Dah-Jing Jwo^*, Ming-Hsuan Lee

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.2, pp. 2387-2403, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.018670 - 21 July 2021

Abstract In this paper, the integrity monitoring algorithm based on a Kalman filter (KF) based rate detector is employed in the vector tracking loop (VTL) of the Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. In the VTL approach, the extended Kalman filter (EKF) simultaneously tracks the received signals and estimates the receiver’s position, velocity, etc. In contrast to the scalar tracking loop (STL) that uses the independent parallel tracking loop approach, the VTL technique uses the correlation of each satellite signal and user dynamics and thus reduces the risk of loss lock of signals. Although the VTL scheme… More >

Laura Schweikert¹, Dominik Gabbert¹, Sylvia Krupickova², Inga Voges^1,*

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.16, No.6, pp. 551-560, 2021, DOI:10.32604/CHD.2021.016635 - 08 July 2021

Abstract Background: An isolated bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is associated with structural and functional abnormalities of the aorta and the left ventricle (LV). Although ~50% of patients with aortic coarctation (CoA) have a BAV, less is known about its impact on LV function and aortic geometry and function in CoA patients. In this cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) study, we analysed markers of LV and aortic function as well as aortic geometry in a large cohort of CoA patients with a BAV and compared them with CoA patients with a tricuspid aortic valve (TAV). Methods: We included… More >

Abdelatif Oussar^1,*, Abdelmoumen Ferrag¹, Mohamed Guiatni¹, Mustapha Hamerlain²

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.29, No.2, pp. 467-495, 2021, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2021.01000 - 16 June 2021

Abstract This paper presents the design of a robust architecture for the tracking of an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). To enhance the robustness of the ground vehicle in the face of external disturbances and handle the non-linearities due to inputs saturation, an integral sliding mode controller was designed for the task of trajectory tracking. Stabilization of the aerial vehicle is achieved using an integral-backstepping solution. Estimation of the relative position between the two agents was solved using two approaches: the first solution (optimal) is based on a Kalman filter (KF) More >

Dah-Jing Jwo^*, Jia-Chyi Wu, Kuan-Lin Ho

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.1, pp. 555-574, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.018320 - 04 June 2021

Abstract This paper investigates performance improvement via the incorporation of the support vector machine (SVM) into the vector tracking loop (VTL) for the Global Positioning System (GPS) in limited satellite visibility. Unlike the traditional scalar tracking loop (STL), the tracking and navigation modules in the VTL are not independent anymore since the user’s position can be determined by using the information from other satellites and can be predicted on the basis of the states of the user. The method proposed in this paper makes use of the SVM to bridge the GPS signal and prevent the error… More >

Jihoon Lee, Nammee Moon^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.1, pp. 647-660, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.016712 - 04 June 2021

Abstract In this study, using Head Mounted Display (HMD), which is one of the biggest advantage of Virtual Reality (VR) environment, tracks the user’s gaze in 360° video content, and examines how the gaze pattern is distributed according to the user’s immersion. As a result of analyzing the gaze pattern distribution of contents with high user immersion and contents with low user immersion through a questionnaire, it was confirmed that the higher the immersion, the more the gaze distribution tends to be concentrated in the center of the screen. Through this experiment, we were able to More >

Qinghai Li¹, Ziyi Zhao², Hao Wu^1,*, Xiaoyu Li^3,*, Qinsheng Zhu¹, Shan Yang⁴

Journal of Quantum Computing, Vol.3, No.1, pp. 35-43, 2021, DOI:10.32604/jqc.2021.016634 - 20 May 2021

Abstract In the detection process of classic radars such as radar/lidar, the detection performance will be weakened due to the presence of background noise and loss. The quantum illumination protocol can use the spatial correlation between photon pairs to improve image quality and enhance radar detection performance, even in the presence of loss and noise. Based on this quantum illumination LIDAR, a theoretic scheme is developed for the detection and tracking of moving targets, and the trajectory of the object is analyzed. Illuminated by the quantum light source as Spontaneous Parametric Down-Conversion (SPDC), an opaque target… More >

Yu Wang^*

Journal on Artificial Intelligence, Vol.3, No.2, pp. 63-72, 2021, DOI:10.32604/jai.2021.010455 - 08 May 2021

Abstract Visual tracking is a classical computer vision problem with many applications. Efficient convolution operators (ECO) is one of the most outstanding visual tracking algorithms in recent years, it has shown great performance using discriminative correlation filter (DCF) together with HOG, color maps and VGGNet features. Inspired by new deep learning models, this paper propose a hybrid efficient convolution operators integrating fully convolution network (FCN) and residual network (ResNet) for visual tracking, where FCN and ResNet are introduced in our proposed method to segment the objects from backgrounds and extract hierarchical feature maps of objects, respectively. More >

Tingting Yang^1,*, Shuwen Jia¹, Boxiong Yang¹, Chenxi Kan²

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.28, No.3, pp. 683-692, 2021, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2021.017235 - 20 April 2021

Abstract In the augmented reality system, the position and direction of the user’s point of view and line of sight in the real scene is acquired in real-time. The position and direction information will determine the exact position of the virtual object of the real scene. At the same time, various coordinate systems are established according to the user’s line of sight. So registration tracking technology is very important. The paper proposes an accurate, stable, and effective augmented reality registration algorithm. The method adopts the method of ORB (oriented FAST and rotated BRIEF) features matching combined More >

Dah-Jing Jwo^*, Meng-Hsien Hsieh

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.68, No.2, pp. 1785-1805, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.017225 - 13 April 2021

Abstract In this paper, both the integrity monitoring and fault detection and exclusion (FDE) mechanisms are incorporated into the vector tracking loop (VTL) architecture of the Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver for reliability enhancement. For the VTL, the tasks of signal tracking and navigation state estimation no longer process separately and a single extended Kalman filter (EKF) is employed to simultaneously track the received signals and estimate the receiver’s position, velocity, etc. In contrast to the scalar tracking loop (STL) which utilizes the independent parallel tracking loop approach, the VTL technique is beneficial from the correlation… More >

Allard T. van den Hoven¹, Sultan Yilmazer¹, Lidia R. Bons¹, Roderick W. J. van Grootel¹, L. W. Geenen¹, An M. van Berendoncks¹, Anthonie L. Duijnhouwer², Hans-Marc J. Siebelink³, Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink¹, Annemien E. van den Bosch^1,*

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.16, No.4, pp. 357-368, 2021, DOI:10.32604/CHD.2021.014462 - 19 April 2021

Abstract Aim: This study aimed to describe the systolic left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LvGLS) and left ventricular peak early diastolic strain rate (Sre) in adult women with Turner syndrome (TS) and to determine its relationship with exercise capacity and clinical parameters. Methods: In this cross-sectional cohort study, consecutively included adult TS women underwent an electrocardiogram, transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) and cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) on the same day. LvGLS and Sre were measured using 2D speckle tracking analysis (STE) and compared with age-matched healthy female controls. Results: Ninety-four adult women (age 36 ± 13 years) with TS and… More >