曲面的重合;构造了T网格,使其边界部分与高分辨曲面一致,中心部分与低分辨曲面一致.最后把T曲面方法推广到周期曲面小波变换边界处理上.实验结果表明,文中方法既保证了小波分解后模型的边界连续,又保留了数据压缩特性.     

一种新的码片内多径时延估计方法

根据信道冲激响应的稀疏特性,提出了一种频域的时延估计压缩感知模型,将时延估计问题转化为基于欠采样数据的稀疏向量估计问题.利用离散傅里叶变换(Discrete Fourier transform,DFT)矩阵的子矩阵所满足的受限等距性(Restricted isometry property,RIP)以及信道冲激响应的稀疏特性充分降低了时延估计所需数据量的要求.分析了本文模型具有码片内多径分辨能力以及良好抗噪性能的原因,并与多信号分类(Multiple signal classification,MUSIC)和旋转不变技术的信号参数估计(Estimation of signal parameters via rotational invariance technique,ESPRIT)算法的时延估计性能进行仿真比较.仿真结果表明,本文提出的方法不需要预知多径的条数,对码片内多径时延具有较高的估计精度,其时延估计性能在特定条件下优于MUSIC和ESPRIT算法.