Digital simulation in a thin layer spectroelectrochemical cell with minigrid platinum electrode by microregion approximation explicit finite difference method

The microregion approximation explicit finite difference method is used to simulate cyclic voltammetry of an electrochemical reversible system in a three-dimensional thin layer cell with minigrid platinum electrode. The simulated CV curve and potential scan-absorbance curve were in very good accordance with the experimental results, which differed from those at a plate electrode. The influences of sweep rate, thickness of the thin layer, and mesh size on the peak current and peak separation were also studied by numerical analysis, which give some instruction for choosing experimental conditions or designing a thin layer cell. The critical ratio (1.33) of the diffusion path inside the mesh hole and across the thin layer was also obtained. If the ratio is greater than 1.33 by means of reducing the thickness of a thin layer, the electrochemical property will be far away from the thin layer property.

Application of digital image analysis to the study of banded spherulite during growing and melting process

A digital image analysis(DIA) technique can be applied directly to the image obtained by polarizing microscope. The time-resolved DIA apparatus including image collecting, showing and data analysis has been home-made. As an example, it has been used to study the banded spherulite in the blends of poly(epsilon-caprolactone) (PCL) and poly(styrene-ran-acrylonitrile) (SAN).

Color filters with negative birefringence for liquid crystal display use

We have developed a special color film with negative birefringence, which can work as a color filter and a viewing angle extension film for liquid crystal displays (LCDs). A high-performance polyimide (PI), which can be dissolved in the usual organic solvent and shows negative birefringence after lamination, was synthesized to fabricate the film. By mixing PI with suitable proportions of green, blue or red pigment in the solvent, then laminating them onto a glass substrate, we obtained color films with good transmission spectra and suitable chromatic coordinates. The results of our experiments show that the color filters still have negative birefringence but a little lower than that of the pure PI film. and can therefore work as compensation films for normal white twist nematic liquid crystal displays (TN-LCD).

Mapeamento de uso das terras utilizando processamento digital de imagem de sensoriamento remoto.

O uso dos métodos tradicionais de levantamento do uso das terras, em razão do custo elevado dos instrumentos e a dificuldade de disponibilizar as informações de maneira rápida aos tomadores de decisão, torna proibitivo seu emprego de forma sistemática e repetitiva sobre grandes extensões de território. Desta forma, existe a necessidade de se utilizar métodos que possibilitem o levantamento do uso das terras de maneira eficiente, rápida e que tenham relativamente baixo custo. Neste contexto, a forma mais eficiente e rápida para caracterizar o uso atual das terras é por meio dos recursos instrumentais oferecidos pelo sensoriamento remoto (SR), com auxílio dos Sistemas de Informações Geográficas (SIGs) e dos Sistema de Posicionamento Global (GPSs). O processo de levantamento e caracterização do uso das terras, nesse caso, pode ser grandemente facilitado pela utilização de imagens de satélites e outros recursos de sensoriamento remoto, que podem gerar dados passíveis de serem geocodificados, ou seja, integrados, relacionados e espacializados nos SIGs. Esses, em conjunto com os GPSs, são considerados, atualmente, como a maneira mais eficiente de levantamento e identificação do uso das terras. Desta forma, o trabalho teve como objetivo o mapeamento de uso das terras utilizando o processamento digital de imagem de sensoriamento remoto, utilizando-se a interpretação visual, a classificação digital supervisionada, e a classificação híbrida (classificação digital + interpretação visual), utilizando-se imagem TM do satélite LANDSAT 7.

Template Matching: Matched Spatial Filters and Beyond

Template matching by means of cross-correlation is common practice in pattern recognition. However, its sensitivity to deformations of the pattern and the broad and unsharp peaks it produces are significant drawbacks. This paper reviews some results on how these shortcomings can be removed. Several techniques (Matched Spatial Filters, Synthetic Discriminant Functions, Principal Components Projections and Reconstruction Residuals) are reviewed and compared on a common task: locating eyes in a database of faces. New variants are also proposed and compared: least squares Discriminant Functions and the combined use of projections on eigenfunctions and the corresponding reconstruction residuals. Finally, approximation networks are introduced in an attempt to improve filter design by the introduction of nonlinearity.

Detecting Digital Forgeries Using Bispectral Analysis

With the rapid increase in low-cost and sophisticated digital technology the need for techniques to authenticate digital material will become more urgent. In this paper we address the problem of authenticating digital signals assuming no explicit prior knowledge of the original. The basic approach that we take is to assume that in the frequency domain a "natural" signal has weak higher-order statistical correlations. We then show that "un-natural" correlations are introduced if this signal is passed through a non-linearity (which would almost surely occur in the creation of a forgery). Techniques from polyspectral analysis are then used to detect the presence of these correlations. We review the basics of polyspectral analysis, show how and why these tools can be used in detecting forgeries and show their effectiveness in analyzing human speech.

Relevo digital dos municípios brasileiros.

2008

Computing 3-D Motion in Custom Analog and Digital VLSI

This thesis examines a complete design framework for a real-time, autonomous system with specialized VLSI hardware for computing 3-D camera motion. In the proposed architecture, the first step is to determine point correspondences between two images. Two processors, a CCD array edge detector and a mixed analog/digital binary block correlator, are proposed for this task. The report is divided into three parts. Part I covers the algorithmic analysis; part II describes the design and test of a 32$\time $32 CCD edge detector fabricated through MOSIS; and part III compares the design of the mixed analog/digital correlator to a fully digital implementation.

Mapeamento digital de classes e atributos de solos: métodos, paradigmas e novas técnicas.

Panorama geral sobre os métodos de mapeamento de solos e/ou de suas propriedades, assim como sobre as principais técnicas quantitativas usadas.

Extração de variáveis topográficas do modelo digital de elevaçao SRTM para o estado do Rio de Janeiro

2005

Modelagem e mapeamento digital de estoque de carbono orgânico na camada superficial dos solos (0-10 cm) do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

2007