This paper presents a new Omni-Directional Tilt Sensor (ODTS), which consists of the LED light, transparent cone-shaped closed container, mercury, camera, embedded systems and so on. The volume of the mercury in the c...This paper presents a new Omni-Directional Tilt Sensor (ODTS), which consists of the LED light, transparent cone-shaped closed container, mercury, camera, embedded systems and so on. The volume of the mercury in the container is equal to half of the container’s. When the detected surface is horizontal, the shape of mercury in the image captured by the camera is a black disc since the mercury is lightproof. When the detected surface tilts, the mercury flows and the mercury surface always maintains horizontally due to the gravity force of the earth. At this time, some area of the transparent cone-shaped closed container is not shaded by mercury and the border of the mercury’s shape in the captured image is a half circle and a half ellipse. Thus there is a translucent crescent-shaped area in the image. With analyzing this area by the specific algorithm based on machine vision, the tilt angle and directional angle can be obtained. The experimental results show that the ODTS proposed has some advantages, such as simple maintenance, high precision, wide range, low cost, real-time, reliability and high visualization.展开更多
The purpose of this review is to discuss the advantages and limitations of taste sensors in the evaluation of the taste of palatability of different oral dosage forms. First, we consider some ways in which the palatab...The purpose of this review is to discuss the advantages and limitations of taste sensors in the evaluation of the taste of palatability of different oral dosage forms. First, we consider some ways in which the palatability of various pharmaceutical formulations including orally disintegrating tablets(ODTs) are tested using two different taste sensors. Second, we focus on the evaluation of palatability of ODTs. We compare the usefulness of three pieces of apparatus for estimating the disintegration time of ODTs. Finally, we compare the characteristics of the two taste sensors in the evaluation of palatability of various kinds of drug formulations.展开更多
In this paper,we study the underlying properties of optimal Delaunay triangulations(ODT)and propose enhanced ODT methods combined with connectivity regularization.Based on optimizing node positions and Delaunay triang...In this paper,we study the underlying properties of optimal Delaunay triangulations(ODT)and propose enhanced ODT methods combined with connectivity regularization.Based on optimizing node positions and Delaunay triangulation iteratively,ODT methods are very effective in mesh improvement.This paper demonstrates that the energy function minimized by ODT is nonconvex and unsmooth,thus,ODT methods suffer the problem of falling into a local minimum inevitably.Unlike general ways that minimize the ODT energy function in terms of mathematics directly,we take an outflanking strategy combining ODT methods with connectivity regularization for this issue.Connectivity regularization reduces the number of irregular nodes by basic topological operations,which can be regarded as a perturbation to help ODT methods jump out of a poor local minimum.Although the enhanced ODT methods cannot guarantee to obtain a global minimum,it starts a new viewpoint of minimizing ODT energy which uses topological operations but mathematical methods.And in terms of practical effect,several experimental results illustrate the enhanced ODT methods are capable of improving the mesh furtherly compared to general ODT methods.展开更多
文摘This paper presents a new Omni-Directional Tilt Sensor (ODTS), which consists of the LED light, transparent cone-shaped closed container, mercury, camera, embedded systems and so on. The volume of the mercury in the container is equal to half of the container’s. When the detected surface is horizontal, the shape of mercury in the image captured by the camera is a black disc since the mercury is lightproof. When the detected surface tilts, the mercury flows and the mercury surface always maintains horizontally due to the gravity force of the earth. At this time, some area of the transparent cone-shaped closed container is not shaded by mercury and the border of the mercury’s shape in the captured image is a half circle and a half ellipse. Thus there is a translucent crescent-shaped area in the image. With analyzing this area by the specific algorithm based on machine vision, the tilt angle and directional angle can be obtained. The experimental results show that the ODTS proposed has some advantages, such as simple maintenance, high precision, wide range, low cost, real-time, reliability and high visualization.
文摘The purpose of this review is to discuss the advantages and limitations of taste sensors in the evaluation of the taste of palatability of different oral dosage forms. First, we consider some ways in which the palatability of various pharmaceutical formulations including orally disintegrating tablets(ODTs) are tested using two different taste sensors. Second, we focus on the evaluation of palatability of ODTs. We compare the usefulness of three pieces of apparatus for estimating the disintegration time of ODTs. Finally, we compare the characteristics of the two taste sensors in the evaluation of palatability of various kinds of drug formulations.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11802064)。
文摘In this paper,we study the underlying properties of optimal Delaunay triangulations(ODT)and propose enhanced ODT methods combined with connectivity regularization.Based on optimizing node positions and Delaunay triangulation iteratively,ODT methods are very effective in mesh improvement.This paper demonstrates that the energy function minimized by ODT is nonconvex and unsmooth,thus,ODT methods suffer the problem of falling into a local minimum inevitably.Unlike general ways that minimize the ODT energy function in terms of mathematics directly,we take an outflanking strategy combining ODT methods with connectivity regularization for this issue.Connectivity regularization reduces the number of irregular nodes by basic topological operations,which can be regarded as a perturbation to help ODT methods jump out of a poor local minimum.Although the enhanced ODT methods cannot guarantee to obtain a global minimum,it starts a new viewpoint of minimizing ODT energy which uses topological operations but mathematical methods.And in terms of practical effect,several experimental results illustrate the enhanced ODT methods are capable of improving the mesh furtherly compared to general ODT methods.
