In this paper, a new method for deter~niriing an optimized caniera viewpoint for soccer scene by tracking a ball is proposed. Soccer scene is taken by multiple fixed cameras. First, template matching is irnplemented for images taken with each camera to detect arid to track a ball. If the ball is occluded in one of images, tlie ball is tracked by using the position of the extracted ball in other...

Multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) of fMRI data has become an important technique for cognitive neuroscientists in recent years; however, the relationship between fMRI MVPA and the underlying neural population activity remains unexamined. Here, we performed MVPA of fMRI data and single-unit data in the same species, the macaque monkey. Facial recognition in the macaque is subserved by a well ...

The aim of this paper is to explore intrinsic geometric methods of recovering the three dimensional motion of a moving camera from a sequence of images. Generic similarities between the discrete approach and the differential approach are revealed through a parallel development of their analogous motion estimation theories. We begin with a brief review of the (discrete) essential matrix approach...

Oxygen vacancies in perovskite oxides are of great interest both from fundamental viewpoint due to their effect on electronic and magnetic properties of oxides – and from applications viewpoint due to their importance for solid oxide fuel cells. In the latter case, understanding the dynamic behavior of vacancies is crucial. Oxygen vacancy (Vo) ordering can substantially affect local structure a...

The ultimate goal of travel behavior analysis is to gain a full understanding of why people travel and to develop quantitative capabilities that facilitate the prediction of travel behavior. Toward this end, the individual’s travel behavior has been examined in connection with her activity engagement, with the recognition that travel demand is a derived demand. Studies from this viewpoint are r...

The new species is a member of an apparently monophyletic group within the genus that includes R. flexile, R. walga, R. himanturi, R. burgeri, R. euzeti, R. hawaiiensis, R. urobatidium, R. paratrygoni, R. ditesticulum, R. tetralobatum, R. margaritense, R. biorchidum, and R. spinicephalum. All of these species have bothridia with medial longitudinal septa, a constriction at mid-bothridium, and, ...

In the past decades, most object recognition systems were based on passive approaches. But in the last few years a lot of research was done in the field of active object recognition. In this context, there are several unique problems to be solved, such as the fusion of views and the selection of an optimal next viewpoint. In this paper we present an approach to solve the problem of choosing opt...

In this paper, we propose a new method for synthesizing player viewpoint images from multiple view videos in tennis. Our method is divided into two key techniques: virtual-view synthesis and player’s viewpoint estimation. In the former, we divide the object tennis scene into sub regions, which are background, tennis court ground, players, and ball. For each sub region, a virtual viewpoint image...

Among the materials of Murudj al-Dhahab wa Ma‘adin al-Djawhar (“The Meadows Gold and Mines Gems”) by al-Mas‘udi (10th century), dedicated to pre-Islamic Arabia, one notes legendary tradition about sons Nizar, for-father so called Northern Arabs: Unable comprehend their father’s testimony, they turned for help wise king al-Af‘a b. al-Djuhumi. On way sage during stay at his lodging Nizar’s manife...