scholarly journals Adaptive Weighted Morphology Detection Algorithm of Plane Object in Docking Guidance System

10.5772/9699 ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Guo yan-ying ◽  
Yang guo-qing ◽  
Jiang Ii-hui
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rohit Takhar ◽  
Tushar Sharma ◽  
Udit Arora ◽  
Sohit Verma

In recent years, with the improvement in imaging technology, the quality of small cameras have significantly improved. Coupled with the introduction of credit-card sized single-board computers such as Raspberry Pi, it is now possible to integrate a small camera with a wearable computer. This paper aims to develop a low cost product, using a webcam and Raspberry Pi, for visually-impaired people, which can assist them in detecting and recognising pedestrian crosswalks and staircases. There are two steps involved in detection and recognition of the obstacles i.e pedestrian crosswalks and staircases. In detection algorithm, we extract Haar features from the video frames and push these features to our Haar classifier. In recognition algorithm, we first convert the RGB image to HSV and apply histogram equalization to make the pixel intensity uniform. This is followed by image segmentation and contour detection. These detected contours are passed through a pre-processor which extracts the region of interests (ROI). We applied different statistical methods on these ROI to differentiate between staircases and pedestrian crosswalks. The detection and recognition results on our datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of our system.


2013 ◽  
Vol 411-414 ◽  
pp. 1459-1464
Author(s):  
Yun Long Li ◽  
Chun Xin Wang ◽  
Xiao Li Zhou ◽  
Huan Juan Wang ◽  
Ya Kun Liu

Vehicle Detection System plays a basic role in the field of intelligent transportation, and is the cornerstone of constructing modern intelligent transportation system. This paper presents a new vehicle detection algorithm using WSN that called the adaptive state machine. The algorithm can adaptively update the threshold and baseline; use the state machine to achieve the aim of the accurate and efficient vehicle detection. It can be used for the detection of road traffic flow, and can be used in large parking vehicle guidance system. On the road, we have deployed 76 Sensor Nodes to evaluate the performance. We observe the accurate of the road vehicle detection rate of vehicle detection system is nearly 98%.


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rohit Takhar ◽  
Tushar Sharma ◽  
Udit Arora ◽  
Sohit Verma

In recent years, with the improvement in imaging technology, the quality of small cameras have significantly improved. Coupled with the introduction of credit-card sized single-board computers such as Raspberry Pi, it is now possible to integrate a small camera with a wearable computer. This paper aims to develop a low cost product, using a webcam and Raspberry Pi, for visually-impaired people, which can assist them in detecting and recognising pedestrian crosswalks and staircases. There are two steps involved in detection and recognition of the obstacles i.e pedestrian crosswalks and staircases. In detection algorithm, we extract Haar features from the video frames and push these features to our Haar classifier. In recognition algorithm, we first convert the RGB image to HSV and apply histogram equalization to make the pixel intensity uniform. This is followed by image segmentation and contour detection. These detected contours are passed through a pre-processor which extracts the region of interests (ROI). We applied different statistical methods on these ROI to differentiate between staircases and pedestrian crosswalks. The detection and recognition results on our datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of our system.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 4106
Author(s):  
Jose Villa ◽  
Jussi Aaltonen ◽  
Sauli Virta ◽  
Kari T. Koskinen

This article studies the design, modeling, and implementation challenges for a target detection algorithm using multi-sensor technology of a co-operative autonomous offshore system, formed by an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) and an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). First, the study develops an accurate mathematical model of the USV to be included as a simulation environment for testing the guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) algorithm. Then, a guidance system is addressed based on an underwater coverage path for the AUV, which uses a mechanical imaging sonar as the primary AUV perception sensor and ultra-short baseline (USBL) as a positioning system. Once the target is detected, the AUV sends its location to the USV, which creates a straight-line for path following with obstacle avoidance capabilities, using a LiDAR as the main USV perception sensor. This communication in the co-operative autonomous offshore system includes a decentralized Robot Operating System (ROS) framework with a master node at each vehicle. Additionally, each vehicle uses a modular approach for the GNC architecture, including target detection, path-following, and guidance control modules. Finally, implementation challenges in a field test scenario involving both AUV and USV are addressed to validate the target detection algorithm.


2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 1257-1267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priya Kucheria ◽  
McKay Moore Sohlberg ◽  
Jason Prideaux ◽  
Stephen Fickas

PurposeAn important predictor of postsecondary academic success is an individual's reading comprehension skills. Postsecondary readers apply a wide range of behavioral strategies to process text for learning purposes. Currently, no tools exist to detect a reader's use of strategies. The primary aim of this study was to develop Read, Understand, Learn, & Excel, an automated tool designed to detect reading strategy use and explore its accuracy in detecting strategies when students read digital, expository text.MethodAn iterative design was used to develop the computer algorithm for detecting 9 reading strategies. Twelve undergraduate students read 2 expository texts that were equated for length and complexity. A human observer documented the strategies employed by each reader, whereas the computer used digital sequences to detect the same strategies. Data were then coded and analyzed to determine agreement between the 2 sources of strategy detection (i.e., the computer and the observer).ResultsAgreement between the computer- and human-coded strategies was 75% or higher for 6 out of the 9 strategies. Only 3 out of the 9 strategies–previewing content, evaluating amount of remaining text, and periodic review and/or iterative summarizing–had less than 60% agreement.ConclusionRead, Understand, Learn, & Excel provides proof of concept that a reader's approach to engaging with academic text can be objectively and automatically captured. Clinical implications and suggestions to improve the sensitivity of the code are discussed.Supplemental Materialhttps://doi.org/10.23641/asha.8204786


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