Improving the Effectiveness of Image Classification Structural Methods by Compressing the Description According to the Information Content Criterion

The research aims to improve the performance of image recognition methods based on a description in the form of a set of keypoint descriptors.The main focus is on increasing the speed of establishing the relevance of object and etalon descriptions while maintaining the required level of classification efficiency.The class to be recognized is represented by an infinite set of images obtained from the etalon by applying arbitrary geometric transformations.It is proposed to reduce the descriptions for the etalon database by selecting the most significant descriptor components according to the information content criterion.The informativeness of an etalon descriptor is estimated by the difference of the closest distances to its own and other descriptions.The developed method determines the relevance of the full description of the recognized object with the reduced description of the etalons.Several practical models of the classifier with different options for establishing the correspondence between object descriptors and etalons are considered.The results of the experimental modeling of the proposed methods for a database including images of museum jewelry are presented.The test sample is formed as a set of images from the etalon database and out of the database with the application of geometric transformations of scale and rotation in the field of view.The practical problems of determining the threshold for the number of votes,based on which a classification decision is made,have been researched.Modeling has revealed the practical possibility of tenfold reducing descriptions with full preservation of classification accuracy.Reducing the descriptions by twenty times in the experiment leads to slightly decreased accuracy.The speed of the analysis increases in proportion to the degree of reduction.The use of reduction by the informativeness criterion confirmed the possibility of obtaining the most significant subset of features for classification,which guarantees a decent level of accuracy.

A Review on the Recent Trends of Image Steganography for VANET Applications

Image steganography is a technique of concealing confidential information within an image without dramatically changing its outside look.Whereas vehicular ad hoc networks(VANETs),which enable vehicles to communicate with one another and with roadside infrastructure to enhance safety and traffic flow provide a range of value-added services,as they are an essential component of modern smart transportation systems.VANETs steganography has been suggested by many authors for secure,reliable message transfer between terminal/hope to terminal/hope and also to secure it from attack for privacy protection.This paper aims to determine whether using steganography is possible to improve data security and secrecy in VANET applications and to analyze effective steganography techniques for incorporating data into images while minimizing visual quality loss.According to simulations in literature and real-world studies,Image steganography proved to be an effectivemethod for secure communication on VANETs,even in difficult network conditions.In this research,we also explore a variety of steganography approaches for vehicular ad-hoc network transportation systems like vector embedding,statistics,spatial domain(SD),transform domain(TD),distortion,masking,and filtering.This study possibly shall help researchers to improve vehicle networks’ability to communicate securely and lay the door for innovative steganography methods.

Unlocking the Potential:A Comprehensive Systematic Review of ChatGPT in Natural Language Processing Tasks

As Natural Language Processing(NLP)continues to advance,driven by the emergence of sophisticated large language models such as ChatGPT,there has been a notable growth in research activity.This rapid uptake reflects increasing interest in the field and induces critical inquiries into ChatGPT’s applicability in the NLP domain.This review paper systematically investigates the role of ChatGPT in diverse NLP tasks,including information extraction,Name Entity Recognition(NER),event extraction,relation extraction,Part of Speech(PoS)tagging,text classification,sentiment analysis,emotion recognition and text annotation.The novelty of this work lies in its comprehensive analysis of the existing literature,addressing a critical gap in understanding ChatGPT’s adaptability,limitations,and optimal application.In this paper,we employed a systematic stepwise approach following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses(PRISMA)framework to direct our search process and seek relevant studies.Our review reveals ChatGPT’s significant potential in enhancing various NLP tasks.Its adaptability in information extraction tasks,sentiment analysis,and text classification showcases its ability to comprehend diverse contexts and extract meaningful details.Additionally,ChatGPT’s flexibility in annotation tasks reducesmanual efforts and accelerates the annotation process,making it a valuable asset in NLP development and research.Furthermore,GPT-4 and prompt engineering emerge as a complementary mechanism,empowering users to guide the model and enhance overall accuracy.Despite its promising potential,challenges persist.The performance of ChatGP Tneeds tobe testedusingmore extensivedatasets anddiversedata structures.Subsequently,its limitations in handling domain-specific language and the need for fine-tuning in specific applications highlight the importance of further investigations to address these issues.

Processing of Laser Scanner Data and Extraction of Structure Lines Using Methods of the Image Processing

激光扫描数据提供了一种新的手段用于获取高精度的数字地形表面模型。原始的航空激光扫描数据表达的是一些非规则分布的“点云” ,这些非规则分布的点需要进行有效的事后处理。这种事后处理有 2个目的 :一是将那些分布在地表面上的点 (即地面点 )与分布在非地表面上的点 (譬如树木、房屋或汽车上的点 ,即非地面点 )进行有效的分离 ;二是从分离后的地面点中提取结构线 ,用于建立高精度的数字地面模型。作者发展了一系列的基于数字形态学理论和稳健参数估计理论的方法用于分离和探测地面点。这里所介绍和开发的提取结构线的算法建立在数字图像处理和表面曲率理论的基础上。这些算法同样可以扩展地用于其他领域。所介绍的基于数字图像处理理论处理原始的航空激光扫瞄数据和提取结构线的方法取得了很好的结果。

Study on Image Recognition Algorithm for Residual Snow and Ice on Photovoltaic Modules

The accumulation of snow and ice on PV modules can have a detrimental impact on power generation,leading to reduced efficiency for prolonged periods.Thus,it becomes imperative to develop an intelligent system capable of accurately assessing the extent of snow and ice coverage on PV modules.To address this issue,the article proposes an innovative ice and snow recognition algorithm that effectively segments the ice and snow areas within the collected images.Furthermore,the algorithm incorporates an analysis of the morphological characteristics of ice and snow coverage on PV modules,allowing for the establishment of a residual ice and snow recognition process.This process utilizes both the external ellipse method and the pixel statistical method to refine the identification process.The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is validated through extensive testing with isolated and continuous snow area pictures.The results demonstrate the algorithm’s accuracy and reliability in identifying and quantifying residual snow and ice on PV modules.In conclusion,this research presents a valuable method for accurately detecting and quantifying snow and ice coverage on PV modules.This breakthrough is of utmost significance for PV power plants,as it enables predictions of power generation efficiency and facilitates efficient PV maintenance during the challenging winter conditions characterized by snow and ice.By proactively managing snow and ice coverage,PV power plants can optimize energy production and minimize downtime,ensuring a sustainable and reliable renewable energy supply.

Line Patterns Segmentation in Blurred Images Using Contrast Enhancement and Local Entropy Thresholding

Finger vein extraction and recognition hold significance in various applications due to the unique and reliable nature of finger vein patterns. While recently finger vein recognition has gained popularity, there are still challenges associated with extracting and processing finger vein patterns related to image quality, positioning and alignment, skin conditions, security concerns and processing techniques applied. In this paper, a method for robust segmentation of line patterns in strongly blurred images is presented and evaluated in vessel network extraction from infrared images of human fingers. In a four-step process: local normalization of brightness, image enhancement, segmentation and cleaning were involved. A novel image enhancement method was used to re-establish the line patterns from the brightness sum of the independent close-form solutions of the adopted optimization criterion derived in small windows. In the proposed method, the computational resources were reduced significantly compared to the solution derived when the whole image was processed. In the enhanced image, where the concave structures have been sufficiently emphasized, accurate detection of line patterns was obtained by local entropy thresholding. Typical segmentation errors appearing in the binary image were removed using morphological dilation with a line structuring element and morphological filtering with a majority filter to eliminate isolated blobs. The proposed method performs accurate detection of the vessel network in human finger infrared images, as the experimental results show, applied both in real and artificial images and can readily be applied in many image enhancement and segmentation applications.

Algorithm of the Real-Time Extraction Image for Vehicle

An algorithm applied to a real-time extraction image of vehicle is introduced. The algorithm include an image processing with a binarzation method, image grab for a vehicle with high speed, character isolator one by one, and neural network algorithm. The techniques include vehicles sensing, image garb control, vehicle license location, lighting and optic character recognition. The system is much more robust and faster than the traditional thresholding method.

The Use of Fourier Descriptors for the Classification and Analysis of Peripheral Blood Smears Image

The article discusses the use of Fourier descriptors for the analysis and classification of blood cells. A model describing the contour boundaries in the form of two-dimensional numerical sequence Fourier descriptors. The influence of the shape and orientation of the figures on the parameters of the Fourier descriptors. Explore ways to ensure the invariance of the Fourier descriptors with respect to geometric transformations. A model of the graphical representation of the Fourier descriptors of computer graphics tools. A method of forming a space of informative features based on Fourier descriptors for the neural network, classifying the contours of borders image segments.

Fusion of Region Extraction and Cross-Entropy SVM Models for Wheat Rust Diseases Classification

Wheat rust diseases are one of the major types of fungal diseases that cause substantial yield quality losses of 15%–20%every year.The wheat rust diseases are identified either through experienced evaluators or computerassisted techniques.The experienced evaluators take time to identify the disease which is highly laborious and too costly.If wheat rust diseases are predicted at the development stages,then fungicides are sprayed earlier which helps to increase wheat yield quality.To solve the experienced evaluator issues,a combined region extraction and cross-entropy support vector machine(CE-SVM)model is proposed for wheat rust disease identification.In the proposed system,a total of 2300 secondary source images were augmented through flipping,cropping,and rotation techniques.The augmented images are preprocessed by histogram equalization.As a result,preprocessed images have been applied to region extraction convolutional neural networks(RCNN);Fast-RCNN,Faster-RCNN,and Mask-RCNN models for wheat plant patch extraction.Different layers of region extraction models construct a feature vector that is later passed to the CE-SVM model.As a result,the Gaussian kernel function in CE-SVM achieves high F1-score(88.43%)and accuracy(93.60%)for wheat stripe rust disease classification.

Information Extraction Based on Multi-turn Question Answering for Analyzing Korean Research Trends

Analyzing Research and Development(R&D)trends is important because it can influence future decisions regarding R&D direction.In typical trend analysis,topic or technology taxonomies are employed to compute the popularities of the topics or codes over time.Although it is simple and effective,the taxonomies are difficult to manage because new technologies are introduced rapidly.Therefore,recent studies exploit deep learning to extract pre-defined targets such as problems and solutions.Based on the recent advances in question answering(QA)using deep learning,we adopt a multi-turn QA model to extract problems and solutions from Korean R&D reports.With the previous research,we use the reports directly and analyze the difficulties in handling them using QA style on Information Extraction(IE)for sentence-level benchmark dataset.After investigating the characteristics of Korean R&D,we propose a model to deal with multiple and repeated appearances of targets in the reports.Accordingly,we propose a model that includes an algorithm with two novel modules and a prompt.A newly proposed methodology focuses on reformulating a question without a static template or pre-defined knowledge.We show the effectiveness of the proposed model using a Korean R&D report dataset that we constructed and presented an in-depth analysis of the benefits of the multi-turn QA model.

Natural Language Processing with Optimal Deep Learning-Enabled Intelligent Image Captioning System

The recent developments in Multimedia Internet of Things(MIoT)devices,empowered with Natural Language Processing(NLP)model,seem to be a promising future of smart devices.It plays an important role in industrial models such as speech understanding,emotion detection,home automation,and so on.If an image needs to be captioned,then the objects in that image,its actions and connections,and any silent feature that remains under-projected or missing from the images should be identified.The aim of the image captioning process is to generate a caption for image.In next step,the image should be provided with one of the most significant and detailed descriptions that is syntactically as well as semantically correct.In this scenario,computer vision model is used to identify the objects and NLP approaches are followed to describe the image.The current study develops aNatural Language Processing with Optimal Deep Learning Enabled Intelligent Image Captioning System(NLPODL-IICS).The aim of the presented NLPODL-IICS model is to produce a proper description for input image.To attain this,the proposed NLPODL-IICS follows two stages such as encoding and decoding processes.Initially,at the encoding side,the proposed NLPODL-IICS model makes use of Hunger Games Search(HGS)with Neural Search Architecture Network(NASNet)model.This model represents the input data appropriately by inserting it into a predefined length vector.Besides,during decoding phase,Chimp Optimization Algorithm(COA)with deeper Long Short Term Memory(LSTM)approach is followed to concatenate the description sentences 4436 CMC,2023,vol.74,no.2 produced by the method.The application of HGS and COA algorithms helps in accomplishing proper parameter tuning for NASNet and LSTM models respectively.The proposed NLPODL-IICS model was experimentally validated with the help of two benchmark datasets.Awidespread comparative analysis confirmed the superior performance of NLPODL-IICS model over other models.

基于多季相分形特征的Landsat 8 OLI影像耕地信息提取方法

利用遥感技术快速准确地提取耕地信息是耕地保护的关键环节。以山东省商河县为例,提出了一种基于多季相分形特征的Landsat 8 OLI影像耕地信息提取方法。首先采用毯子覆盖法计算多季相遥感影像每个像元的上分形信号和下分形信号,对比分析耕地和其他土地利用类型的分形特征,选取上分形信号的第3尺度作为特征尺度,提取商河县耕地空间分布特征;其次采用同时期的土地利用矢量数据、Esri land cover数据和统计数据进行耕地信息提取精度评价;最后分别设置多季相分形提取与单季相分形提取、现有土地利用数据产品的对比实验,并基于点位匹配度和面积匹配度进行评价。结果表明:多季相数据更能反映农作物生长的复杂性,有助于提高耕地信息的提取精度;不同土地利用类型在不同分形尺度的信号值各不相同,分形特征可以在不同尺度上清晰地刻画出不同土地利用类型的分异性;基于矢量数据和Esri land cover数据评价的多季相分形特征耕地提取点位匹配度为87.13%和89.83%,面积匹配度为99.73%和97.91%,均比单季相分形提取结果精度高;综合考虑点位匹配度、面积匹配度和空间分布特征,研发方法能有效区分耕地和其他土地利用类型,提取结果更优,且与统计数据有更高的一致性。该方法可准确提取耕地信息,为耕地的动态监测和损害评估提供技术支撑。

A Multiple Random Feature Extraction Algorithm for Image Object Tracking

This paper proposes an object-tracking algorithm with multiple randomly-generated features. We mainly improve the tracking performance which is sometimes good and sometimes bad in compressive tracking. In compressive tracking, the image features are generated by random projection. The resulting image features are affected by the random numbers so that the results of each execution are different. If the obvious features of the target are not captured, the tracker is likely to fail. Therefore the tracking results are inconsistent for each execution. The proposed algorithm uses a number of different image features to track, and chooses the best tracking result by measuring the similarity with the target model. It reduces the chances to determine the target location by the poor image features. In this paper, we use the Bhattacharyya coefficient to choose the best tracking result. The experimental results show that the proposed tracking algorithm can greatly reduce the tracking errors. The best performance improvements in terms of center location error, bounding box overlap ratio and success rate are from 63.62 pixels to 15.45 pixels, from 31.75% to 64.48% and from 38.51% to 82.58%, respectively.

A Joint Entity Relation Extraction Model Based on Relation Semantic Template Automatically Constructed

The joint entity relation extraction model which integrates the semantic information of relation is favored by relevant researchers because of its effectiveness in solving the overlapping of entities,and the method of defining the semantic template of relation manually is particularly prominent in the extraction effect because it can obtain the deep semantic information of relation.However,this method has some problems,such as relying on expert experience and poor portability.Inspired by the rule-based entity relation extraction method,this paper proposes a joint entity relation extraction model based on a relation semantic template automatically constructed,which is abbreviated as RSTAC.This model refines the extraction rules of relation semantic templates from relation corpus through dependency parsing and realizes the automatic construction of relation semantic templates.Based on the relation semantic template,the process of relation classification and triplet extraction is constrained,and finally,the entity relation triplet is obtained.The experimental results on the three major Chinese datasets of DuIE,SanWen,and FinRE showthat the RSTAC model successfully obtains rich deep semantics of relation,improves the extraction effect of entity relation triples,and the F1 scores are increased by an average of 0.96% compared with classical joint extraction models such as CasRel,TPLinker,and RFBFN.

Remote Sensing Image Classification Based on Decision Tree in the Karst Rocky Desertification Areas: A Case Study of Kaizuo Township

Karst rocky desertification is a phenomenon of land degradation as a result of affection by the interaction of natural and human factors.In the past,in the rocky desertification areas,supervised classification and unsupervised classification are often used to classify the remote sensing image.But they only use pixel brightness characteristics to classify it.So the classification accuracy is low and can not meet the needs of practical application.Decision tree classification is a new technology for remote sensing image classification.In this study,we select the rocky desertification areas Kaizuo Township as a case study,use the ASTER image data,DEM and lithology data,by extracting the normalized difference vegetation index,ratio vegetation index,terrain slope and other data to establish classification rules to build decision trees.In the ENVI software support,we access the classification images.By calculating the classification accuracy and kappa coefficient,we find that better classification results can be obtained,desertification information can be extracted automatically and if more remote sensing image bands used,higher resolution DEM employed and less errors data reduced during processing,classification accuracy can be improve further.

Graphic Processing Unit-Accelerated Mutual Information-Based 3D Image Rigid Registration

Mutual information(MI)-based image registration is effective in registering medical images,but it is computationally expensive.This paper accelerates MI-based image registration by dividing computation of mutual information into spatial transformation and histogram-based calculation,and performing 3D spatial transformation and trilinear interpolation on graphic processing unit(GPU) .The 3D floating image is downloaded to GPU as flat 3D texture,and then fetched and interpolated for each new voxel location in fragment shader.The transformed re-sults are rendered to textures by using frame buffer object(FBO) extension,and then read to the main memory used for the remaining computation on CPU.Experimental results show that GPU-accelerated method can achieve speedup about an order of magnitude with better registration result compared with the software implementation on a single-core CPU.

数学公式识别系统:MatheReader

数学公式广泛存在于各类文献之中,但是公式的识别远比文字段落的识别困难.文章介绍了一个数学公式图像识别系统MatheReader,重点阐述了其在公式定位及公式分析方面的技术方案.在公式定位方面,抽取版式特征,采用Parzen分类器区分独立公式和普通文字行,在普通文字行内检测二维结构定位内嵌公式.在公式分析方面,定义十一种基本公式类型,并用产生式规则限定每类公式的唯一分解方法,提出先识别公式类型,然后分解为子表达式的公式分析方法.和已有系统比较,MatheReader的功能更加强大,能够处理的公式更加丰富.

Automatic extraction method of force chain information and its application in the flow photoelastic experiment of granular matter

The force chain is the core of the multi-scale analysis of granular matter.Accurately extracting the force chain information among particles is of great significance to the study of particle mechanics and geological hazards caused by particle flow.However,in the photoelastic experiment,the precise identification of the branching points of force chains has not been effectively realized.Therefore,this study proposes an automatic extraction method of force chain key information.First,based on the Hough transform and the Euclidean distance,a particle geometric information identification model is established and geometric information such as particle circle center coordinates,radius,contact point location,and contact angle is extracted.Then,a particle contact force information identification model is established following the color gradient mean square method.The model realizes the rapid calibration and extraction of a large number of particle media contact force information.Next,combined with the force chain composition criterion and its quasilinear feature,an automatic extraction method of force chain information is established,which solves the problem of the accurate identification of the force chain branch points.Finally,in the photoelastic experiment of ore drawing from a single drawpoint,the automatic extraction method of force chain information is verified.The results show that the macroscopic distribution of force chains during ore drawing from a single drawpoint is left–right symmetrical.Strong force chains are mostly located on the two sides of the model but in small numbers and they mainly develop vertically.Additionally,the ends are mostly in a combination of Y and inverted Y shapes,while the middle is mostly quasilinear.Weak force chains are abundant and mostly distributed in the middle of the model,and develop in different directions.The proposed extraction method accurately extracts the force chain network from the photoelastic experiment images and dynamically characterizes the force chains of granular matter,which has significant advantages in particle geometry information extraction,force chain branch point discrimination,force chain retrieval,and force chain distribution and its azimuthal characterization.The results provide a scientific basis for studying the macroscopic and microscopic mechanical parameters of granular matter.