Iris recognition technology recognizes a human based on his/her iris pattern. However, the accuracy of the iris recognition technology depends on accurate iris localization. Localizing a pupil region in the presence o...Iris recognition technology recognizes a human based on his/her iris pattern. However, the accuracy of the iris recognition technology depends on accurate iris localization. Localizing a pupil region in the presence of other low-intensity regions, such as hairs, eyebrows, and eyelashes, is a challenging task. This study proposes an iris localization technique that includes a localizing pupillary boundary in a sub-image by using an integral projection function and two-dimensional shape properties （e.g., area, geometry, and circularity）. The limbic boundary is localized using gradients and an error distance transform, and the boundary is regularized with active contours. Experimental results obtained from public databases show the superiority of the Drooosed techniaue over contemporary methods.展开更多
A new efftcient straight line detection algorithm, GPI （ Gray Projecting Integral） method is proposed. The gray values of a sub-window are projected onto a line, and sum the gray values which are projected onto one ...A new efftcient straight line detection algorithm, GPI （ Gray Projecting Integral） method is proposed. The gray values of a sub-window are projected onto a line, and sum the gray values which are projected onto one same point to shape a special vector, then rotate the projecting direction, obtain many such vectors corresponding to different projecting directions. The vectors can form a matrix, a GPI matrix of the sub-image. The problem of lines detection is converted into maxima or minima searching problem in the GPI matrix. Bused on the GPI matrix, the lines can be calculated. Different from traditional methods, the algorithm can detect the positions of lines accurately, quickly without previous edge detection, which costs less time, and avoids the error resulted from the poor threshold with traditional methods. This algorithm is useful and efftcient for numerous image understanding applications and robot visual navigation, especially for welded joint position detection in heavy noise.展开更多
In recent years,the Juxian County Family Planning Association of Shandong Province has vigorously initiated various income-generating activities and achieved encouraging results in integrating the family plan-ning pro...In recent years,the Juxian County Family Planning Association of Shandong Province has vigorously initiated various income-generating activities and achieved encouraging results in integrating the family plan-ning programme with the development of the rural cconomny,improving living standards and building up the mental civilization of the people.展开更多
On December 20,2016 the construction of the SinoKuwait Guangdong integrated refining/chemical join venture project,which is the largest Sinopec’s projec under construction and also the key construction project of Gua...On December 20,2016 the construction of the SinoKuwait Guangdong integrated refining/chemical join venture project,which is the largest Sinopec’s projec under construction and also the key construction project of Guangdong province,had been kicked off comprehensively.This project is located in the new district of the East Sea Island inside the Zhanjiang Economic Development展开更多
In many species with continuous growth,body size is an important driver of life-history tactics and its relative importance is thought to reflect the spatio-temporal variability of selective pressures.We developed a d...In many species with continuous growth,body size is an important driver of life-history tactics and its relative importance is thought to reflect the spatio-temporal variability of selective pressures.We developed a deterministic size-dependent integral projection model for 3 insular neighboring lizard populations with contrasting adult body sizes to investigate how size-related selective pressures can influence lizard life-history tactics.For each population,we broke down differences in population growth rates into contributions from size-dependent body growth,survival,and feeundity.A life table response experiment(LTRE)was used to compare the population dynamics of the 3 populations and quantify the contributions of intrinsic demographic coefficients of each population to the population growth rate(z).Perturbation analyses revealed that the largest adults contributed the most to the population growth rate,but this was not true in the population with the smallest adults and size-independent fertility.Although we were not able to identify a single factor responsible for this difference,the combination of the demographic model on a continuous trait coupled with an LTRE analysis revealed how individuals from sister populations of the same species follow different life strategies and showed different compensatory mechanisms among survival,individual body growth,and fertility.Our results indicate that body size can play a contrasting role even in closely-related and closely-spaced populations.展开更多
基金supported by in-house PhD Program of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology,Islamabad Campus Pakistan
文摘Iris recognition technology recognizes a human based on his/her iris pattern. However, the accuracy of the iris recognition technology depends on accurate iris localization. Localizing a pupil region in the presence of other low-intensity regions, such as hairs, eyebrows, and eyelashes, is a challenging task. This study proposes an iris localization technique that includes a localizing pupillary boundary in a sub-image by using an integral projection function and two-dimensional shape properties （e.g., area, geometry, and circularity）. The limbic boundary is localized using gradients and an error distance transform, and the boundary is regularized with active contours. Experimental results obtained from public databases show the superiority of the Drooosed techniaue over contemporary methods.
基金This research was funded by Key Laboratory for Advanced Manufacturing by Materials Processing Technology, Ministry of Education, The Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education （No. 20020003053）National Natural Science Foundation of China （ No. 50275083 ）.
文摘A new efftcient straight line detection algorithm, GPI （ Gray Projecting Integral） method is proposed. The gray values of a sub-window are projected onto a line, and sum the gray values which are projected onto one same point to shape a special vector, then rotate the projecting direction, obtain many such vectors corresponding to different projecting directions. The vectors can form a matrix, a GPI matrix of the sub-image. The problem of lines detection is converted into maxima or minima searching problem in the GPI matrix. Bused on the GPI matrix, the lines can be calculated. Different from traditional methods, the algorithm can detect the positions of lines accurately, quickly without previous edge detection, which costs less time, and avoids the error resulted from the poor threshold with traditional methods. This algorithm is useful and efftcient for numerous image understanding applications and robot visual navigation, especially for welded joint position detection in heavy noise.
文摘In recent years,the Juxian County Family Planning Association of Shandong Province has vigorously initiated various income-generating activities and achieved encouraging results in integrating the family plan-ning programme with the development of the rural cconomny,improving living standards and building up the mental civilization of the people.
文摘On December 20,2016 the construction of the SinoKuwait Guangdong integrated refining/chemical join venture project,which is the largest Sinopec’s projec under construction and also the key construction project of Guangdong province,had been kicked off comprehensively.This project is located in the new district of the East Sea Island inside the Zhanjiang Economic Development
基金A.R.was supported by JAE fellowship(JAEPreO31,Spanish National Research Council(CSIC)-Spanish Minister for Science,Innovation and Universities)The research was partially financed by the Spanish Minister for Science,Innovation and Universities(project number BFU2009-09359).
文摘In many species with continuous growth,body size is an important driver of life-history tactics and its relative importance is thought to reflect the spatio-temporal variability of selective pressures.We developed a deterministic size-dependent integral projection model for 3 insular neighboring lizard populations with contrasting adult body sizes to investigate how size-related selective pressures can influence lizard life-history tactics.For each population,we broke down differences in population growth rates into contributions from size-dependent body growth,survival,and feeundity.A life table response experiment(LTRE)was used to compare the population dynamics of the 3 populations and quantify the contributions of intrinsic demographic coefficients of each population to the population growth rate(z).Perturbation analyses revealed that the largest adults contributed the most to the population growth rate,but this was not true in the population with the smallest adults and size-independent fertility.Although we were not able to identify a single factor responsible for this difference,the combination of the demographic model on a continuous trait coupled with an LTRE analysis revealed how individuals from sister populations of the same species follow different life strategies and showed different compensatory mechanisms among survival,individual body growth,and fertility.Our results indicate that body size can play a contrasting role even in closely-related and closely-spaced populations.
