We present an unsupervised motion-based object segmentation algorithm for video sequences with moving camera, employing bidirectional inter-frame change detection. For every frame, two error frames are generated using motion compensation. They are combined and a segmentation algorithm based on thresholding is applied. We employ a simple and effective error fusion scheme and consider spatial err...

Until a few years ago, a set of equations commonly referred to as the Summers relations gave the most accurate description of the critical current in Nb3Sn conductors as a function of applied field, temperature and axial strain. Although highly empirical, they describe reasonably well the critical current data of past Nb3Sn conductors. New data from various types of Nb3Sn conductors, as well as...

The paper introduces a mechanism to implement distributed scheduling for CAN-bus resource in order to meet the requirements of a dynamic distributed real-time system. The key issues considered here, are multicasting, distinguishing between hard real-time, soft real-time, and non real-time constraints, achieving high resource utilization for CAN-bus, and supporting dynamic hard real-time computi...

The foundation of the present modern urban system in Malaysia was laid during British colonialism (1786-1957). During the colonial era, basic infrastructure such as transportation and utilities were built to support commercial, financial, social and administrative functions to further exploit the resources (e.g. tin and rubber) in the country. After Independence in 1957, the rate of urbanizatio...

The influence of stress on the phase change behaviour of Ge2Sb2Te5 encapsulated by ZnSSiO2 and TiN is investigated using temperature dependent Extended X-ray Asbsorption Fines Structure and Ellipsometry to determine the crystallisation temperature. The encapsulation material surrounding the Ge2Sb2Te5 has an increasingly dominant effect on the material’s ability to change phase and can cause a p...

In this special technical report we present fundamental studies on instability analysis. When an electromagnetic wave linearly interacts with an active medium or system, there can occur basically two types of instabilities. One of them, in which the wave grows indefinitely with tin», Is called absolute Instability, and the other, in which the wave grows spatially as it travels, is called convec...

In order to enhance the mechanical strength of Low-E glass, Fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) films have to be tempered at high temperatures together with glass substrates. The effects of tempering temperature (600 °C ~ 720 °C) and time (150 s ~  300 s) on the structural and electrical properties of FTO films were investigated. The results show all the films consist of non-stoichiometric, polycrys...

Four visual-world experiments, in which listeners heard spoken words and saw printed words, compared an optimal-perception account with the theory of phonological underspecification. This theory argues that default phonological features are not specified in the mental lexicon, leading to asymmetric lexical matching: Mismatching input (pin) activates lexical entries with underspecified coronal s...