Application of a hybrid tracking algorithm to motion analysis

An algorithm for tracking multiple feature positions in a dynamic image sequence is presented. This is achieved using a combination of two trajectory-based methods, with the resulting hybrid algorithm exhibiting the advantages of both. An optimizing exchange algorithm is described which enables short feature paths to be tracked without prior knowledge of the motion being studied. The resulting partial trajectories are then used to initialize a fast predictor algorithm which is capable of rapidly tracking multiple feature paths. As this predictor algorithm becomes tuned to the feature positions being tracked, it is shown how the location of occluded or poorly detected features can be predicted. The results of applying this tracking algorithm to data obtained from real-world scenes are then presented.

A survey of human motion analysis using depth imagery

Analysis of human behaviour through visual information has been a highly active research topic in the computer vision community. This was previously achieved via images from a conventional camera, but recently depth sensors have made a new type of data available. This survey starts by explaining the advantages of depth imagery, then describes the new sensors that are available to obtain it. In particular, the Microsoft Kinect has made high-resolution real-time depth cheaply available. The main published research on the use of depth imagery for analysing human activity is reviewed. Much of the existing work focuses on body part detection and pose estimation. A growing research area addresses the recognition of human actions. The publicly available datasets that include depth imagery are listed, as are the software libraries that can acquire it from a sensor. This survey concludes by summarising the current state of work on this topic, and pointing out promising future research directions.

d-Koszul algebras, 2-d-determined algebras and 2-d-Koszul algebras

The relationship between an algebra and its associated monomial algebra is investigated when at least one of the algebras is d-Koszul It is shown that an algebra which has a reduced Grobnerbasis that is composed of homogeneous elements of degree d is d-Koszul if and only if its associated monomial algebra is d-Koszul The class of 2-d-determined algebras and the class 2-d-Koszul algebras are introduced In particular it is shown that 2-d-determined monomial algebras are 2-d-Koszul algebras and the structure of the ideal of relations of such an algebra is completely determined (C) 2010 Elsevier B V All rights reserved

Voice over IP 2.0: an analysis of limits and potential of IP2IP telecommunication

Internet Telephony (VoIP) is changing the telecommunication industry. Oftentimes free, VoIP is becoming more and more popular amongst users. Large software companies have entered the market and heavily invest into it. In 2011, for instance, Microsoft bought Skype for 8.5bn USD. This trend increasingly impacts the incumbent telecommunication operators. They see their main source of revenue – classic telephony – under siege and disappear. The thesis at hand develops a most-likely scenario in order to determine how VoIP is evolving further and it predicts, based on a ten-year forecast, the impact it will have on the players in the telecommunication industry.The paper presents a model combining Rogers’ diffusion and Christensen’s innovation research. The model has the goal of explaining the past evolution of VoIP and to isolate the factors that determine the further diffusion of the innovation. Interviews with industry experts serve to assess how the identified factors are evolving.Two propositions are offered. First, VoIP operators are becoming more important in international, corporate, and mobile telephony. End-to-end VoIP (IP2IP) will exhibit strong growth rates and increasingly cannibalize the telephony revenues of the classic operators. Second, fix-net telephony in SMEs and at home will continue to be dominated by the incumbents. Yet, as prices for telephony fall towards zero also they will implement IP2IP in order to save costs. By 2022, up to 90% of the calls will be IP2IP. The author recommends the incumbents and VoIP operators to proactively face the change, to rethink their business strategies, and to even be open for cooperation.

A marker-and-cell approach to free surface 2-D multiphase flows

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Transient and d.c. analysis of the operation mechanism of light-emitting electrochemical cells

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Dynamics of two planets in the 3/2 mean-motion resonance: Application to the planetary system of the pulsar PSR B1257+12

This paper considers the dynamics of two planets, as the planets B and C of the pulsar PSR B1257+12, near a 3/2 mean-motion resonance. A two-degrees-of-freedom model, in the framework of the general three-body planar problem, is used and the solutions are analyzed through surfaces of section and Fourier techniques in the full phase space of the system.

Active flutter suppression in a 2-D airfoil using linear matrix inequalities techniques

Flutter is an in-flight vibration of flexible structures caused by energy in the airstream absorbed by the lifting surface. This aeroelastic phenomenon is a problem of considerable interest in the aeronautic industry, because flutter is a potentially destructive instability resulting from an interaction between aerodynamic, inertial, and elastic forces. To overcome this effect, it is possible to use passive or active methodologies, but passive control adds mass to the structure and it is, therefore, undesirable. Thus, in this paper, the goal is to use linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) techniques to design an active state-feedback control to suppress flutter. Due to unmeasurable aerodynamic-lag states, one needs to use a dynamic observer. So, LMIs also were applied to design a state-estimator. The simulated model, consists of a classical flat plate in a two-dimensional flow. Two regulators were designed, the first one is a non-robust design for parametric variation and the second one is a robust control design, both designed by using LMIs. The parametric uncertainties are modeled through polytopic uncertainties. The paper concludes with numerical simulations for each controller. The open-loop and closed-loop responses are also compared and the results show the flutter suppression. The perfomance for both controllers are compared and discussed. Copyright © 2006 by ABCM.

A 2-D delaunay refinement algorithm using an initial prerefinement from the boundary mesh

An improvement to the quality bidimensional Delaunay mesh generation algorithm, which combines the mesh refinement algorithms strategy of Ruppert and Shewchuk is proposed in this research. The developed technique uses diametral lenses criterion, introduced by L. P. Chew, with the purpose of eliminating the extremely obtuse triangles in the boundary mesh. This method splits the boundary segment and obtains an initial prerefinement, and thus reducing the number of necessary iterations to generate a high quality sequential triangulation. Moreover, it decreases the intensity of the communication and synchronization between subdomains in parallel mesh refinement. © 2008 IEEE.

2-D ZO CRS stack by considering an acquisition line with smooth topography

Os dados sísmicos terrestres são afetados pela existência de irregularidades na superfície de medição, e.g. a topografia. Neste sentido, para obter uma imagem sísmica de alta resolução, faz-se necessário corrigir estas irregularidades usando técnicas de processamento sísmico, e.g. correições estáticas residuais e de campo. O método de empilhamento Superfície de Reflexão Comum, CRS ("Common-Reflection-Surface", em inglês) é uma nova técnica de processamento para simular seções sísmicas com afastamento-nulo, ZO ("Zero-Offset", em inglês) a partir de dados sísmicos de cobertura múltipla. Este método baseia-se na aproximação hiperbólica de tempos de trânsito paraxiais de segunda ordem referido ao raio (central) normal. O operador de empilhamento CRS para uma superfície de medição planar depende de três parâmetros, denominados o ângulo de emergência do raio normal, a curvatura da onda Ponto de Incidência Normal, NIP ("Normal Incidence Point", em inglês) e a curvatura da onda Normal, N. Neste artigo o método de empilhamento CRS ZO 2-D é modificado com a finalidade de considerar uma superfície de medição com topografia suave também dependente desses parâmetros. Com este novo formalismo CRS, obtemos uma seção sísmica ZO de alta resolução, sem aplicar as correições estáticas, onde em cada ponto desta seção são estimados os três parâmetros relevantes do processo de empilhamento CRS.

Modelagem acústica por diferenças finitas e elementos finitos em 2-D e 2,5-D

A modelagem acústica fornece dados úteis para avaliação de metodologias de processamento e imageamento sísmico, em modelos com estrutura geológica complexa. Esquemas de diferenças finitas (DF) e elementos finitos (EF) foram implementados e avaliados em modelos homogêneos e heterogêneos. O algoritmo de diferenças finitas foi estendido para o caso 2,5-D em modelos com densidade variável. Foi apresentada a modelagem de alvos geológicos de interesse exploratório existentes na Bacia Paleozóica do Solimões na Amazônia. Reflexões múltiplas de longo período produzidas entre a superfície livre e a discordância Cretáceo-Paleozóica, a baixa resolução da onda sísmica nas proximidades do reservatório e as fracas reflexões na interface entre as rochas reservatório e as rochas selantes são as principais características dos dados sintéticos obtidos, os quais representam um grande desafio ao imageamento sísmico.