Signs are everywhere in our lives. They make our lives easier when we are familiar with them. But sometimes they also pose problems. For example, a tourist might not be able to understand signs in a foreign country. In this paper, we present our efforts towards automatic sign translation. We discuss methods for automatic sign detection. We describe sign translation using example based machine t...

| Basic arguments are described to create a uniied CoDesign environment. A unique feature is the use of a single language to describe systems. Diierent subsets describe hardware as well a software, both structure and behavior. It vividly shows software and hardware are much more alike than usually perceived. Borders between diier-ent descriptions now become artiicial, meaning we can walk much m...

OBJECTIVES Although JCAHO requires a standardised approach to handoffs, and while many standardised protocols have been tested, sign-out practices continue to vary. We believe this is due to the variability in workflow during inpatient duty cycle. We investigate the impact of such workflows on intern sign-out practices. DESIGN We employed a prospective, grounded theory mixed-method design. ...

The Design of a Generic Signing Avatar Animation System J. Fourie Department of Mathematical Sciences (Computer Science) University of Stellenbosch Private Bag X1, 7602 Matieland, South Africa Thesis: MScEng (AM) November 2006 We designed a generic avatar animator for use in sign language related projects. The animator is capable of animating any given avatar that is compliant with the H-Anim s...

In recent years due to improvements of technology within automobile industry, design process of advanced driver assistance systems for collision avoidance and traffic management has been investigated in both academics and industrial levels. Detection of traffic signs is an effective method to reach the mentioned aims. In this paper a new intelligent driver assistance system based on traffic...

In this article, we propose a novel class of piecewise smooth Lyapunov functions leading to linear-matrix-inequality-based stability/performance analysis and control design for linear systems with saturating inputs. We provide conditions global properties, also local properties guaranteed estimates the basin attraction. The backbone our result consists in using quadratic forms constant matrices...