The mean-shift method is a convenient mode-seeking method. Using a principle of the sample mean over an analysis window, or kernel, in a data space where samples are distributed with bias toward the densest direction of sample from the kernel center,...
Mean-shift tracking has gained more interests, nowadays, aided by its feasibility of real-time and reliable tracker implementation. In order to reduce background clutter interference to mean-shift object tracking, this paper proposes a novel indicato...
Visual object tracking is a critical task in computer vision. Challenging things always exist when an object needs to be tracked. For instance, background clutter is one of the most challenging problems. The mean-shift tracker is quite popular becaus...
The rapid development of remote sensing (RS) technology has resulted in the proliferation of high-resolution images. There are challenges involved in not only storing large volumes of RS images but also in rapidly retrieving the images for ocean disa...
In this paper, a clustering method with proposed distance measurement to extract base load profiles from arbitrary data sets is studied. Recently, smart energy load metering devices are broadly deployed, and an immense volume of data is now collected...
This paper assesses the performance of DoTRules—a dictionary of trusted rules—as a supervised rule-based ensemble framework based on the mean-shift segmentation for hyperspectral image classification. The proposed ensemble framework consists of multi...
Image novelty detection is a repeating task in computer vision and describes the detection of anomalous images based on a training dataset consisting solely of normal reference data. It has been found that, in particular, neural networks are well-sui...
A wind turbine working in a harsh environment is prone to generate abnormal data. An efficient algorithm based on the combination of an Isolation Forest (I-Forest) and a mean-shift algorithm is proposed for data cleaning in wind power curves. The I-F...
Thermal infrared (TIR) pedestrian tracking is one of the major issues in computer vision. Mean-shift is a powerful and versatile non-parametric iterative algorithm for finding local maxima in probability distributions. In existing infrared data, and...
Mean Shift is a flexible, non-parametric clustering algorithm that identifies dense regions in data through gradient ascent on a kernel density estimate. Its ability to detect arbitrarily shaped clusters without requiring prior knowledge of the numbe...
This study aims to detect vessels with lengths ranging from about 70 to 300 m, in Gaofen-3 (GF-3) SAR images with ultrafine strip-map (UFS) mode as fast as possible. Based on the analysis of the characteristics of vessels in GF-3 SAR imagery, an effe...
Infrared thermography has been used as a key means for the identification of overheating defects in power cable accessories. At present, analysis of thermal imaging pictures relies on human visual inspections, which is time-consuming and laborious an...
Tracking moving targets in complex scenes using an active video camera is a challenging task. Tracking accuracy and efficiency are two key yet generally incompatible aspects of a Target Tracking System (TTS). A compromise scheme will be studied in th...
This research aims to determine the similarities in groups of people to build a film recommender system for users. Users often have difficulty in finding suitable movies due to the increasing amount of movie information. The recommender system is ver...
Identifying individual trees and delineating their canopy structures from the forest point clouddataacquiredbyanairborneLiDAR(LightDetectionAndRanging)hassignificantimplications in forestry inventory. Once accurately identified, tree structural attribu...
We demonstrate the use of different visual aggregation techniques to obtain non-cluttered visual representations of scanpaths. First, fixation points are clustered using the mean-shift algorithm. Second, saccades are aggregated using the Attribute-Dr...
In many scientific fields, the continuous operation of ultra-stable lasers is crucial for applications. To speed up the frequency stabilization process in case of the occurence of unexpected interruptions, a prompt frequency stabilization approach ba...
This paper presents a novel method for segmentation of white blood cells (WBCs) in peripheral blood and bone marrow images under different lights through mean shift clustering, color space conversion and nucleus mark watershed operation (NMWO). The p...
Localizing stroke may be critical for elucidating underlying pathophysiology. This study proposes a ridge regression–meanshift (RRMS) framework using electromagnetic signals obtained from 16 antennas placed around the anthropomorphic head phant...
The mean shift algorithm has been shown to perform well in optical image segmentation. However, the conventional mean shift algorithm performs poorly if it is directly used with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images due to the large dynamic range and...
Nested sampling is an efficient algorithm for the calculation of the Bayesian evidence and posterior parameter probability distributions. It is based on the step-by-step exploration of the parameter space by Monte Carlo sampling with a series of valu...
In the digital age, personalized recommendation systems have become crucial for information dissemination and user experience. While traditional systems focus on accuracy, they often overlook diversity, novelty, and serendipity. This study introduces...
The discrete element method (DEM) is commonly used to study various powders in motion during transportation, screening, mixing, etc.; this requires several microscopic parameters to characterize the complex mechanical behavior of the particles. Herei...
In this study, a multistage segmentation technique is proposed that identifies cancerous cells in prostate tissue samples. The benign areas of the tissue are distinguished from the cancerous regions using the texture of glands. The texture is modeled...
The problem of insufficient signal coverage of 5G base stations can be solved by building new base stations in areas with weak signal coverage. However, due to construction costs and other factors, it is not possible to cover all areas. In general, a...
Objects in satellite remote sensing image sequences often have large deformations, and the stereo matching of this kind of image is so difficult that the matching rate generally drops. A disparity refinement method is needed to correct and fill the d...
In this study, we study the tracking of the molten metal region in the dross removal process during metal ingot casting, and propose a real-time tracking method based on adaptive feature selection and weighted histogram. This research is highly signi...
In remote areas, wireless multimedia sensor networks (WMSNs) have limited energy, and the data processing of wildlife monitoring images always suffers from energy consumption limitations. Generally, only part of each wildlife image is valuable. There...
Unmanned aerial vehicles using light detection and ranging (UAV LiDAR) with high spatial resolution have shown great potential in forest applications because they can capture vertical structures of forests. Individual tree segmentation is the foundat...
Eucalyptus Longhorned Borers (ELB) are some of the most destructive pests in regions with Mediterranean climate. Low rainfall and extended dry summers cause stress in eucalyptus trees and facilitate ELB infestation. Due to the difficulty of monitorin...
Outlier detection is one of the most important tasks in the analysis of measured quantities to ensure reliable results. In recent years, a variety of multi-sensor platforms has become available, which allow autonomous and continuous acquisition of la...
The crown area is a critical metric for evaluating tree growth and supporting various ecological and forestry analyses. This study compares three approaches, i.e., unsupervised clustering, region-based, and deep learning, to estimate the crown area o...
Airborne LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) remote sensing for individual tree-level forest inventory necessitates proper extraction of individual trees and accurate measurement of tree structural parameters. Due to the inadequate tree finding capab...
Oil tea (Camellia oleifera) is one of the world’s major woody edible oil plants and is vital in providing food and raw materials and ensuring water conservation. The yield of oil tea can directly reflect the growth condition of oil tea forests,...
Bicycle-sharing is experiencing rapidly as a low-carbon transport mode of travel, with the advantages of low cost and sustainability. Bicycle-sharing operators use electronic fence parking points to manage bicycle-sharing, but it is too time-consumin...
In the era of big data, unsupervised learning algorithms such as clustering are particularly prominent. In recent years, there have been significant advancements in clustering algorithm research. The Clustering by Density Peaks algorithm is known as...
In order to solve the problem of detecting, tracking and estimating the size of “low, slow and small” targets (such as UAVs) in the air, this paper designs a single-photon LiDAR imaging system based on Geiger-mode Avalanche Photodiode (Gm...
Visible light positioning (VLP) is a promising technology for indoor navigation. However, most studies of VLP systems nowadays only focus on positioning accuracy, whereas robustness and real-time ability are often overlooked, which are all indispensa...
Nonstationary fuzzy inference systems (NFIS) are able to tackle uncertainties and avoid the difficulty of type-reduction operation. Combining NFIS and neural network, a first-order sparse TSK nonstationary fuzzy neural network (SNFNN-1) is proposed i...
Perception systems for assisted driving and autonomy enable the identification and classification of objects through a concentration of sensors installed in vehicles, including Radio Detection and Ranging (RADAR), camera, Light Detection and Ranging...
To achieve effective and accurate segmentation of photovoltaic panels in various working contexts, this paper proposes a comprehensive image segmentation strategy that integrates an improved Meanshift algorithm and an adaptive Shi-Tomasi algorithm. T...
Climate change dominantly controls the spatial distributions of potential vegetation ecosystems; the shift trends in the mean centers of potential vegetation ecosystems could be used to explain their responses to climate change. In terms of the clima...
Long-memory processes, in particular fractional Gaussian noise processes, have been applied as models for many phenomena occurring in nature. Non-stationarities, such as trends, mean level-shifts, etc., impact the accuracy of long-memory parameter es...
A modelling framework suitable for detecting shape shifts in functional profiles combining the notion of the Fréchet mean and the concept of deformation models is developed and proposed. The generalized mean sense offered by the Fréchet...
This paper considers a new mean-variance model with strong mixing errors and describes a combination test for the mean shift and variance change. Under some stationarity and symmetry conditions, the important limiting distribution for a combination t...
To improve the accuracy of three-dimensional (3D) surface contour measurements of freeform optics, a two-dimensional (2D) tilt measurement sensor for confocal microscopy (CM) systems is proposed based on a double-cylindrical mirror structure. First,...
With the current increased widespread interest in the development and applications of micro/nanosatellites, it was found that we needed to design a small high accuracy satellite attitude determination system, because the star trackers widely used in...
Solving systems of linear equations is a fundamental problem in mathematics. Combining mean shift clustering (MS) with greedy techniques, a novel block version of the Kaczmarz–Motzkin method (BKMS), where the blocks are predetermined by MS clus...
Fit-for-purpose land administration (FFPLA) seeks to simplify cadastral mapping via lowering the costs and time associated with conventional surveying methods. This approach can be applied to both the initial establishment and on-going maintenance of...
This paper presents an automatic solution to the problem of detecting and counting cars in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) images. This is a challenging task given the very high spatial resolution of UAV images (on the order of a few centimetres) and t...
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