Sea ice velocity impacts the distribution of sea ice,and the flux of exported sea ice through the Fram Strait increases with increasing ice velocity.Therefore,improving the accuracy of estimates of the sea ice velocit...Sea ice velocity impacts the distribution of sea ice,and the flux of exported sea ice through the Fram Strait increases with increasing ice velocity.Therefore,improving the accuracy of estimates of the sea ice velocity is important.We introduce a pyramid algorithm into the Horn-Schunck optical flow(HS-OF)method(to develop the PHS-OF method).Before calculating the sea ice velocity,we generate multilayer pyramid images from an original brightness temperature image.Then,the sea ice velocity of the pyramid layer is calculated,and the ice velocity in the original image is calculated by layer iteration.Winter Arctic sea ice velocities from 2014 to 2016 are obtained and used to discuss the accuracy of the HS-OF method and PHS-OF(specifically the 2-layer PHS-OF(2 LPHS-OF)and 4-layer PHS-OF(4 LPHS-OF))methods.The results prove that the PHS-OF method indeed improves the accuracy of sea ice velocity estimates,and the 2 LPHS-OF scheme is more appropriate for estimating ice velocity.The error is smaller for the 2 LPHS-OF velocity estimates than values from the Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility and the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service,and estimates of changes in velocity by the 2 LPHS-OF method are consistent with those from the National Snow and Ice Data Center.Sea ice undergoes two main motion patterns,i.e.,transpolar drift and the Beaufort Gyre.In addition,cyclonic and anticyclonic ice drift occurred during winter 2016.Variations in sea ice velocity are related to the open water area,sea ice retreat time and length of the open water season.展开更多
Particles occur in almost all processes in chemical and life sciences. The particle size and shape influence the process performance and product quality, and in turn they are influenced by the flow behavior of the par...Particles occur in almost all processes in chemical and life sciences. The particle size and shape influence the process performance and product quality, and in turn they are influenced by the flow behavior of the particles during production. Monitoring and controlling such characteristics in multiphase systems to obtain sufficient qualities will greatly facilitate the achievement of reproducible and defined distributions. So far, obtaining this information inline has been challenging, because existing instruments lack measurement precision, being unable to process overlapping signals from different particle phases in highly concentrated multiphase systems. However, recent advances in photo-optics made it possible to monitor such features(particle size distribution(PSD), aspect ratio and particle concentration) with advanced image analysis(IA) in real-time. New analysis workflows as well as single feature extractions from the images using multiple image analysis algorithms allowed the precise real-time measurements of size, shape and concentration of particle collectives even separated from each other in three phase systems. The performances, advantages and drawbacks with other non-photo-optical methods for assessing the particle size distribution are compared and discussed.展开更多
At present,both the point source and the imaging polarization navigation devices only can output the angle information,which means that the velocity information of the carrier cannot be extracted from the polarization...At present,both the point source and the imaging polarization navigation devices only can output the angle information,which means that the velocity information of the carrier cannot be extracted from the polarization field pattern directly.Optical flow is an image-based method for calculating the velocity of pixel point movement in an image.However,for ordinary optical flow,the difference in pixel value as well as the calculation accuracy can be reduced in weak light.Polarization imaging technology has the ability to improve both the detection accuracy and the recognition probability of the target because it can acquire the extra polarization multi-dimensional information of target radiation or reflection.In this paper,combining the polarization imaging technique with the traditional optical flow algorithm,a polarization optical flow algorithm is proposed,and it is verified that the polarized optical flow algorithm has good adaptation in weak light and can improve the application range of polarization navigation sensors.This research lays the foundation for day and night all-weather polarization navigation applications in future.展开更多
Current deformation measurement techniques suffer from limited spatial resolution. In this work, a highly accurate and high-resolution Horn Schunck optical flow method is developed and then applied to measuring the st...Current deformation measurement techniques suffer from limited spatial resolution. In this work, a highly accurate and high-resolution Horn Schunck optical flow method is developed and then applied to measuring the static deformation of a birdlike flexible airfoil at a series of angles of attack at Reynolds number 100,000 in a low speed, low noise wind tunnel. To allow relatively large displacements, a nonlinear Horn-Schunck model and a coarse-to-fine warping process are adopted. To preserve optical flow discontinuities, a nonquadratic penalization function, a multi- cue driven bilateral filtering and a principle component analysis of local image patterns are used. First, the accuracy and convergence of this Horn-Schunck technique are verified on a benchmark. Then, the maximum displacement that can be reliably calculated by this technique is studied on synthetic images. Both studies are compared with the performance of a Lucas-Kanade optical flow method. Finally, the Horn-Schunck technique is used to estimate the 3-D deformation of the birdlike airfoil through a stereoscopic camera setup. The results are compared with those computed by Lucas-Kanade optical flow, image correlation and numerical simulation.展开更多
针对同步定位与地图建立(simultaneous localization and mapping,SLAM)算法在动态环境下存在位姿估计和地图构建误差较大的问题,提出一种光流语义分割方法用于增加动态场景下的可运行性。将ORB-SLAM2系统与YOLOv5模型结合,对传入图像...针对同步定位与地图建立(simultaneous localization and mapping,SLAM)算法在动态环境下存在位姿估计和地图构建误差较大的问题,提出一种光流语义分割方法用于增加动态场景下的可运行性。将ORB-SLAM2系统与YOLOv5模型结合,对传入图像提取特征点的同时将YOLOv5网络模型语义分割后的物体分为高、中、低动态物体。利用运动一致性检测算法,对三种检测物体动态阈值判断,辨别其是否需要剔除特征点,增加ORB-SLAM2算法在动态环境下的运行精度。为加快系统运行速度,用LK光流法加快普通帧与普通帧之间的匹配,其原理为使用LK光流匹配特征点代替ORB特征点匹配,大大的缩小运行时间,同时运行误差变化不大。实验在TUM数据集下测试,平均每一帧提取2000个特征点,在增加LK光流后缩短0.01 s以上,若在900帧数据集下,可缩短9 s.其绝对轨迹误差对比于ORB-SLAM2和DS-SLAM平均提升在95%与30%以上,证明了算法在动态场景下良好的运行精度与鲁棒性。展开更多
The paper presents a fuzzy Q-learning(FQL)and optical flow-based autonomous navigation approach.The FQL method takes decisions in an unknown environment and without mapping,using motion information and through a reinf...The paper presents a fuzzy Q-learning(FQL)and optical flow-based autonomous navigation approach.The FQL method takes decisions in an unknown environment and without mapping,using motion information and through a reinforcement signal into an evolutionary algorithm.The reinforcement signal is calculated by estimating the optical flow densities in areas of the camera to determine whether they are“dense”or“thin”which has a relationship with the proximity of objects.The results obtained show that the present approach improves the rate of learning compared with a method with a simple reward system and without the evolutionary component.The proposed system was implemented in a virtual robotics system using the CoppeliaSim software and in communication with Python.展开更多
基金The National Key Research and Development Program of China under contract Nos 2018YFC1407200 and 2018YFC1407203the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No.41976212
文摘Sea ice velocity impacts the distribution of sea ice,and the flux of exported sea ice through the Fram Strait increases with increasing ice velocity.Therefore,improving the accuracy of estimates of the sea ice velocity is important.We introduce a pyramid algorithm into the Horn-Schunck optical flow(HS-OF)method(to develop the PHS-OF method).Before calculating the sea ice velocity,we generate multilayer pyramid images from an original brightness temperature image.Then,the sea ice velocity of the pyramid layer is calculated,and the ice velocity in the original image is calculated by layer iteration.Winter Arctic sea ice velocities from 2014 to 2016 are obtained and used to discuss the accuracy of the HS-OF method and PHS-OF(specifically the 2-layer PHS-OF(2 LPHS-OF)and 4-layer PHS-OF(4 LPHS-OF))methods.The results prove that the PHS-OF method indeed improves the accuracy of sea ice velocity estimates,and the 2 LPHS-OF scheme is more appropriate for estimating ice velocity.The error is smaller for the 2 LPHS-OF velocity estimates than values from the Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility and the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service,and estimates of changes in velocity by the 2 LPHS-OF method are consistent with those from the National Snow and Ice Data Center.Sea ice undergoes two main motion patterns,i.e.,transpolar drift and the Beaufort Gyre.In addition,cyclonic and anticyclonic ice drift occurred during winter 2016.Variations in sea ice velocity are related to the open water area,sea ice retreat time and length of the open water season.
基金financially supported by the grants for the project "Smart Process Inspection" (funding code ZF4184501CR5) from the "Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand" (ZIM)
文摘Particles occur in almost all processes in chemical and life sciences. The particle size and shape influence the process performance and product quality, and in turn they are influenced by the flow behavior of the particles during production. Monitoring and controlling such characteristics in multiphase systems to obtain sufficient qualities will greatly facilitate the achievement of reproducible and defined distributions. So far, obtaining this information inline has been challenging, because existing instruments lack measurement precision, being unable to process overlapping signals from different particle phases in highly concentrated multiphase systems. However, recent advances in photo-optics made it possible to monitor such features(particle size distribution(PSD), aspect ratio and particle concentration) with advanced image analysis(IA) in real-time. New analysis workflows as well as single feature extractions from the images using multiple image analysis algorithms allowed the precise real-time measurements of size, shape and concentration of particle collectives even separated from each other in three phase systems. The performances, advantages and drawbacks with other non-photo-optical methods for assessing the particle size distribution are compared and discussed.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51675076 and 51505062)the Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of NSFC(No.51621064)the Basic scientific research fees for Central Universities(Nos.DUT17GF109 and DUT16TD20)
文摘At present,both the point source and the imaging polarization navigation devices only can output the angle information,which means that the velocity information of the carrier cannot be extracted from the polarization field pattern directly.Optical flow is an image-based method for calculating the velocity of pixel point movement in an image.However,for ordinary optical flow,the difference in pixel value as well as the calculation accuracy can be reduced in weak light.Polarization imaging technology has the ability to improve both the detection accuracy and the recognition probability of the target because it can acquire the extra polarization multi-dimensional information of target radiation or reflection.In this paper,combining the polarization imaging technique with the traditional optical flow algorithm,a polarization optical flow algorithm is proposed,and it is verified that the polarized optical flow algorithm has good adaptation in weak light and can improve the application range of polarization navigation sensors.This research lays the foundation for day and night all-weather polarization navigation applications in future.
文摘Current deformation measurement techniques suffer from limited spatial resolution. In this work, a highly accurate and high-resolution Horn Schunck optical flow method is developed and then applied to measuring the static deformation of a birdlike flexible airfoil at a series of angles of attack at Reynolds number 100,000 in a low speed, low noise wind tunnel. To allow relatively large displacements, a nonlinear Horn-Schunck model and a coarse-to-fine warping process are adopted. To preserve optical flow discontinuities, a nonquadratic penalization function, a multi- cue driven bilateral filtering and a principle component analysis of local image patterns are used. First, the accuracy and convergence of this Horn-Schunck technique are verified on a benchmark. Then, the maximum displacement that can be reliably calculated by this technique is studied on synthetic images. Both studies are compared with the performance of a Lucas-Kanade optical flow method. Finally, the Horn-Schunck technique is used to estimate the 3-D deformation of the birdlike airfoil through a stereoscopic camera setup. The results are compared with those computed by Lucas-Kanade optical flow, image correlation and numerical simulation.
文摘The paper presents a fuzzy Q-learning(FQL)and optical flow-based autonomous navigation approach.The FQL method takes decisions in an unknown environment and without mapping,using motion information and through a reinforcement signal into an evolutionary algorithm.The reinforcement signal is calculated by estimating the optical flow densities in areas of the camera to determine whether they are“dense”or“thin”which has a relationship with the proximity of objects.The results obtained show that the present approach improves the rate of learning compared with a method with a simple reward system and without the evolutionary component.The proposed system was implemented in a virtual robotics system using the CoppeliaSim software and in communication with Python.
