A new-type multiple-source heat pump cycle with two-stage compression was established on the basis of the problems of similarly existing heat pumps.The equivalent temperature levels of typical evaporators are applied ...A new-type multiple-source heat pump cycle with two-stage compression was established on the basis of the problems of similarly existing heat pumps.The equivalent temperature levels of typical evaporators are applied to the different heat sources of the proposed cycle,and the high-temperature heat sources are shown to enhance vapor injection.Then,the mathematical model and prototype are developed,and the results from experimental simulation and validation showed that the solar collector can improve the heating performance of the proposed heat pump system.In the middle-temperature heating period,the outdoor temperature is less than-25℃,and the average coefficient of performance(COP)value of the proposed heat pump was 4.2,which was greater than the COPs of conventional ground source heat pumps.展开更多
Background Face image animation generates a synthetic human face video that harmoniously integrates the identity derived from the source image and facial motion obtained from the driving video.This technology could be...Background Face image animation generates a synthetic human face video that harmoniously integrates the identity derived from the source image and facial motion obtained from the driving video.This technology could be beneficial in multiple medical fields,such as diagnosis and privacy protection.Previous studies on face animation often relied on a single source image to generate an output video.With a significant pose difference between the source image and the driving frame,the quality of the generated video is likely to be suboptimal because the source image may not provide sufficient features for the warped feature map.Methods In this study,we propose a novel face-animation scheme based on multiple sources and perspective alignment to address these issues.We first introduce a multiple-source sampling and selection module to screen the optimal source image set from the provided driving video.We then propose an inter-frame interpolation and alignment module to further eliminate the misalignment between the selected source image and the driving frame.Conclusions The proposed method exhibits superior performance in terms of objective metrics and visual quality in large-angle animation scenes compared to other state-of-the-art face animation methods.It indicates the effectiveness of the proposed method in addressing the distortion issues in large-angle animation.展开更多
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality(3172040)National Natural Science Foundation(51736008)Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA21050600)
文摘A new-type multiple-source heat pump cycle with two-stage compression was established on the basis of the problems of similarly existing heat pumps.The equivalent temperature levels of typical evaporators are applied to the different heat sources of the proposed cycle,and the high-temperature heat sources are shown to enhance vapor injection.Then,the mathematical model and prototype are developed,and the results from experimental simulation and validation showed that the solar collector can improve the heating performance of the proposed heat pump system.In the middle-temperature heating period,the outdoor temperature is less than-25℃,and the average coefficient of performance(COP)value of the proposed heat pump was 4.2,which was greater than the COPs of conventional ground source heat pumps.
基金the Fund from Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Intelligent Terminals(SCITLAB-20016).
文摘Background Face image animation generates a synthetic human face video that harmoniously integrates the identity derived from the source image and facial motion obtained from the driving video.This technology could be beneficial in multiple medical fields,such as diagnosis and privacy protection.Previous studies on face animation often relied on a single source image to generate an output video.With a significant pose difference between the source image and the driving frame,the quality of the generated video is likely to be suboptimal because the source image may not provide sufficient features for the warped feature map.Methods In this study,we propose a novel face-animation scheme based on multiple sources and perspective alignment to address these issues.We first introduce a multiple-source sampling and selection module to screen the optimal source image set from the provided driving video.We then propose an inter-frame interpolation and alignment module to further eliminate the misalignment between the selected source image and the driving frame.Conclusions The proposed method exhibits superior performance in terms of objective metrics and visual quality in large-angle animation scenes compared to other state-of-the-art face animation methods.It indicates the effectiveness of the proposed method in addressing the distortion issues in large-angle animation.
