Download or read book Omni Visions Two written by Ellen Datlow and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Life System Modeling and Intelligent Computing written by Kang Li and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-09-02 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2010 International Conference on Life System Modeling and Simulation (LSMS 2010) and the 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Computing for Sustainable Energy and Environment (ICSEE 2010) were formed to bring together researchers and practitioners in the fields of life system modeling/simulation and intelligent computing applied to worldwide sustainable energy and environmental applications. A life system is a broad concept, covering both micro and macro components ra- ing from cells, tissues and organs across to organisms and ecological niches. To c- prehend and predict the complex behavior of even a simple life system can be - tremely difficult using conventional approaches. To meet this challenge, a variety of new theories and methodologies have emerged in recent years on life system modeling and simulation. Along with improved understanding of the behavior of biological systems, novel intelligent computing paradigms and techniques have emerged to h- dle complicated real-world problems and applications. In particular, intelligent c- puting approaches have been valuable in the design and development of systems and facilities for achieving sustainable energy and a sustainable environment, the two most challenging issues currently facing humanity. The two LSMS 2010 and ICSEE 2010 conferences served as an important platform for synergizing these two research streams.
Download or read book Echoes written by Ellen Datlow and published by Gallery / Saga Press. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential collection of beloved ghost stories, compiled by the editor who helped define the genre—including stories from award-winning, bestselling authors such as Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Seanan McGuire, and Paul Tremblay. Everyone loves a good ghost story, especially Ellen Datlow—the most lauded editor in short works of supernatural suspense and dark fantasy. The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories is her definitive collection of ghost stories. These twenty-nine stories, including all new works from New York Times bestselling authors Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Seanan McGuire, and Paul Tremblay, span from the traditional to the eclectic, from the mainstream to the literary, from pure fantasy to the bizarrely supernatural. Whether you’re reading alone under the covers with a flashlight, or around a campfire with a circle of friends, there’s something here to please—and spook—everyone. Contributors include: Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Vincent J. Masterson, A.C. Wise, M. Rickert, Seanan McGuire, Lee Thomas, Alison Littlewood, M.L. Siemienowicz, Richard Kadrey, Indrapramit Das, Richard Bowes, Nick Mamatas, Terry Dowling, Aliette de Bodard, Carole Johnstone, Dale Bailey, Stephen Graham Jones, Bracken MacLeod, Garth Nix, Brian Evenson, Jeffrey Ford, Gemma Files, Paul Tremblay, Nathan Ballingrud, Pat Cadigan, John Langan.
Download or read book Automatic Calibration and Reconstruction for Active Vision Systems written by Beiwei Zhang and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-01-02 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the design of two new planar patterns for camera calibration of intrinsic parameters is addressed and a line-based method for distortion correction is suggested. The dynamic calibration of structured light systems, which consist of a camera and a projector is also treated. Also, the 3D Euclidean reconstruction by using the image-to-world transformation is investigated. Lastly, linear calibration algorithms for the catadioptric camera are considered, and the homographic matrix and fundamental matrix are extensively studied. In these methods, analytic solutions are provided for the computational efficiency and redundancy in the data can be easily incorporated to improve reliability of the estimations. This volume will therefore prove valuable and practical tool for researchers and practioners working in image processing and computer vision and related subjects.
Download or read book Computer Vision written by Zhihui Xiong and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents research trends on computer vision, especially on application of robotics, and on advanced approachs for computer vision (such as omnidirectional vision). Among them, research on RFID technology integrating stereo vision to localize an indoor mobile robot is included in this book. Besides, this book includes many research on omnidirectional vision, and the combination of omnidirectional vision with robotics. This book features representative work on the computer vision, and it puts more focus on robotics vision and omnidirectioal vision. The intended audience is anyone who wishes to become familiar with the latest research work on computer vision, especially its applications on robots. The contents of this book allow the reader to know more technical aspects and applications of computer vision. Researchers and instructors will benefit from this book.
Download or read book Precision Assembly Technologies and Systems written by Svetan Ratchev and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-02-06 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of new-generation micro-manufacturing technologies and systems has revolutionised the way products are designed and manufactured today with a s- nificant impact in a number of key industrial sectors. Micro-manufacturing techno- gies are often described as disruptive, enabling and interdisciplinary leading to the creation of whole new classes of products that were previously not feasible to ma- facture. While key processes for volume manufacture of micro-parts such as mach- ing and moulding are becoming mature technologies, micro-assembly remains a key challenge for the cost-effective manufacture of complex micro-products. The ability to manufacture customizable micro-products that can be delivered in variable volumes within relatively short timescales is very much dependent on the level of development of the micro-assembly processes, positioning, alignment and measurement techniques, gripping and feeding approaches and devices. Micro-assembly has developed rapidly over the last few years and all the pred- tions are that it will remain a critical technology for high-value products in a number of key sectors such as healthcare, communications, defence and aerospace. The key challenge is to match the significant technological developments with a new gene- tion of micro-products that will establish firmly micro-assembly as a mature manuf- turing process. th The book includes the set of papers presented at the 5 International Precision - sembly Seminar IPAS 2010 held in Chamonix, France from the 14th to the 17th February 2010.
Download or read book The Year s Best Science Fiction written by Gardner R. Dozois and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1995 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Image Analysis and Processing ICIAP 2017 written by Sebastiano Battiato and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two-volume set LNCS 10484 and 10485 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, ICIAP 2017, held in Catania, Italy, in September 2017. The 138 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 229 submissions. The papers cover both classic and the most recent trends in image processing, computer vision, and pattern recognition, addressing both theoretical and applicative aspects. They are organized in the following topical sections: video analysis and understanding; pattern recognition and machine learning; multiview geometry and 3D computer vision; image analysis, detection and recognition; multimedia; biomedical and assistive technology; information forensics and security; imaging for cultural heritage and archaeology; and imaging solutions for improving the quality of life.
Download or read book Advances in Multimedia Modeling written by Kuo-Tien Lee and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-01-10 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume proceedings constitutes the refereed papers of the 17th International Multimedia Modeling Conference, MMM 2011, held in Taipei, Taiwan, in January 2011. The 51 revised regular papers, 25 special session papers, 21 poster session papers, and 3 demo session papers, were carefully reviewed and selected from 450 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on audio, image video processing, coding and compression; media content browsing and retrieval; multi-camera, multi-view, and 3D systems; multimedia indexing and mining; multimedia content analysis; multimedia signal processing and communications; and multimedia applications. The special session papers deal with content analysis for human-centered multimedia applications; large scale rich media data management; multimedia understanding for consumer electronics; image object recognition and compression; and interactive image and video search.
Download or read book Scene Reconstruction Pose Estimation and Tracking written by Rustam Stolkin and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reports recent advances in the use of pattern recognition techniques for computer and robot vision. The sciences of pattern recognition and computational vision have been inextricably intertwined since their early days, some four decades ago with the emergence of fast digital computing. All computer vision techniques could be regarded as a form of pattern recognition, in the broadest sense of the term. Conversely, if one looks through the contents of a typical international pattern recognition conference proceedings, it appears that the large majority (perhaps 70-80%) of all pattern recognition papers are concerned with the analysis of images. In particular, these sciences overlap in areas of low level vision such as segmentation, edge detection and other kinds of feature extraction and region identification, which are the focus of this book.
Download or read book Field and Service Robotics written by Alexander Zelinsky and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joe Engelberger, the pioneer of the robotics industry, wrote in his 1989 book Robotics in Service that the inspiration to write his book came as a reaction to an industry-sponsored forecast study of robot applications, which predicted that in 1995 applications of robotics outside factories - the traditional domain of industrial robots - would amount to less than 1% of total sales. Engelberger believed that this forecast was very wrong, and instead predicted that the non-industrial class of robot applications would become the largest class. Engelbergers prediction has yet to come to pass. However, he did correctly foresee the growth in non-traditional applications of robots. Robots are now beginning to march from the factories and into field and service applications. This book presents a selection of papers from the first major international conference dedicated to field and service applications of robotics. This selection includes papers from the leading research laboratories in the world together with papers from companies that are building and selling new and innovative robotic technology. It describes interesting aspects of robots in the field ranging from mining, agriculture, construction, cargo handling, subsea operations, removal of landmines, to terrestrial exploration. It also covers a diverse range of service applications, such as cleaning, propagating plants and aiding the elderly and handicapped, and gives considerable attention to the technology required to realise robust, reliable and safe robots.
Download or read book Omni s Wordsmith Mantra written by John T Hope and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'OMNI'S Wordsmith Mantra' is a powerful, thought-provoking, emotionally engaging and spiritually uplifting book, which may even change your life.The vivid poetic prose seeks to convey a spiritual understanding of love from the point of view of a single black man who isn't interested in getting married but wants to experience love. The writer probes into the past to investigate how negative connotations, from what people understood of themselves in past times, can influence and even create religious dogma. In the midst of an extensive and gripping spiritual analysis of the themes the book confronts, the author aims to assess whether it is possible for God's Will to be done on earth as it is in heaven, which is surely essential if humankind is to enjoy peace, and love.
Download or read book Vision Sensors and Edge Detection written by Jose H. Espina-Hernandez and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2010-08-12 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vision Sensors and Edge Detection book reflects a selection of recent developments within the area of vision sensors and edge detection. There are two sections in this book. The first section presents vision sensors with applications to panoramic vision sensors, wireless vision sensors, and automated vision sensor inspection, and the second one shows image processing techniques, such as, image measurements, image transformations, filtering, and parallel computing.
Download or read book Loss of Vision written by Mateja Jagić and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-07-03 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visual impairment and blindness are global health issues and numerous global, national, and local organizations are actively promoting eye health awareness, and improving healthcare accessibility. We wanted to focus on some of the most common causes of visual impairment and blindness?glaucoma and cataract. This book presents available options for complex cases like cataracts in mycrophthalmic eyes, residual refractive errors after multifocal IOLs, providing good surgical results in glaucoma patients, and a new approach to evaluating the progression of glaucomatous damage. This book should be attentive to ophthalmology specialists and trainees interested and focused on glaucoma, cataract, and refractive surgery.
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