Based on the sources’ smoothed rank profile (SRP) and modified minimum description length (MMDL) principle, a method for estimation of the source coherency structure (SCS) and the number of wideband sources is proposed in this paper. Instead of focusing, we first use a spatial smoothing technique to pre-process the array covariance matrix of each frequency for de-correlating the sources and the...

As part of the development of a new real-time operating system, an asynchronous communication mechanism, for use between applications, has been implemented in a programming language with an advanced static type system. This mechanism is designed to provide desired properties of asynchronicity, coherency and freshness. We used the features of the type system, including linear and dependent types...

We proposed[1] nonlinear operators which decompose a changing energy of sound in wavelet domain into three orthogonal components: i.e., loudness and pitch as coherent changes, and timbre as incoherent change. We showed that they could detect the discontinuity of a single sound stream with excellent temporal resolution and sensitivity. In this paper, we extend the coherency principle so that it ...

The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Indian monsoon are shown to have undergone significant interdecadal changes in variance and coherency over the last 125 years. Wavelet analysis is applied to indexes of equatorial Pacific sea surface temperature (Niño3 SST), the Southern Oscillation index, and all-India rainfall. Time series of 2–7-yr variance indicate intervals of high ENSO–monsoon v...

To comprehend figurative utterances such as metaphor or sarcasm, a listener must both judge the literal meaning of the statement and infer the speaker's intended meaning (mentalizing; Amodio and Frith, 2006). To delineate the neural substrates of pragmatic comprehension, we conducted functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) with 20 normal adult volunteers. Participants read short stories fo...

My primary research interests are computer vision and machine learning, with an emphasis on video analysis and its applications. I believe a working computer vision system should exploit three most fundamental constraints existing in a video sequence: the geometric constraint among video frames and the threedimensional (3D) scene, the coherency in apparent image motions due to scene regularitie...

Visual perception is not only based on incoming visual signals but also on information about a multimodal reference frame that incorporates vestibulo-proprioceptive input and motor signals. In addition, top-down modulation of visual processing has previously been demonstrated during cognitive operations including selective attention and working memory tasks. In the absence of a stable gravitati...