Absolute and dynamic position and shape measurement of fast moving objects employing novel laser Doppler techniques

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thorsten Pfister ◽  
Philipp Günther ◽  
Lars Büttner ◽  
Jürgen Czarske
Keyword(s):  
Fast Moving ◽  
Moving Objects ◽  
Laser Doppler ◽  
Shape Measurement ◽  
Doppler Techniques

Robust Autonomous Car-Like Robot Tracking Based on Tracking-Learning-Detection

2014 ◽  
Vol 687-691 ◽  
pp. 564-571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Bao Xu ◽  
Shu Ming Tang ◽  
Jin Feng Yang ◽  
Yan Min Dong
Keyword(s):  
Optical Flow ◽  
Fast Moving ◽  
Moving Objects ◽  
Tracking Algorithm ◽  
Robust Tracking ◽  
Symmetry Detection ◽  
Tracking Method ◽  
Robot Tracking ◽  
Improve Accuracy ◽  
First Time

This paper proposes a robust tracking algorithm for an autonomous car-like robot, and this algorithm is based on the Tracking-Learning-Detection (TLD). In this paper, the TLD method is extended to track the autonomous car-like robot for the first time. In order to improve accuracy and robustness of the proposed algorithm, a method of symmetry detection of autonomous car-like robot rear is integrated into the TLD. Moreover, the Median-Flow tracker in TLD is improved with a pyramid-based optical flow tracking method to capture fast moving objects. Extensive experiments and comparisons show the robustness of the proposed method.

Reflex control of the cutaneous circulation during passive body core heating in humans

2000 ◽  
Vol 88 (5) ◽  
pp. 1756-1764 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jochen K. Peters ◽  
Takeshi Nishiyasu ◽  
Gary W. Mack
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Heat Stress ◽  
Lower Body Negative Pressure ◽  
Venous Pressure ◽  
Laser Doppler ◽  
Vascular Conductance ◽  
Arterial Blood ◽  
Body Core ◽  
Doppler Techniques ◽  
The Impact

The impact of body core heating on the interaction between the cutaneous and central circulation during blood pressure challenges was examined in eight adults. Subjects were exposed to −10 to −90 mmHg lower body negative pressure (LBNP) in thermoneutral conditions and −10 to −60 mmHg LBNP during heat stress. We measured forearm vascular conductance (FVC; ml ⋅ min−1 ⋅ 100 ml−1 ⋅ mmHg−1) by plethysmography; cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC) by laser-Doppler techniques; and central venous pressure, arterial blood pressure, and cardiac output by impedance cardiography. Heat stress increased FVC from 5.7 ± 0.9 to 18.8 ± 1.3 conductance units (CU) and CVC from 0.21 ± 0.07 to 1.02 ± 0.20 CU. The FVC-CVP relationship was linear over the entire range of LBNP and was shifted upward during heat stress with a slope increase from 0.46 ± 0.10 to 1.57 ± 0.3 CU/mmHg CVP ( P < 0.05). Resting CVP was lower during heat stress (6.3 ± 0.6 vs. 7.7 ± 0.6 mmHg; P < 0.05) but fell to similar levels during LBNP as in normothermic conditions. Data analysis indicates an increased capacity, but not sensitivity, of peripheral baroreflex responses during heat stress. Laser-Doppler techniques detected thermoregulatory responses in the skin, but no significant change in CVC occurred during mild-to-moderate LBNP. Interestingly, very high levels of LBNP produced cutaneous vasodilation in some subjects.

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