简介:Inthispaper,wepresentahighspeedautofocussystemformicrosystemapplicationsanddesignalook-up-tablebasedautofocusingalgorithmforapplicationswhenatargetobjectisalwaysvisible,e.g.,manufacturingpartswithalignmentfiducials.Weperformanevaluationof24focusmeasurestoverifythatwhichfocusmeasureisthebestforthelook-up-tablebasedmethod.Fromtheevaluation,wefindthattheChebyshevmoments-basedfocusmeasure(CHEB)isthemostsuitable.Furthermore,wealsodevelopalook-up-tablebasedautofocussystemthatusesCHEBasthefocusmeasure.Intrainingphase,weofflineconstructatablefromtrainingimagesofanobjectthatarecapturedatseverallensdistances.Eachentryoftableconsistsoffocusmeasurecomputedfromimageandlensdistance.Inworkingphase,givenaninputimage,thealgorithmfirstcomputesthefocusmeasureandthenfindsthebestmatchfocusmeasurefromthetableandlooksupthecorrespondinglenspositionformovingitintothein-focusposition.Ouralgorithmcanperformautofocusingwithinonly2stepsoflensmoving.Theexperimentshowsthatthesystemcanperformhighspeedautofocusingofmicroobjects.
简介:Withthedevelopmentofsmartgrid,residentshavetheopportunitytoscheduletheirhouseholdappliances(HA)forthepurposeofreducingelectricityexpensesandalleviatingthepressureofthesmartgrid.Inthispaper,weintroducethestructureofhomeenergymanagementsystem(EMS)andthenproposeapoweroptimizationstrategybasedonhouseholdloadmodelandelectricvehicle(EV)modelforhomepowerusage.Inthisstrategy,theelectricvehiclesarechargedwhenthepriceislow,andotherwise,aredischarged.Byadoptingthiscombinedsystemmodelunderthetime-of-useelectricityprice(TOUP),theproposedschedulingstrategywouldeffectivelyminimizetheelectricitycostandreducethepressureofthesmartgridatthesametime.Finally,simulationexperimentsarecarriedouttoshowthefeasibilityoftheproposedstrategy.Theresultsshowthatcrossovergeneticparticleswarmoptimizationalgorithmhasbetterconvergencepropertiesthantraditionalparticleswarmalgorithmandbetteradaptabilitythangeneticalgorithm.
简介:Theintensityandphaseformulasthatarevalidforthesaturationandinter-mediateregime(beforesaturation)arederived,andtheanalyticalexpressionswiththerationofsaturationintensitytototalincidentintensityastheirexplicitvariableareobtanied.Theintensitydepenenceofstationaryenergytransferinphotorefractiveacodirectionaltwo-wavemixingisexamined.Itisnecessarytousingtheseformulasinsomeproblems,suchasthetemperatureofintensitydependenceoftwo-wavemixing.Amethodofmeasuringexponen-tialgaincoefficientispresented,whichissuitablefortwo-wavemixinginintermediateregime.
简介:ThisSpecialSectiononEnergy,Materials,andNanotechnology(EMN),JournalofElectronicScienceandTechnology(JEST),presentsabroadrangeofinterdisciplinaryandmultidisciplinaryresearchintocutting-edgescientificconceptstowardsmaterialssynthesis,characterization,andnoveltechnologydevelopments.
简介:Inrecentyears,thepotentialofrenewablegreenenergysourceshasbeenextensivelystudied.Theproventechnologywhichisphotovoltaicsolarcellsstrictlydependsondaylightandproduceslow-efficiently.Toovercometherestrictions,onetechnologystudiedisthroughharvestingthethermalradiationenergywhichcanprovidea24-hourenergysource.Thecontinuityofenergysourcespromisesverygoodenergyconversionespeciallyformilitaryapplications.Thisarticlepresentsanewstructurethatcanharvesttheabundantthermalradiationenergyintousableenergyatthewavelengthof10μm.Arectangularstructurewithaperturbationslitwasdesignedtointegratewitharectifiercircuitforgreenenergyconversion.Theslittunneljunctionguidedtheelectromagneticfieldintoajunctionwheretheenergycouldbecollectedandconverted.Anenhancementfactorofapproximately110.6canbeachievedbyaperturbationslitlengthof1.0μm.Theresultsextractedfromtheproposeddesignpromiseabettercandidatetoovercomethedisadvantagesofphotovoltaicsolarcellsforenergyharvestingdevices.
简介:AccordingtotheprincipleofpolarizationimagingandtherelationbetweenStokesparametersandthedegreeoflinearpolarization,therearemuchredundantandcomplementaryinformationinpolarizedimages.Sinceman-madeobjectsandnaturalobjectscanbeeasilydistinguishedinimagesofdegreeoflinearpolarizationandimagesofStokesparameterscontainrichdetailedinformationofthescene,thecluttersintheimagescanberemovedefficientlywhilethedetailedinformationcanbemaintainedbycombiningtheseimages.Analgorithmofadaptivepolarizationimagefusionbasedonregionalenergydynamicweightedaverageisproposedinthispapertocombinetheseimages.Throughanexperimentandsimulations,mostcluttersareremovedbythisalgorithm.Thefusionmethodisusedfordifferentlightconditionsinsimulation,andtheinfluenceoflightingconditionsonthefusionresultsisanalyzed.
简介:PN(Pseudo-Noise)codetrackingisthemostchallengingtaskinaDirectSequenceSpreadCodeDivisionMultiplexAccess(DS-CDMA)forcelluarmobilecommunicationsystems.Inthispaper,thegravityofenergywindows(GEW)trackingloopofthetimeandfrequencyuncertaintyofthereceivedsignalisinvestigated,andtheGEW’sanalyticalresultsinamulti-pathfadingchannelareintroduced.GEWtrackingloopexploitstheinherentmulti-pathdiversityofthechannel,andhasbetterperformancethansingle-pathonewhenworkinginmulti-pathfadingenvironment.
简介:Thispaperfocusesontheissueofcollaborativespectrumsensingincognitiveultrawideband(CUWB)impulseradio.Weemployenergy-basedsignaldetectionmethodandapplytheNeyman-Pearson(NP)decisionruletodeterminetheoptimumthreshold.Twocooperativespectrumsensingschemesaredevelopedinthispaper.Thedecisionfusionschemeisbasedonharddecision,inwhicheachcooperatingcognitiveuser(CU)sendsitsownlocaldecisiontothefusioncenter(FC).TheFCthenmakesafinaldecisionaccordingtothemajorityvotingrule.Alternatively,thedatafusionschemeisbasedonsoftdecision,inwhicheachlocalCUsendsitsobservedvaluedirectlytotheFC.TheFCcombinesthesevalues,comparestoathresholdandthenmakesthefinaldecision.Theperformancesofbothschemesarestudiedbyusinganalyticaltoolsandcomputersimulations.Thereceiveroperatingcharacteristics(ROC),whichrevealtheprobabilityofdetectionversusfalse-alarmcurve,areemployedtoevaluatethesystemperformanceunderdifferentscenarios.SimulationresultsdemonstratethatthedatafusionschemeoutperformsthedecisionfusionschemeandverifythatthecollaborativespectrumsensinghaspracticalimportanceinCUWBnetworks.
简介:Inthispaper,wepresentanovelregion-basedactivecontourmodelbasedonglobalin-tensityfittingenergyinavariationallevelsetframework.Meanwhile,aninternalenergytermisin-troduced,anditforcesthelevelsetfunctiontobeclosetoasigneddistancefunction.Imageglobalinformationutilizedefficientlymakestheproposedmodelinsensitivetonoise,andtheintroducedpenaltytermcanavoidthecostlyre-initializationfortheevolvinglevelsetfunction,whichnotonlyspeedsupthecontourevolvement,butalsoimprovesaccuracyofthefinalcontour.Comparisonswithotherclassicalregion-basedmodels,suchasChan-VesemodelandRegion-ScalableFitting(RSF)model,showtheadvantagesofourmodelintermsofefficiencyandaccuracy.Moreover,themodelisrobusttonoise.
简介:Inthisresearch,acontent-basedimageretrieval(CBIR)systemforhighresolutionsatelliteimageshasbeendevelopedbyusingtexturefeatures.Theproposedapproachusesthelocalbinarypattern(LBP)texturefeatureandablockbasedscheme.Thequeryanddatabaseimagesaredividedintoequallysizedblocks,fromwhichLBPhistogramsareextracted.TheblockhistogramsarethencomparedbyusingtheChi-squaredistance.ExperimentalresultsshowthattheLBPrepresentationprovidesapowerfultoolforhighresolutionsatelliteimages(HRSI)retrieval.
简介:Thepurposeofthispaperistodevelopahighspeeddetectionschemeformovingand/orstationarypointtargetsinamultitargetenvironmentasregisteredinanIRimagesequence.Aniterativeapproximate3-Dlinesearchingalgorithmbaseduponthegeometricrepresentationoflines(fornon-maneuveringtargetsinspace)ina3-Dspaceisderived.Theconvergencyofthealgorithmisproved.Ananalysisisperformedofthetheoreticaldetectionperformanceofthealgorithm.ThestatisticalexperimentresultsshowhigheffectivenessandcomputationalefficiencyofthealgorithminthecaseoflowSNR.Theideamaybeemployedtosatisfythereal-timeprocessingrequirementofanIRsystem.
简介:Thehighresolutionradartargetdetectionisaddressedinthenon-Gaussianclutter.Anadaptivedetectorisderivedforrange-spreadtargetbasedonanovelcovariancematrixestimator.Itisprovedthatthenewdetectorisconstantfalsealarmrate(CFAR)tobothofthecluttercovariancematrixstructureandpowerleveltheoreticallyformatchcases.ThesimulationresultsshowthatthenewdetectorisalmostCFARformismatchcases,anditoutperformstheexistingadaptivedetectorbasedonthesamplecovariancematrix.Italsoshowsthatthedetectionperformanceimproves,asthenumberofpulses,thenumberofsecondarydataortheclutterspikeincreases.Inaddition,thederiveddetectorisrobusttodifferentsubsets,estimatedcluttergroupsizesandcorrelationsofclutter.Importantly,thenumberofiterationsforpracticalapplicationisjustone.
简介:Theprincipleofnewopticalfibrepressuretransducerisanalysed,andinge-niousdesignschemeofthistransducerisvigen.Thisnewtransducerspecimenisprovidedwithfollowingcharacteristics;experimentaltransmittingdistanceis20m(actuallyupto1000m);systemsensitivityis0.1mV/Pa;powerconsumptionoftheprobeislessthan125μW.Finally,somepointsoftheappraisementaregiveninthispaper.
简介:Inpracticalapplications,weoftenhavetodealwithhigh-orderdata,forexample,agrayscaleimageandavideoclipareintrinsicallya2nd-ordertensoranda3rd-ordertensor,respectively.Inordertosatistythesehigh-orderdata,itisconventionaltovectorizethesedatainadvance,whichoftendestroystheintrinsicstructuresofthedataandincludesthecurseofdimensionality.Forthisreason,weconsidertheproblemofhigh-orderdatarepresentationandclassification,andproposeatensorbasedfisherdiscriminantanalysis(FDA),whichisageneralizedversionofFDA,namedasGFDA.ExperimentalresultsshowourGFDAoutperformstheexistingmethods,suchasthe2-directional2-dimensionalprincipalcomponentanalysis((2D)2PCA),2-directional2-dimensionallineardiscriminantanalysis((2D)2LDA),andmultilineardiscriminantanalysis(MDA),inhigh-orderdataclassificationunderalowercompressionratio.
简介:Throughexperimentsandcomputersimulation,theinfluenceoftheenergylevelsoforganicmaterialsandelectrodematerialsintheorganiclight-emittingdiodes(OLEDs)onthedeviceperformancesisdiscussed.Resultsshowthatthedeviceperformancesareinfluencedbynotonlythecarrierinjectionbarriersattheelectrodeinterfacebutalsothebarriersattheorganicheterojunctioninterface.ThisresultishelpfultotheselectionoftheorganicmaterialsandtheirarrangementintheoptimaldesignofOLEDs.
简介:Ionimplantationmayfavorablymodifythepropertiesofpolyaniline/Siheterojunctionsolarcellsfabricatedbytheelectrochemicalmethod.Influencesoftheimplantationontheabsorptionspectrumandthethermalstabilitywerediscussedandoutputpropertiesweremeasured.Theresultsshowthattheabsorptionspectrumofthepolyanilinefilmsmodifiedbyionimplantationismuchwider;itspyrolytictemperatureincreasesby40℃,andthepolyaniline/Sicellefficiencyincreases18and3timesundertheilluminationof10.92and37.2W/m2,respectively.