An automated detection of glaucoma using histogram features

Glaucoma is a chronic and progressive optic neurodegenerative disease leading to vision deterioration and in most cases produce increased pressure within the eye. This is due to the backup of fluid in the eye; it causes damage to the optic nerve. Hence, early detection diagnosis and treatment of an eye help to prevent the loss of vision. In this paper, a novel method is proposed for the early detection of glaucoma using a combination of magnitude and phase features from the digital fundus images. Local binary patterns(LBP) and Daugman’s algorithm are used to perform the feature set extraction.The histogram features are computed for both the magnitude and phase components. The Euclidean distance between the feature vectors are analyzed to predict glaucoma. The performance of the proposed method is compared with the higher order spectra(HOS)features in terms of sensitivity, specificity, classification accuracy and execution time. The proposed system results 95.45% output for sensitivity, specificity and classification. Also, the execution time for the proposed method takes lesser time than the existing method which is based on HOS features. Hence, the proposed system is accurate, reliable and robust than the existing approach to predict the glaucoma features.

Vibration-Based Fault Diagnosis Study on a Hydraulic Brake System Using Fuzzy Logic with Histogram Features

The requirement of fault diagnosis in the field of automobiles is growing higher day by day.The reliability of human resources for the fault diagnosis is uncertain.Brakes are one of the major critical components in automobiles that require closer and active observation.This research work demonstrates a fault diagnosis technique for monitoring the hydraulic brake system using vibration analysis.Vibration signals of a rotating element contain dynamic information about its health condition.Hence,the vibration signals were used for the brake fault diagnosis study.The study was carried out on a brake fault diagnosis experimental setup.The vibration signals under different fault conditions were acquired from the setup using an accelerometer.The condition monitoring of the hydraulic brake system using the vibration signal was processed using a machine learning approach.The machine learning approach has three phases,namely,feature extraction,feature selection,and feature classification.Histogram features were extracted from the vibration signals.The prominent features were selected using the decision tree.The selected features were classified using a fuzzy classifier.The histogram features and the fuzzy classifier combination produced maximum classification accuracy than that of the statistical features.

Comparative Study on Tree Classifiers for Application to Condition Monitoring ofWind Turbine Blade through Histogram Features Using Vibration Signals: A Data-Mining Approach

Wind energy is considered as a alternative renewable energy source due to its low operating cost when compared with other sources.The wind turbine is an essential system used to change kinetic energy into electrical energy.Wind turbine blades,in particular,require a competitive condition inspection approach as it is a significant component of the wind turbine system that costs around 20-25 percent of the total turbine cost.The main objective of this study is to differentiate between various blade faults which affect the wind turbine blade under operating conditions using a machine learning approach through histogram features.In this study,blade bend,hub-blade loose connection,blade erosion,pitch angle twist,and blade cracks were simulated on the blade.This problem is formulated as a machine learning problem which consists of three phases,namely feature extraction,feature selection and feature classification.Histogram features are extracted from vibration signals and feature selection was carried out using the J48 decision tree algorithm.Feature classification was performed using 15 tree classifiers.The results of the machine learning classifiers were compared with respect to their accuracy percentage and a better model is suggested for real-time monitoring of a wind turbine blade.

Classifying Machine Learning Features Extracted from Vibration Signal with Logistic Model Tree to Monitor Automobile Tyre Pressure

Tyre pressure monitoring system(TPMS)is compulsory in most countries like the United States and European Union.The existing systems depend on pressure sensors strapped on the tyre or on wheel speed sensor data.A difference in wheel speed would trigger an alarm based on the algorithm implemented.In this paper,machine learning approach is proposed as a new method to monitor tyre pressure by extracting the vertical vibrations from a wheel hub of a moving vehicle using an accelerometer.The obtained signals will be used to compute through statistical features and histogram features for the feature extraction process.The LMT(Logistic Model Tree)was used as the classifier and attained a classification accuracy of 92.5%with 10-fold cross validation for statistical features and 90.5% with 10-fold cross validation for histogram features.The proposed model can be used for monitoring the automobile tyre pressure successfully.

Face mask detection algorithm based on HSV+HOG features and SVM

To automatically detecting whether a person is wearing mask properly,we propose a face mask detection algorithm based on hue-saturation-value(HSV)+histogram of oriented gradient(HOG)features and support vector machines(SVM).Firstly,human face and five feature points are detected with RetinaFace face detection algorithm.The feature points are used to locate to mouth and nose region,and HSV+HOG features of this region are extracted and input to SVM for training to realize detection of wearing masks or not.Secondly,RetinaFace is used to locate to nasal tip area of face,and YCrCb elliptical skin tone model is used to detect the exposure of skin in the nasal tip area,and the optimal classification threshold can be found to determine whether the wear is properly according to experimental results.Experiments show that the accuracy of detecting whether mask is worn can reach 97.9%,and the accuracy of detecting whether mask is worn correctly can reach 87.55%,which verifies the feasibility of the algorithm.

Computer vision-based limestone rock-type classification using probabilistic neural network

Proper quality planning of limestone raw materials is an essential job of maintaining desired feed in cement plant. Rock-type identification is an integrated part of quality planning for limestone mine. In this paper, a computer vision-based rock-type classification algorithm is proposed for fast and reliable identification without human intervention. A laboratory scale vision-based model was developed using probabilistic neural network（PNN） where color histogram features are used as input. The color image histogram-based features that include weighted mean, skewness and kurtosis features are extracted for all three color space red, green, and blue. A total nine features are used as input for the PNN classification model. The smoothing parameter for PNN model is selected judicially to develop an optimal or close to the optimum classification model. The developed PPN is validated using the test data set and results reveal that the proposed vision-based model can perform satisfactorily for classifying limestone rocktypes. Overall the error of mis-classification is below 6%. When compared with other three classification algorithms, it is observed that the proposed method performs substantially better than all three classification algorithms.

OPTIMIZED MEANSHIFT TARGET REFERENCE MODEL BASED ON IMPROVED PIXEL WEIGHTING IN VISUAL TRACKING

The generic Meanshift is susceptible to interference of background pixels with the target pixels in the kernel of the reference model, which compromises the tracking performance. In this paper, we enhance the target color feature by attenuating the background color within the kernel through enlarging the pixel weightings which map to the pixels on the target. This way, the background pixel interference is largely suppressed in the color histogram in the course of constructing the target reference model. In addition, the proposed method also reduces the number of Meanshift iterations, which speeds up the algorithmic convergence. The two tests validate the proposed approach with improved tracking robustness on real-world video sequences.

Automated detection and identification of white-backed planthoppers in paddy fields using image processing

A survey of the population densities of rice planthoppers is important for forecasting decisions and efficient control. Tra- ditional manual surveying of rice planthoppers is time-consuming, fatiguing, and subjective. A new three-layer detection method was proposed to detect and identify white-backed planthoppers （WBPHs, Sogatella furcifera （Horvath）） and their developmental stages using image processing. In the first two detection layers, we used an AdaBoost classifier that was trained on a histogram of oriented gradient （HOG） features and a support vector machine （SVM） classifier that was trained on Gabor and Local Binary Pattern （LBP） features to detect WBPHs and remove impurities. We achieved a detection rate of 85.6% and a false detection rate of 10.2%. In the third detection layer, a SVM classifier that was trained on the HOG features was used to identify the different developmental stages of the WBPHs, and we achieved an identification rate of 73.1%, a false identification rate of 23.3%, and a 5.6% false detection rate for the images without WBPHs. The proposed three-layer detection method is feasible and effective for the identification of different developmental stages of planthoppers on rice plants in paddy fields.

Feature-Based Vibration Monitoring of a Hydraulic Brake System Using Machine Learning

Hydraulic brakes in automobiles are an important control component used not only for the safety of the passenger but also for others moving on the road.Therefore,monitoring the condition of the brake components is inevitable.The brake elements can be monitored by studying the vibration characteristics obtained from the brake system using a proper signal processing technique through machine learning approaches.The vibration signals were captured using an accelerometer sensor under a various fault condition.The acquired vibration signals were processed for extracting meaningful information as features.The condition of the brake system can be predicted using a feature based machine learning approach through the extracted features.This study focuses on a mechatronics system for data acquisitions and a signal processing technique for extracting features such as statistical,histogram and wavelets.Comparative results have been carried out using an experimental study for finding the effectiveness of the suggested signal processing techniques for monitoring the condition of the brake system.

基于Mask R-CNN实例分割及FPFH特征配对的喷涂工件识别方法

工件识别在柔性化机器人自动喷涂生产线中至关重要,它是机器人切换喷涂轨迹的重要依据。然而,实际应用中,由于喷涂工件尺寸和种类的多样性、表面的弱纹理性、多视异构件及相似件等情况的存在,准确且高效识别喷涂工件充满挑战性。为此,提出了一种二维(2D)实例分割与三维特征一致性配对的识别方法,即利用基于小样本训练的Mask R-CNN深度模型对2D工件分割及识别的快速性,再结合fast point feature histogram(FPFH)点云特征对局部细节的强区分性,实现对多视异构件及相似件由粗到精的准确识别。在精识别阶段,提出了一种基于FPFH特征配对的识别方法。该方法以intrinsic shape signature为工件的关键点,以FPFH为矢量特征,通过线性相关度配对FPFH特征,再以拓扑结构及空间变换关系的一致性为约束验证特征的匹配率,以此作为工件识别的评价标准。实验中,采用34种类别1500多个工件进行测试,所提方法的识别率高达99.26%,单工件识别耗时低于1500 ms。