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Automatic detection and correction of detuned singing system for use with query-by-humming applications
PublicationThe aim of the paper is to present an idea of using the automatic detection and correction of detuned singing as a subsystem in query-by-humming (QBH) applications. The common approach to searching for a requested song basing on the melody retrieved from hummed pattern usually employs the so-called Parsons code or melody contour. In such a case information about sound pitch is discarded. It was thought out that an additional module...
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Automatic detection and correction of detuned singing system for use with query-by-humming applications
PublicationThe aim of the paper is to present an idea of using the automatic detection and correction of detuned singing as a subsystem in query-by-humming (QBH) applications. The common approach to searching for a requested song basing on the melody retrieved from hummed pattern usually employs the so-called Parsons code or melody contour. In such a case information about sound pitch is discarded. It was thought out that an additional module...
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An automatic system for identification of random telegraph signal (RTS) noise in noise signals
PublicationIn the paper the automatic and universal system for identification of Random Telegraph Signal (RTS) noise as a non-Gaussian component of the inherent noise signal of semiconductor devices is presented. The system for data acquisition and processing is described. Histograms of the instantaneous values of the noise signals are calculated as the basis for analysis of the noise signal to determine the number of local maxima of histograms...
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Mini-Cave Automatic Virtual Environment Application in Security, Safety, and Defence Studies
PublicationThe aim of the article is to analyse the use of mini-Cave Automatic Virtual Reality Environment (mini-CAVE) in academic studies on security, safety, and defence. The literature review based on Web of Science database and the case study of the War Studies University research activities indicated the mini-CAVE can be used in two areas as a research infrastructure and as a didactic tool. It can be concluded that due to the development...
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Automatic Correction of Non-Anechoic Antenna Measurements Using Complex Morlet Wavelets
PublicationReal-world performance of antennas is normally tested in anechoic chambers (ACs). Alternatively, experimental validation can be performed in non-anechoic environments and refined in the course of post-processing. Unfortunately, the existing methods are difficult to setup and prone to failure. In this letter, a wavelet-based framework for correction of non-anechoic antenna measurements has been proposed. The method involves automatic...
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Automatic tuning of a resonant circuit in wireless power supply systems for biomedical sensors
PublicationIn this paper, a tuning method of a resonant circuit suited for wireless powering of miniature endoscopic capsules is presented and discussed. The method allows for an automatic tuning of the resonant frequency and matching impedance of a full wave rectifier loading the resonant circuit. Thereby, the receiver tunes so as to obtain the highest power efficiency under given conditions of transmission. A prototype receiver for wireless...
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Automatic sound source localization in disturbing conditions using acoustic vector sensors
PublicationA concept, practical realization and applications of a passive acoustic radar to automatic localization and tracking of sound sources in disturbing conditions were presented in the paper. The device consists of the new kind of multichannel miniature sound intensity sensors and a group of digital signal processing algorithms. The sensitivity of the realized acoustic radar was examined in free sound field. Several kinds of sound...
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Automatic Detection of Nerves in Confocal Corneal Images with Orientation-Based Edge Merging
PublicationThe paper presents an algorithm for improving results of automatic nerve detections in confocal microscopy images of human corneal. The method is designed as a postprocessing step of regular detection. After the nerves are initially detected, the algorithms attempts to improve the results by filling unde-sired gaps between single nerves detections in order to correctly mark the entire nerve instead of only parts of it. This approach...
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Experimental test results of an automatic voltage regulator with independent phase voltage controllers
PublicationThe growing number of distributed renewable energy sources and dynamic constant-power loads (e.g. electric vehicle charging stations) pose new challenges for network operators. These changes result in alterations to network load profiles and load flows, leading to greater voltage volatility. One effective solution to these problems can be the use of automatic voltage regulators (AVRs), which stabilize and symmetrize voltage output,...
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Floodsar: Automatic mapping of river flooding extent from multitemporal SAR imagery
PublicationFloodsar is an open-source tool for automatic mapping of the flood extent from a time series of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery. Floodsar is unsupervised, however, it requires defining the parameters search space, geographical area of interest, and some river gauge observations (e.g. water levels or discharges) time series that overlap temporarily with the SAR imagery. Applications of Floodsar are mainly in real-time monitoring...
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Comparison of Selected Neural Network Models Used for Automatic Liver Tumor Segmentation
PublicationAutomatic and accurate segmentation of liver tumors is crucial for the diagnosis and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma or metastases. However, the task remains challenging due to imprecise boundaries and significant variations in the shape, size, and location of tumors. The present study focuses on tumor segmentation as a more critical aspect from a medical perspective, compared to liver parenchyma segmentation, which is the...
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Multi-Taper-Based Automatic Correction of Non-Anechoic Antenna Measurements
PublicationPrototype measurements belong to the key steps in the development of antenna structures. Although accurate validation of their far-field performance can be realized in dedicated facilities, such as anechoic chambers, the high cost of their construction and maintenance might not be justified if the main goal of measurements is to support teaching or low-budget research. Instead, they can be performed in non-anechoic conditions and...
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Commercial systems for automatic detection of events. Features, limitations and potential solutions
PublicationVideo Content Analysis (VCA). Motion detection. Example of complex VCA system. Commercial VCA systems and their applications. Limitations and problems. Possible solutions.
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Automatic singing voice recognition employing neural networks and rough sets
PublicationCelem prac opisanych w referacie jest automatyczne rozpoznawanie głosów śpiewaczych. Do tego celu utworzona została baza nagrań próbek śpiewu profesjonalnego i amatorskiego. Próbki poddane zostały parametryzacji parametrami zaproponowanymi przez autorów ściśle do tego celu. Sposób wyznaczenia parametrów i ich interpretacja fizyczna przedstawione są w referacie. Parametry wprowadzane są do systemów decyzyjnych, klasyfikatorów opartych...
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IoT-Based Smart Monitoring System Using Automatic Shape Identification
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OmicSelector: automatic feature selection and deep learning modeling for omic experiments
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Verification of the Parameterization Methods in the Context of Automatic Recognition of Sounds Related to Danger
PublicationW artykule opisano aplikację, która automatycznie wykrywa zdarzenia dźwiękowe takie jak: rozbita szyba, wystrzał, wybuch i krzyk. Opisany system składa się z bloku parametryzacji i klasyfikatora. W artykule dokonano porównania parametrów dedykowanych dla tego zastosowania oraz standardowych deskryptorów MPEG-7. Porównano też dwa klasyfikatory: Jeden oparty o Percetron (sieci neuronowe) i drugi oparty o Maszynę wektorów wspierających....
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Creating a radiological database for automatic liver segmentation using artificial intelligence.
PublicationImaging in medicine is an irreplaceable stage in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The subsequent therapeutic effect depends on the quality of the imaging tests performed. In recent years we have been observing the evolution of 2D to 3D imaging for many medical fields, including oncological surgery. The aim of the study is to present a method of selection of radiological imaging tests for learning neural networks.
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Automatic labeling of traffic sound recordings using autoencoder-derived features
PublicationAn approach to detection of events occurring in road traffic using autoencoders is presented. Extensions of existing algorithms of acoustic road events detection employing Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients combined with classifiers based on k nearest neighbors, Support Vector Machines, and random forests are used. In our research, the acoustic signal gathered from the microphone placed near the road is split into frames and converted...
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Application of Web-GIS and Cloud Computing to Automatic Satellite Image Correction
PublicationRadiometric calibration of satellite imagery requires coupling of atmospheric and topographic parameters, which constitutes serious computational problems in particular in complex geographical terrain. Successful application of topographic normalization algorithms for calibration purposes requires integration of several types of high-resolution geographic datasets and their processing in a common context. This paper presents the...
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Automatic control systems for ships fitted with podded propulsion drive (POD).
PublicationW artykule ukazano celowość i możliwości automatyzacji układów napędowych, zwłaszcza typu POD, przewidzianych do zastosowania na projektowanych w ramach projektu Eureka BALTECOLOGICAL SHIP czterech statkach bałtyckich: kontenerowca, pojazdowa i tankowca oraz statku rzeczno - morskiego. Zawarte w artykule informacje ułatwiają dokonanie wyboru właściwych założeń projektowanego układu sterowania napędem wymienionych wyżej statków.
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Web component for automatic extraction of ontological information from informal description of web services
PublicationThis article treats about usage possibilities of Web Services and cooperation in development that leads to constant improvement of these components. It describes the semantic methods which can beused to create the description that is comprehensible for computers. It also presents the two models supporting the automatic generation of the semantic description based on informal description. Thepaper draws upon the comparison of two...
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Studies of the Modelling Accuracy of Steam Turbine Control Systems for Diagnostic Tests of Automatic Synchronizers
PublicationOne of the important factors that affect the reliable operation of the power system and the rapid restitution after disaster is a quick and effective combining synchronous electric power facilities to operate in parallel. Hence, diagnostics of automatic synchronizers at every stage of their life, from building a prototype, through the whole life, until removing such devices from the operation, is an extremely important and responsible...
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Automatic localization and continous tracking of mobile sound source using passive acoustic radar
PublicationA concept, practical realization and applications of the passive acoustic radar for localization and continuous tracking of fixed and mobile sound sources such as: cars, trucks, aircrafts and sources of shooting, explosions were presented in the paper. The device consists of the new kind of multi-channel miniature three dimensional sound intensity sensors invented by the Microflown company and a group of digital signal processing...
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Lab-in-syringe as a practical technique for automatic microextraction: Evaluation by Blue Applicability Grade Index
PublicationLab-in-syringe (LIS) is a powerful automatic technique that is derived from sequential injection analysis. In LIS, a computer-controlled syringe pump is employed, and its syringe barrel serves as a mixing, reaction, and/or extraction chamber. Until now, the LIS concept has been efficiently employed for the automation of solid-phase microextraction and liquid-phase microextraction protocols as a front-end to a plethora of chromatographic...
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Proposal of a mobile medical waste incinerator with automatic waste feeder and heat recovery system
PublicationThe paper presents and discusses the issue of medical waste (including hazardous ones) and their proper management. Inappropriate handling of infectious medical waste directly endangers the human being health and the environment. Infectious waste must therefore be properly disposed of – one of the most commonly used methods is the thermal treatment in the incinerators tailored for this purpose. During designing an incinerator unit,...
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Automatic audio signal mixing system based on one-dimensional Wave-U-Net autoencoders
PublicationThe purpose of this dissertation is to develop an automatic song mixing system that is capable of automatically mixing a song with good quality in any music genre. This work recalls first the audio signal processing methods used in audio mixing, and it describes selected methods for automatic audio mixing. Then, a novel architecture built based on one-dimensional Wave-U-Net autoencoders is proposed for automatic music mixing. Models...
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AUTOMATIC LEARNING OF STRATEGY AND RULES IN CARD GAMES USING IMAGE FROM CAMERA
PublicationBelow work tries to answer a question: if it is possible to replace real human with computer system in social games. As a subject for experiments, card games were chosen, because they require a lot of player interaction (playing and taking cards), while their rules are easy to present in form of clear list of statements. Such a system, should allow real players to play without constant worrying about guiding or helping computer...
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Programming, tunning and automatic parallelization of irregular divide and conquer applications in DAMPVM/DAC.
PublicationArtykuł prezentuje nowy, obiektowo zorientowany wzorzec programowy DAMPVM/DAC, który zimplementowany został z użyciem systemu DAMPVM i umożliwia automatyczny podział nieregularnych aplikacji "Dziel i zwyciężaj" (DAC) w czasie ich działania.
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Automatic Correction of Non-Anechoic Antenna Measurements using Low-Pass Filters
PublicationPrototype measurements belong to key steps in the development of antenna structures. They are normally performed in expensive facilities, such as anechoic chambers (ACs). Alternatively, antenna performance can be extracted (at a low cost) in non-anechoic conditions upon appropriate post-processing. Unfortunately, existing correction algorithms are difficult to set up and prone to failure, which limits their practical usefulness....
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Research into GTA automatic soft soldering technology for solar energy collector components
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A survey of automatic speech recognition deep models performance for Polish medical terms
PublicationAmong the numerous applications of speech-to-text technology is the support of documentation created by medical personnel. There are many available speech recognition systems for doctors. Their effectiveness in languages such as Polish should be verified. In connection with our project in this field, we decided to check how well the popular speech recognition systems work, employing models trained for the general Polish language....
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A Concept of Automatic Film Color Grading Based on Music Recognition and Evoked Emotions
PublicationThe article presents the aspects of the final selection of the color of shots in film production based on the psychology of color. First of all, the elements of color processing, contrast, saturation or white balance in the film shots were presented and the definition of color grading was given. In the second part of the article the analysis of film music was conducted in the context of stimulating appropriate emotions while watching...
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A new approach for an automatic assessment of a neurological condition employing hand gesture classification
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3D Hand Shape Modeling for Automatic Assessing Motor Performance in Parkinson's Disease
PublicationIn this paper a method for hand pattern processing to create a 3D hand model is presented. By applying a complete hand armature to the model obtained, an interpolation of three motor tests for an individual Parkinson's disease patient can be performed. To obtain the 3D hand model the top view of the hand from a web cam is analyzed. The hand contour is examined to find characteristic points that allows for dividing hand image into...
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Automatic Threat Detection for Historic Buildings in Dark Places Based on the Modified OptD Method
PublicationHistoric buildings, due to their architectural, cultural, and historical value, are the subject of preservation and conservatory works. Such operations are preceded by an inventory of the object. One of the tools that can be applied for such purposes is Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR). This technology provides information about the position, reflection, and intensity values of individual points; thus, it allows for the creation...
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Automatic music signal mixing system based on one-dimensional Wave-U-Net autoencoders
PublicationThe purpose of this paper is to show a music mixing system that is capable of automatically mixing separate raw recordings with good quality regardless of the music genre. This work recalls selected methods for automatic audio mixing first. Then, a novel deep model based on one-dimensional Wave-U-Net autoencoders is proposed for automatic music mixing. The model is trained on a custom-prepared database. Mixes created using the...
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Mathematical Models of Control Systems of Angular Speed of Steam Turbines for Diagnostic Tests of Automatic and Mechatronic Devices
PublicationAccurate modeling of physical processes of many automatics and mechatronics systems is often necessity. In power system such a process is control of angular velocity of power objects during connection to operation in parallel. This process is extremely dynamic. For this reason response of control system depends from changes of many physical parameters (temperature, pressure and flow of the medium, etc.). Precision modeling influences...
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To Survive in a CBRN Hostile Environment: Application of CAVE Automatic Virtual Environments in First Responder Training
PublicationThis paper is of a conceptual nature and focuses on the use of a specific virtual reality environment in civil-military training. We analyzed the didactic potential of so-called CAVE automatic virtual environments for First Responder training, a type of training that fills the gap between First Aid training and the training received by emergency medical technicians. Since real training involves live drills based on unexpected situations,...
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Algorithm for Automatic Wear Estimation of Railway Contact Strips Based on 3D Scanning Results
PublicationElectric rail vehicles use current collection system which consists of overhead contact line and a current collector (pantograph) mounted on the roof of a vehicle. A pantograph is equipped with contact strips, which slide along the contact wire, ensuring steady electric contact. Contact strips are made of carbon layer, fixed to an aluminum carrier. The carbon layer wears down due to friction. Using overly worn contact strips increases...
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Radar and Automatic Identification System Track Fusion in an Electronic Chart Display and Information System
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Testing of PTA automatic braze-welding technology for producing absorber joints of solar collectors
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Automatic strength assessment of the virtually modelled concrete interfaces based on shadow-light images
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An automatic selection of optimal recurrent neural network architecture for processes dynamics modelling purposes
PublicationA problem related to the development of algorithms designed to find the structure of artificial neural network used for behavioural (black-box) modelling of selected dynamic processes has been addressed in this paper. The research has included four original proposals of algorithms dedicated to neural network architecture search. Algorithms have been based on well-known optimisation techniques such as evolutionary algorithms and...
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APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL FEATURES AND MULTILAYER NEURAL NETWORK TO AUTOMATIC DIAGNOSIS OF ARRHYTHMIA BY ECG SIGNALS
PublicationAbnormal electrical activity of heart can produce a cardiac arrhythmia. The electrocardiogram (ECG) is a non-invasive technique which is used as a diagnostic tool for cardiac diseases. Non-stationarity and irregu- larity of heartbeat signal imposes many difficulties to clinicians (e.g., in the case of myocardial infarction arrhythmia). Fortunately, signal processing algorithms can expose hidden information within ECG signal contaminated...
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MPEG-7-based low level descriptor effectiveness in the automatic musical sound classification.
PublicationCelem referatu jest określenie, które z parametrów opisowych MPEG-7 są najbardziej przydatne w klasyfikacji dźwięków instrumentów muzycznych. Określana jest wysokość dźwięku a następnie wyznaczane są wartości parametrów zawartych w standardzie MPEG-7. Otrzymany wektor parametrów poddawany jest analizie statystycznej w celu wyeliminowania danych nadmiarowych. Do celów automatycznej klasyfikacji i testów zaprojektowano dwa systemy...
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The design of an intelligent medical space supporting automated patient interviewing
PublicationThe article presents the architecture and results of implementing an application for the intelligent medical space UbiDoDo (Ubiquitous Domestic Doctor's Office). The main purpose of the application is real-time monitoring of the biomedical parameters of a patient in his domestic environment. It allows an immediate reaction to appearing symptoms and provides means to automatically interview the patient and deliver his results to...
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Corrosion monitoring by harmonic analysis in aqueous environments
PublicationThis paper presents tests concerning the rate of corrosion in non-alloy steel (type S235JR) in an aqueous environment, with an additive of sodium chloride by means of polarization resistance measurements and harmonic analysis. The tests have been carried out for steel samples exposed to the testing environment for six weeks, in order to obtain a constant rate of corrosion in the function of time. The measurements have aimed at...
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A New Adaptive Method for the Extraction of Steel Design Structures from an Integrated Point Cloud
PublicationThe continuous and intensive development of measurement technologies for reality modelling with appropriate data processing algorithms is currently being observed. The most popular methods include remote sensing techniques based on reflected-light digital cameras, and on active methods in which the device emits a beam. This research paper presents the process of data integration from terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) and image data...
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Design of control algorithms for mobile robots in an environment with static and dynamic obstacles
PublicationThis article proposes the construction of autonomous mobile robots and designing of obstacle avoidance algorithms for them. Nowadays, mobile robots are gaining more and more popularity on the customer as well as industrial market, for example as automatic vacuum cleaners or lawnmowers. Obstacle avoidance algorithms play an important role in performance of this types of robots. The proposed algorithms were designed for builds with...