Portable multimedia player (PMP) devices have been gaining in its popularity with the emerging digital convergence of data, video, audio, etc. Since the PMP devices are typically equipped with DSP, bigger display, and a hard disk, efficient power management has become more crucial than the other portable devices. This paper establishes a hardware/softwarebased power measurement system based on ...

conclusions this is the first report on the prevalence of iron acquisition genes among a. baumannii isolates collected from patients with urinary tract infections. the high prevalence of iron acquisition genes in a. baumannii isolates suggests that these virulence factors play an important role in the development of urinary tract infections. results a high prevalence of genes encoding iron acqu...

This paper provides an overview of a variety of applications of knowledge-based systems and intelligent agents to modeling and simulation for special operations training. There are a number of ways in which intelligent agents can support training; including modeling special-operations individuals, other members of the blue forces, as well as opponent forces. The paper presents examples of each ...

Abstract. Nowadays, portable Mobile Mapping Systems (MMSs) and robotic mapping platforms leveraging on Simultaneous Localization (SLAM) methods are gaining increasing attention for architectural construction surveying, representing an efficient solution geometric data acquisition scan-to-BIM purposes. However, the applicability of standard modelling workflows accuracy Building Information Model...

Acquisition of stabilized video is an important issue for various type of digital cameras. This paper presents an adaptive camera path estimation method using robust feature detection to remove shaky artifacts in a video. The proposed algorithm consists of three steps: (i) robust feature detection using particle keypoints between adjacent frames; (ii) camera path estimation and smoothing; and (...

High frequency ambient noise has a significant impact on the operation of many Sonars and related systems. Therefore, understanding the temporal and spatial distributions of this noise in shallow water is crucial. Existing highbandwidth acoustic data acquisition systems are large and complex. This project has developed a novel stand-alone, portable, and compact cylindrical package (23cm ! by 60...

Raman spectroscopy has become more popular due to its new prospective field applications in forensic sciences, war against terrorism, environment protection and other field chemical analysis. Raman spectrometers can be miniaturised to portable devices and their price is decreasing due to development of optoelectronics components. Unfortunately, this technology has still numerous limitations tha...

The holy grail in LIDAR technologies is a cheap, portable unit that costs less than $200 and works in full sunlight. This could be used for self-driving cars and robots, to help them map the world around them. Current LIDAR technologies, used by Google self-driving cars, and others, are scanning LIDAR units. The moving parts make these systems more apt to break, and the scanning method limits t...