Abstract:
An aerial vehicle is navigated using hierarchical vision-aided navigation that classifies regions of acquired still image frames as featureless or feature-rich, and thereby avoids expending time and computational resources attempting to extract and match false features from the featureless regions. Pattern recognition registers an acquired image to a general area of a map database before performing feature matching to a finer map region. This hierarchical position determination is more efficient than attempting to ascertain a fine-resolution position without knowledge of coarse-resolution position. Resultant matched feature observations can be data-fused with other sensor data to correct a navigation solution based on GPS and/or IMU data.
Abstract:
A new low rank tensor (LRT) imaging strategy/methodology, specifically for quantitative cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) multitasking, includes performing a low-rank tensor image model exploiting image correlation along multiple physiological and physical time dimensions, a non-ECG data acquisition strategy featuring minimal gaps in acquisition and frequent collection of auxiliary subspace training data, and a factored tensor reconstruction approach which enforces the LRT model.
Abstract:
A computing device updates an estimate of one or more principal components for a next observation vector. An initial observation matrix is defined with first observation vectors. A number of the first observation vectors is a predefined window length. Each observation vector of the first observation vectors includes a plurality of values. A principal components decomposition is computed using the initial observation matrix. The principal components decomposition includes a sparse noise vector s, a first singular value decomposition vector U, and a second singular value decomposition vector ν for each observation vector of the first observation vectors. A rank r is determined based on the principal components decomposition. A next principal components decomposition is computed for a next observation vector using the determined rank r. The next principal components decomposition is output for the next observation vector and monitored to determine a status of a physical object.
Abstract:
A system and method are provided for distinguishing biota, such as insect types, from overall images, images of their wings or of other body parts. The system and method exploit various techniques described herein, in combination with large scale capture of sample imagery to achieve a flexible mechanism for automated classification on biota of any type.
Abstract:
A system and method is provided for generating a digital image configured to facilitate measuring at least one physical dimension in the digital image. At least one light source is configured to project a plurality of substantially parallel light beams onto at least one physical object spaced away from the at least one light source. The light beams form a reference pattern on the at least one physical object. The reference pattern includes at least one feature defining a physical dimension having a predetermined magnitude. A digital camera is configured to store a digital image of at least a portion of the at least one physical object and the at least one feature. The digital image includes an image data file having a plurality of pixels and metadata. At least a portion of the metadata is indicative of a conversion factor relating the predetermined magnitude of the physical dimension with a pixel distance corresponding to the predetermined magnitude of the physical dimension.
Abstract:
A method and a device for feature extraction are provided in the disclosure. The method may include: partitioning an image into a plurality of blocks, each of the blocks including a plurality of cells; performing a sparse signal decomposition on the cells using a predetermined dictionary to obtain sparse vectors respectively corresponding to the cells; and extracting an image Histogram of Oriented Gradient (HOG) feature of the image according to the sparse vectors.
Abstract:
A method includes receiving image data corresponding to an image and determining object quality values based on a portion of the image data. The portion corresponds to an object represented in the image. The method also includes accessing object category metrics associated with an object category corresponding to the object. The method includes generating a notification indicating that the image data has been altered in response to a result of a comparison of the object quality values to the object category metrics. The result indicates alteration of the portion of the image data.
Abstract:
A measurement vector of compressive measurements is received. The measurement vector may be derived by applying a sensing matrix to a source signal. The sensing matrix may be derived from a frequency domain transform. At least one first feature vector is generated from the measurement vector. The first feature vector is an estimate of a second feature vector. The second feature vector is a feature vector that corresponds to a translation of the source signal. An anomaly is detected to in the source signal based on the first feature vector.
Abstract:
Described is a low power surveillance camera system for intruder detection. The system observes a scene with a known camera motion to generate images with various viewing angles. Next, a background learning mode is employed to generate a low rank matrix for the background in the images. Background null space projections are then learned, which provide a foreground detection kernel. A new scene with known viewing angles is then obtained. Based on the foreground detection kernel and the new input image frame, low power foreground detection is performed to detect foreground potential regions of interest (ROIs), such as intruders. To filter out minimal foreground activity, the system identifies contiguous ROIs to generate the foreground ROI. Focus measures are then employed on the ROIs using foveated compressed sensing to generate foveated measurements. Based on the foveated measurements, the foreground is reconstructed for presentation to a user.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for tracking an object across a plurality of sequential images, where certain of the images contain motion blur. A plurality of normal templates of a clear target object image and a plurality of blur templates of the target object are generated. In the next subsequent image frame, a plurality of bounding boxes are generated of potential object tracking positions about the target object location in the preceding image frame. For each bounding box image frame, a reconstruction error is generated that one bounding box has a maximum probability that it is the object tracking result in the subsequent image frame.