Dracula Gramophone

Using Computer Vision Technology to Play Gramophone Records

We present a non-contact optical flow based method to reproduce the sound signal from gramophone records using 3D robust scene reconstruction of the surface orientation of the walls of the grooves. The conversion of analogue data to digital data is an important task for the preservation of historic sound recordings. We digitally viewed the grooves of a record using a microscope that was modifie...

Peripheral Phenomena: The Colliding Evolution of Darcy and Dracula

In this study, I examine aspects of Jane Austen, vampire fiction, and contemporary culture through the lens of vampire adaptions of Austen's work. Although a study of vampire fiction may seem peripheral to any serious study of Austen's novels, I contend that studying those adaptations is central to understanding Austen in modern culture, as her work is recycled and reapportioned. Vampire fictio...

Dracula-advanced Retrieval Tool for Atmospheric Remote Sensing

In this paper we present a regularization tool for solving inverse problems arising in atmospheric remote sensing. The tool incorporates several direct and iterative regularization methods based on different basic principles. To deal with model parameters that introduce uncertainties which cannot be ignored we use the marginalizing technique. The tool also includes a postprocessing part for cha...

Making Sense of Mina: Stoker's Vampirization of the Victorian Woman in Dracula

Reproduction of Sound Signal from Gramophone Records using 3D Scene Reconstruction

Preserving invaluable historic recordings has drawn some interest because the traditional record playback system wears out the record gradually. This paper presents a non-contact method to reproduce sound signal from gramophone records using 3D scene reconstruction of the micro-grooves cast on a record surface. Because of the unique shape of the microgroove, a planar assumption was made during ...