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  • Automation of the Road Gate Operations Process at the Container Terminal—A Case Study of DCT Gdańsk SA

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    The future increased terminal capacity will result in more container movement through the road complex and rail siding, which are one of the most critical areas (potential bottlenecks) in the container terminal. Truck turnaround time is one of the major factors that customers take into account while deciding how many container volumes they will handle through the container terminal. To enable to optimize increased traffic with...

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  • Sounding Mechanism of a Flue Organ Pipe—A Multi-Sensor Measurement Approach

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    - SENSORS - Year 2024

    This work presents an approach that integrates the results of measuring, analyzing, and modeling air flow phenomena driven by pressurized air in a flue organ pipe. The investigation concerns a Bourdon organ pipe. Measurements are performed in an anechoic chamber using the Cartesian robot equipped with a 3D acoustic vector sensor (AVS) that acquires both acoustic pressure and air particle velocity. Also, a high-speed camera is employed...

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  • Video Analytics-Based Algorithm for Monitoring Egress from Buildings

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    A concept and practical implementation of the algorithm for detecting of potentially dangerous situations of crowding in passages is presented. An example of such situation is a crush which may be caused by obstructed pedestrian pathway. Surveillance video camera signal analysis performed on line is employed in order to detect hold-ups near bottlenecks like doorways or staircases. The details of implemented algorithm which uses...

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  • Comparison of two methods of sound extraction from guitar string video recordings

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    A comparison of two sound extraction methods from guitar string video recordings is presented in the paper. A brief overview of highframe rate camera technology and possible applications are included. The method using the image analysis from two such cameras is presented. The cameras are placed at the angle of 90 degrees for recording the image in three planes. The results achieved...

  • Multisensor System for the Protection of Critical Infrastructure of Seaport

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    • M. Kastek
    • R. Dulski
    • M. Życzkowski
    • M. Szustakowski
    • P. Trzaskawka
    • W. Ciurapiński
    • P. Markowski
    • M. Karol
    • G. Grelowska
    • I. Gloza... and 2 others

    - Year 2013

    There are many separated infrastructural objects within a harbor area that may be considered “critical”, such as gas and oil terminals or anchored naval vessels. Those objects require special protection, including security systems capable of monitoring both surface and underwater areas, because an intrusion into the protected area may be attempted using small surface vehicles (boats, kayaks, rafts, floating devices with weapons...

  • CNN-CLFFA: Support Mobile Edge Computing in Transportation Cyber Physical System

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    • A. Bhansali
    • R. Kumar Patra
    • P. Bidare Divakarachari
    • P. Falkowski-Gilski
    • G. Shivakanth
    • S. N. Patil

    - IEEE Access - Year 2024

    In the present scenario, the transportation Cyber Physical System (CPS) improves the reliability and efficiency of the transportation systems by enhancing the interactions between the physical and cyber systems. With the provision of better storage ability and enhanced computing, cloud computing extends transportation CPS in Mobile Edge Computing (MEC). By inspecting the existing literatures, the cloud computing cannot fulfill...

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  • Assessment of the Accuracy of Determining the Angular Position of the Unmanned Bathymetric Surveying Vehicle Based on the Sea Horizon Image

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    • K. Naus
    • Ł. Marchel
    • P. Szymak
    • A. Nowak

    - SENSORS - Year 2019

    The paper presents the results of research on assessing the accuracy of angular position measurement relative to the sea horizon using a camera mounted on an unmanned bathymetric surveying vehicle of the Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) or Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) type. The first part of the article presents the essence of the problem. The rules of taking the angular position of the vehicle into account in bathymetric surveys...

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  • Merging Images from Parallel Depth Cameras

    In this paper a problem of simultaneous information acquisition from multiple depth cameras is investigated, aiming at obtaining single overall picture containing information from all cameras. The experiments are carried out on Microsoft Kinect devices. A methodology for merging images from multiple positioned in a line cameras is proposed. The method is based on the concept of simulating a view of an imaginary camera covering...

  • Merging Images From Parallel Depth Cameras

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    - Year 2012

    In this paper a problem of simultaneous information acquisition from multiple depth cameras is investigated, aiming at obtaining single overall picture containing information from all cameras. The experiments are carried out on Microsoft Kinect devices. A methodology for merging images from multiple positioned in a line cameras is proposed. The method is based on the concept of simulating a view of an imaginary camera covering...

  • Elemental composition of deposited sediments - Warszawska/Havla tram-route junction (2024 May)

    Open Research Data

    This data set contains the elemental composition results of deposited sediments collected at the tram-route junction in Gdańsk. Samples collected after fifteen months of operation of tram line.

  • A modern approach to an unmanned vehicle navigation

    A traditional approach to manned vehicles navigation uses a data combined form a variety of navigation sensors like satellite, inertial and time-of-flight. With support of operators perception, chart and sensor, data are analyzed and navigation decisions are made. An unmanned platforms navigation needs an operators support, who is supervising a platforms decision process, basing on navigation data obtained via variety of electronic...

  • Application of passive acoustic radar to automatic localization, tracking and classification of sound sources

    A concept, practical realization and applications of the passive acoustic radar to automatic localization, tracking and classification of sound sources were presented in the paper. The device consists of a new kind of multichannel miniature sound intensity sensors and a group of digital signal processing algorithms. Contrary to active radars, it does not emit the scanning beam but after receiving surrounding sounds it provides...

  • Vehicle Detection with Self-Training for Adaptative Video Processing Embedded Platform

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    Traffic monitoring from closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras on embedded systems is the subject of the performed experiments. Solving this problem encounters difficulties related to the hardware limitations, and possible camera placement in various positions which affects the system performance. To satisfy the hardware requirements, vehicle detection is performed using a lightweight Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), named...

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  • Spatial Visualization Based on Geodata Fusion Using an Autonomous Unmanned Vessel

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    • M. Wlodarczyk-Sielicka
    • D. Połap
    • K. Prokop
    • K. Połap
    • A. Stateczny

    - Remote Sensing - Year 2023

    The visualization of riverbeds and surface facilities on the banks is crucial for systems that analyze conditions, safety, and changes in this environment. Hence, in this paper, we propose collecting, and processing data from a variety of sensors—sonar, LiDAR, multibeam echosounder (MBES), and camera—to create a visualization for further analysis. For this purpose, we took measurements from sensors installed on an autonomous, unmanned...

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  • FPGA-Based Implementation of Real Time Optical Flow Algorithm and Its Applications for Digital Image Stabilization

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    - Year 2010

    An efficient simplification procedure of the optical flow (OF) algorithm as well as its hardware implementation using the field programmable gate array (FPGA) technology is presented. The modified algorithm is based on block matching of subsets of successive frames, and exploits one-dimensional representation of subsets as well as the adaptive adjustments of their sizes. Also, an l1-norm-based correlation function requiring no...

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  • CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS

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    ISSN: 0196-9722 , eISSN: 1087-6553

  • Modelling and Analysis of the Positioning Accuracy in the Loading Systems of Mobile Cranes

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    - Materials - Year 2022

    In this work, the authors analyse the influence of the order and range of sequential movements of a crane's working members on the accuracy of the final cargo positioning. The analysis was conducted on the basis of a specially developed method in which the authors proposed the introduction of a geometrical indicator of positioning the load in the intermediate positions (after completing each movement sequence) and in the target...

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  • Video content analysis in the urban area telemonitoring system

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    The task of constant monitoring of video streams from a large number of cameras and reviewing the recordings in order to find a specified event requires a considerable amount of time and effort from the system operators and it is prone to errors. A solution to this problem is an automatic system for constant analysis of camera images being able to raise an alarm if a predefined event is detected. The chapter presents various aspects...

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  • Piotr Szczuko dr hab. inż.

    Piotr Szczuko received his M.Sc. degree in 2002. His thesis was dedicated to examination of correlation phenomena between perception of sound and vision for surround sound and digital image. He finished Ph.D. studies in 2007 and one year later completed a dissertation "Application of Fuzzy Rules in Computer Character Animation" that received award of Prime Minister of Poland. His interests include: processing of audio and video, computer...

  • Methodology for the Correction of the Spatial Orientation Angles of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Using Real Time GNSS, a Shoreline Image and an Electronic Navigational Chart

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    - ENERGIES - Year 2021

    Undoubtedly, Low-Altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are becoming more common in marine applications. Equipped with a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) receiver for highly accurate positioning, they perform camera and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) measurements. Unfortunately, these measurements may still be subject to large errors-mainly due to the inaccuracy of measurement of the optical...

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  • Reconstruction of 3D image of corona discharge streamer

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    • M. Kocik
    • M. Tański
    • J. Mizeraczyk
    • R. Ichiki
    • S. Kanazawa
    • J. Dembski

    - Year 2010

    In this paper, the method of reconstruction of the 3D structure of streamers in DC positive corona discharge in nozzle-to-plate electrode configuration is presented. For reconstructing of 3D image of corona discharge streamer we propose a stereographical method, where streamers are observed from several directions simultaneously. The multi-directional observation enabled to obtain fine positional coordinates of streamers for a...

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  • Concept of an Innovative System for Dimensioning and Predicting Changes in the Coastal Zone Topography Using UAVs and USVs (4DBatMap System)

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    - Electronics - Year 2023

    This publication is aimed at developing a concept of an innovative system for dimensioning and predicting changes in the coastal zone topography using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs). The 4DBatMap system will consist of four components: 1. Measurement data acquisition module. Bathymetric and photogrammetric measurements will be carried out with a specific frequency in the coastal zone using...

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  • Facial feature extraction from a monochromatic picture.

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    - Year 2009

    Face pose determination represents an important area of research in Human Machine Interaction. In this paper, I describe a new method of extracting facial feature locations from a single monochromatic monocular camera for the purpose of estimating and tracking the three dimensional pose of human face and eye-gaze direction.

  • Facial Feature extraction from a monochromatic picture

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    Face pose determination represents an important area of research in Human Machine Interaction. In this paper, I describe a new method of extracting facial feature locations from a single monochromatic monocular camera for the purpose of estimating and tracking the three dimensional pose of human face and eye-gaze direction.

  • Nowa metoda obliczania rozpływu prądów zwarciowych w przewodach odgromowych linii wysokiego napięcia

    Referat przedstawia nowatorską metodę obliczania wartości prądów płynących w przewodach odgromowych w czasie zwarć, pozwalającą na dobór przewodów odgromowych pod względem wytrzymałości cieplnej. Proponowana metoda charakteryzuje się większą dokładnością i większą uniwersalnością niż powszechnie stosowane metody, pozwalając tym samym na dobór przewodów odgromowych z mniejszym ryzykiem niepewności. Prezentowana metoda obliczeniowa...

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  • Multimodal Surveillance Based Personal Protection System

    A novel, multimodal approach for automatic detection of abduction of a protected individual, employing dedicated personal protection device and a city monitoring system is proposed and overviewed. The solution is based on combining four modalities (signals coming from: Bluetooth, fixed and PTZ cameras, thermal camera, acoustic sensors). The Bluetooth signal is used continuously to monitor the protected person presence, and in case...

  • The Hough transform in the classification process of inland ships

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    This article presents an analysis of the possibilities of using image processing methods for feature extraction that allows kNN classification based on a ship’s image delivered from an on-water video surveillance system. The subject of the analysis is the Hough transform which enables the detection of straight lines in an image. The recognized straight lines and the information about them serve as features in the classification...

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  • Deep Features Class Activation Map for Thermal Face Detection and Tracking

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    - Year 2017

    Recently, capabilities of many computer vision tasks have significantly improved due to advances in Convolutional Neural Networks. In our research, we demonstrate that it can be also used for face detection from low resolution thermal images, acquired with a portable camera. The physical size of the camera used in our research allows for embedding it in a wearable device or indoor remote monitoring solution for elderly and disabled...

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  • Modelowanie i ograniczanie skutków ataków uzurpacji uprawnień w systemach teleinformatycznych wspierających różnicowanie poziomu QoS

    W wieloagentowych systemach teleinformatycznych pracujących w paradygmacie Klient-Serwer i wspierających różnicowanie poziomu QoS poważnym zagrożeniem są ataki uzurpacji uprawnień metodą Fałszywego VIPa. Ich celem jest zapewnienie Klientowi nienależnie wysokiego poziomu QoS, co powoduje nadużycie zasobów Serwera i szkody dla innych Klientów. W referacie podjęto próbę sforma-lizowania modelu takich ataków oraz zaproponowa-no obustronnie...

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  • Guido: a musical score recognition system

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    - Year 2007

    This paper presents an optical music recognition system Guido that can automatically recognize the main musical symbols of music scores that were scanned or taken by a digital camera. The application is based on object model of musical notation and uses linguistic approach for symbol interpretation and error correction. The system offers musical editor with a partially automatic error correction.

  • Distributed Framework for Visual Event Detection in Parking Lot Area

    The paper presents the framework for automatic detection of various events occurring in a parking lot basing on multiple camera video analysis. The framework is massively distributed, both in the logical and physical sense. It consists of several entities called node stations that use XMPP protocol for internal communication and SRTP protocol with Jingle extension for video streaming. Recognized events include detecting parking...

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  • Analysis of the Accuracy of Pulse Estimation Using Smart Watches

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    The purpose of this paper is to perform an analysis of the accuracy of the pulse estimation by comparing readings from a smartwatch with readings from medical devices. The study required writing applications that allow continuous pulse measurement. As a result, two applications were created for the smartwatch. The first one is dedicated to Android Wear devices, while the other one is compatible with Tizen watches. The next step...

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  • Video of LEGO Bricks on Conveyor Belt Dataset Series

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    - Year 2022

    The dataset series titled Video of LEGO bricks on conveyor belt is composed of 14 datasets containing video recordings of a moving white conveyor belt. The recordings were created using a smartphone camera in Full HD resolution. The dataset allows for the preparation of data for neural network training, and building of a LEGO sorting machine that can help builders to organise their collections.

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  • System for tracking multiple trains on a test railway track

    Several problems may arise when multiple trains are to be tracked using two IP camera streams. In this work, real-life conditions are simulated using a railway track model based on the Pomeranian Metropolitan Railway (PKM). Application of automatic clustering of optical flow is investigated. A complete tracking solution is developed using background subtraction, blob analysis, Kalman filtering, and a Hungarian algorithm. In total,...

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  • an intelligent image processing sensor - the algorithm and the hardware implementation

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    W artykule przedstawiono algorytm przeznaczony do rozpoznawania obiektów ruchomych w obrazie do celu analizy ruchu pojazdów. Algorytm został zrealizowany w układzie FPGA.Ang.: This paper describes the idea and theimplementation of the robust algorithm dedicated toextraction of moving vehicles from real-time cameraimages for the evaluation of traffic parameters, suchas the number of vehicles, their direction of movementand their...

  • Production of six-degrees-of-freedom (6DoF) navigable audio using 30 Ambisonic microphones

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    • B. Mróz
    • M. Kabaciński
    • T. Ciotucha
    • A. Rumiński
    • T. Żernicki

    - Year 2021

    This paper describes a method for planning, recording, and post-production of six-degrees-of-freedom audio recorded with multiple 3rd order Ambisonic microphone arrays. The description is based on the example of recordings conducted in August 2020 with the Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra using 30 units of Zylia ZM-1S. A convenient way to prepare and organize such a big project is proposed – this involves details of stage planning,...

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  • St. Adalberd church 3D point model

    Open Research Data
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    Research data show the church of St. Adalbert in Gdansk, Poland. Two layers are presented in the .zip file: one represents the laser scanning result, the second represents the point cloud from 36 photogrammetry images from the UAV system. The aligned point clouds formed the basis to create the high-resolution 3D model. Reference data are laser scanning...

  • Improving depth maps of plants by using a set of five cameras

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    Obtaining high-quality depth maps and disparity maps with the use of a stereo camera is a challenging task for some kinds of objects. The quality of these maps can be improved by taking advantage of a larger number of cameras. The research on the usage of a set of five cameras to obtain disparity maps is presented. The set consists of a central camera and four side cameras. An algorithm for making disparity maps called multiple...

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  • The Proposition of an Automated Honing Cell with Advanced Monitoring

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    Honing of holes allows for small shape deviation and a low value of a roughness profile parameter, e.g., Ra parameter. The honing process heats the workpiece and raises its temperature. The increase in temperature causes thermal deformations of the honed holes. The article proposes the construction of a honing cell, containing in addition to CNC honing machine: thermographic camera, sound intensity meter, and software for collecting...

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  • Frequency Response Functions for Sandvik CoroBore 825 XL boring tool, 733 mm

    Open Research Data

    Frequency Response Functions (FRF) obtained for Sandvik CoroBore® 825 XL mounted at WHN 13-15 TOS VARNSDORF CNC machine at the minimum extension of the spindle adaptor. Tool set to bore a hole with a diameter 733mm

  • FFT spectrum based matching algorithm for activedynamic thermography

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    - QIRT Journal - Year 2010

    In Active Dynamic thermography (ADT) sequences of consecutive temperature distributions are analyzed. In biomedical applications of ADT, the problems of a patient's movements in front of a thermal camera should be eliminated before data analysis. Complete mechanical stabilization of the patients is impossible due to natural voluntary and involuntary moves caused by pulse breathing, etc. This paper presents a simple and efficient...

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  • Black Camera

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    ISSN: 1536-3155 , eISSN: 1947-4237

  • Research on Tool Temperature Dependence on Lapping Grains Size

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    - Solid State Phenomena - Year 2013

    Commonly used as a finishing operation, lapping has been used for achieving ultra-high finishes and close tolerances between mating pieces. Its carried out by applying loose abrasive grains between work and lap surfaces, and causing a relative motion between them resulting in a finish of multi-directional lay. The grains activity (sliding and rolling) in the working gap causes not only the material removal but also the temperature...

  • Elemental composition of deposited sediments at the tram-route junction

    Open Research Data

    This data set contains the elemental composition results of deposited sediments collected at the tram-route junction in Gdańsk. Sample collection began in July 2022, when the tram lines were completed and before the rails were scrubbed (27/07/2022). The second sample round was carried out following rail scrubbing in October 2022 (7/10/2022). Since February...

  • Data obtained by numerical simulation for X-ray focusing using a finite difference method

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    open access

    The propagation of X-ray waves through an optical system consisting of many X-ray refractive lenses is considered. For solving the problem for an electromagnetic wave, a finite-difference method is applied.

  • Optymalizacja strategii sieci inteligentnych agentów za pomocą programowania genetycznego w systemie rozproszonym realizującym paradygmat volunteer computing

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    - Year 2017

    Dynamicznie rosnąca złożoność i wymagania w odniesieniu do rozproszonych systemów informatycznych utrudnia zarządzanie dostępnymi zasobami sprzętowymi i programistycznymi. Z tego powodu celem rozprawy jest opracowanie wielokryterialnej metody programowania genetycznego, która pozwala na optymalizację strategii zespołu inteligentnych agentów programistycznych w zakresie zarządzania systemem realizującym paradygmat volunteer computing....

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  • Acoustic radar employing particle velocity sensors

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    - Year 2010

    A concept, practical realization and applications of a passive acoustic radar to automatic localization, tracking of sound sources were presented in the paper. The device consist of the new kind of multichannel miniature sound intensity sensors and a group of digital signal processing algorithms. Contrary to active radars, it does not emit the scanning beam but after receiving surroundings sounds it provide information about the...

  • Examining Classifiers Applied to Static Hand Gesture Recognition in Novel Sound Mixing System

    The main objective of the chapter is to present the methodology and results of examining various classifiers (Nearest Neighbor-like algorithm with non-nested generalization (NNge), Naive Bayes, C4.5 (J48), Random Tree, Random Forests, Artificial Neural Networks (Multilayer Perceptron), Support Vector Machine (SVM) used for static gesture recognition. A problem of effective gesture recognition is outlined in the context of the system...

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  • Identification of regions of interest in video for a traffic monitoring system

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    - Year 2008

    A system for automatic event detection in the camera image is presented in this paper. A method of limiting a region of interest to relevant parts of the image using a set of processing procedures is proposed. Image processing includes object detection with shadow removal performed in the modified YCbCr color space instead of RGB. The proposed procedures help to reduce the complexity of image processing algorithm and result in...

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  • Experimental investigations on condensation in flow of HFE-7100 in small diameter channels

    In the paper the authors present investigations of flow condensation with the use of the HFE-7100 as a working fluid. The original and new approach to removing the heat from the channel was applied. The research was carried out using a wide-range real time observations, e.g. using infrared camera and stroboscope microphotography. This paper presents the details of experiment as well as the influence of heat and flow parameters...