Quick and reliable identification of the traffic state is of critical importance to traffic control systems, especially when spillovers appear. Firstly, a calculation method for the occupancy per cycle under different...Quick and reliable identification of the traffic state is of critical importance to traffic control systems, especially when spillovers appear. Firstly, a calculation method for the occupancy per cycle under different traffic conditions were presented, based on the relationship between the three basic traffic flow parameters, speed, traffic flow and density. Secondly, the times at which the stopping and starting waves approach a loop detector were confirmed using the traffic wave models modified by a kinematic equation. Then, the threshold of occupancy, which characterizes the appearance of spillovers, was determined by the premise that the stopping and starting waves had the same speed. At last, the accuracy and usability of the new method were verified by VISSIM simulation, using the ratio of misjudgment as the evaluation index. The results show that the ratio of misjudgment of the new method is about 11.36% compared to 17.65% of the previous method.展开更多
Can you image a wearable wrist detector for cancer diag- nosis？ Recently, Google, keen on the improvement in healthcare recourses, issued its ambitious plan to develop the nanotechnology-based cancer diagnosis device...Can you image a wearable wrist detector for cancer diag- nosis？ Recently, Google, keen on the improvement in healthcare recourses, issued its ambitious plan to develop the nanotechnology-based cancer diagnosis devices, which has attracted intensive attention and discussion. They announced to produce intelligent magnetic nanoparticles that circulated through the blood to detect and report the signs of cancer via a magnet held near superficial blood vessels on the wrist. This idea of nanoparticle-based pas- sive or active cancer targeting is not fresh; however, the impetus from bench to bed issued by Google sounds encouraging. Maybe there is a long way for Google to FDA approval and clinical application, nanotechnology, with increasing development especially in the recent years, may revitalize the current diagnostic devices.展开更多
A new method, triplet circular Hough transform, is proposed for circle detection in image processing and pattern recognition. In the method, a curve in an image is first detected. Next, a sequence of three points on t...A new method, triplet circular Hough transform, is proposed for circle detection in image processing and pattern recognition. In the method, a curve in an image is first detected. Next, a sequence of three points on the curve are selected, a sequence of parameters (a,b,r) corresponding to the three points are calculated by solving the circle equation of the curve, and two 2-D accumulators A(a,b) and R(a,b) are accumulated with 1 and r, respectively. Then the parameters {(a, b, r)} of the circles fitting the curve are determined from A(a,b) and R(a,b) by searching for the local maximum over A(a,b). Because no computation loops over center (a, 6) and/or radius r are needed, the method is faster than the basic and directional gradient methods. It needs also much smaller memory for accumulation.展开更多
基金Project(2011AA110304) supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China
文摘Quick and reliable identification of the traffic state is of critical importance to traffic control systems, especially when spillovers appear. Firstly, a calculation method for the occupancy per cycle under different traffic conditions were presented, based on the relationship between the three basic traffic flow parameters, speed, traffic flow and density. Secondly, the times at which the stopping and starting waves approach a loop detector were confirmed using the traffic wave models modified by a kinematic equation. Then, the threshold of occupancy, which characterizes the appearance of spillovers, was determined by the premise that the stopping and starting waves had the same speed. At last, the accuracy and usability of the new method were verified by VISSIM simulation, using the ratio of misjudgment as the evaluation index. The results show that the ratio of misjudgment of the new method is about 11.36% compared to 17.65% of the previous method.
文摘Can you image a wearable wrist detector for cancer diag- nosis？ Recently, Google, keen on the improvement in healthcare recourses, issued its ambitious plan to develop the nanotechnology-based cancer diagnosis devices, which has attracted intensive attention and discussion. They announced to produce intelligent magnetic nanoparticles that circulated through the blood to detect and report the signs of cancer via a magnet held near superficial blood vessels on the wrist. This idea of nanoparticle-based pas- sive or active cancer targeting is not fresh; however, the impetus from bench to bed issued by Google sounds encouraging. Maybe there is a long way for Google to FDA approval and clinical application, nanotechnology, with increasing development especially in the recent years, may revitalize the current diagnostic devices.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30070228)
文摘A new method, triplet circular Hough transform, is proposed for circle detection in image processing and pattern recognition. In the method, a curve in an image is first detected. Next, a sequence of three points on the curve are selected, a sequence of parameters (a,b,r) corresponding to the three points are calculated by solving the circle equation of the curve, and two 2-D accumulators A(a,b) and R(a,b) are accumulated with 1 and r, respectively. Then the parameters {(a, b, r)} of the circles fitting the curve are determined from A(a,b) and R(a,b) by searching for the local maximum over A(a,b). Because no computation loops over center (a, 6) and/or radius r are needed, the method is faster than the basic and directional gradient methods. It needs also much smaller memory for accumulation.
