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A system and method for three-dimensional acquisition and modeling of a scene using two-dimensional images are provided. The present disclosure provides a system and method for selecting and combining the three-dimensional acquisition techniques that best fit the capture environment and conditions under consideration, and hence produce more accurate three-dimensional models. The system and method provide for acquiring at least two two-dimensional images of a scene, applying a first depth acquisition function to the at least two two-dimensional images, applying a second depth acquisition function to the at least two two-dimensional images, combining an output of the first depth acquisition function with an output of the second depth acquisition function, and generating a disparity or depth map from the combined output. The system and method also provide for reconstructing a three-dimensional model of the scene from the generated disparity or depth map.

An animal feedlot management system is disclosed, wherein each feed delivery vehicle employed therein uses real-time virtual reality (VR) modelling and coordinate acquisition techniques supported upon an Internet-based (i.e., Cyberspace) communications platform in order to carry out various types of feedlot operations. Each feedlot vehicle has an on-board computer system which includes a VR subsystem, for accessing a VR database maintaining information representative of a VR model of the feedlot and the objects present therein (eg., tagged animals, pens, alley ways, feedbunks, buildings, vehicles, etc.

A seismometer having a hydrodynamically efficient shaped body containing a seismic sensor or source, having a propulsion unit located and a control unit for directional control of the propulsion unit for guiding the seismometer to and from an ocean floor. The seismometer can be deployed from a surface ship, helicopter or airplane. The seismometer or surface support vessel contains a navigation unit for directing the control unit to a desired location on the ocean bottom. The apparatus provides a storage device for storing seismic data sensed by the seismic sensor. The navigation system sends a responsive directional command to the apparatus based on the current location and the desired location. Upon arrival at the desired ocean bottom location, the propulsion system acts to couple the apparatus to the ocean floor. A flight control system manages a plurality of the seismometers during navigation to and from the a ocean bottom.

A method is described for the measurement of multidirectional far-field source signatures from seismic surveys whereby a vertical cable acquisition technique is provided, vertical cable data are acquired, the proper receivers are specified to measure the signature, data are sorted into common selected receiver gathers CSRG, the direct wave within common receiver gather is properly windowed, the angles of each direct path are computed and the amplitude of the signatures is normalized, so as to obtain the multidirectional far-field signatures of the seismic source array having the same characteristics as those that generated the seismic reflections.

An exploration paradigm for detecting and / or characterizing gas hydrate deposits using either electromagnetic or seismic surveys, that accounts for the possibility that gas hydrate may accumulate in vertical or subvertical dikes. Geologic factors, such as the presence of the gas hydrate stability zone, indications that a prolific source of gas exists (or existed) below the gas hydrate stability zone and indications that a high flux of gas could be transported into the gas hydrate stability zone, may be considered as part of an exploration strategy. Data may be collected using seismic techniques, such as a walk-away vertical seismic profile techniques, or electromagnetic surveys that are adapted to detecting the presence of vertical or subvertical dikes. In one example, data processing and acquisition techniques may be adapted to detect hydrate dikes, and do not assume a horizontally isotropic earth model.

A system for spectroscopic imaging of bodily tissue in which a scintillation screen and a charged coupled device (CCD) are used to accurately image selected tissue. Applications include the imaging of radionuclide distributions within the human body or the use of a dual energy source to provide a dual photon bone densitometry apparatus that uses stationary or scanning acquisition techniques. An x-ray source generates x-rays which pass through a region of a subject's body, forming an x-ray image which reaches the scintillation screen. The scintillation screen reradiates a spatial intensity pattern corresponding to the image, the pattern being detected by a CCD sensor. The image is digitized by the sensor and processed by a controller before being stored as an electronic image. A dual energy x-ray source that delivers two different energy levels provides quantitative information regarding the object being imaged using dual photon absorptiometry techniques. Dual scintillation screens can be used to simultaneously generate images of low-energy and high-energy x-ray patterns. Each image is directed onto an associated respective CCD or amorphous silicon detector to generate individual electronic representations of the separate images.

Fast kV-switching is a dual energy acquisition technique in computed tomography (CT) in which alternating views correspond to the low and high tube voltages. Its high temporal resolution and its suitability to a variety of source trajectories make it an attractive option for dual energy data acquisition. Its disadvantages include a one-view misregistration between the data for high and low voltages, the potentially poor spectrum separation due to the more-like a sine wave rather than the desired square wave in fast kV-switching, and the higher noise in the low voltage data because of the technical difficulty in swinging the tube current to counter the loss of x-ray production efficiency and loss of penetration at lower tube voltages. Despite the disadvantages, symmetric view matching according to the current invention substantially improves streaks and other artifacts due to the view misregistration, sufficient spectrum separation even in a sinusoidal waveform swinging between 80 kV and 135 kV, and contrast-to-noise for the simulated imaging task maximized at monochromatic energy of 75 keV.

Disclosed herein are techniques by which a Layer-2 entity determines whether a mobile terminal requesting association or reassociation therewith determines whether the requesting mobile terminal shall continue using its current IP address or whether it requires a new IP address. The Layer-2 entity makes this determination based upon an examination of the contents of the association or reassociation request message received thereby. Contained in the association or reassociation reply message returned by the Layer-2 entity shall either be an instruction, to the mobile terminal, to continue using its current IP address or a new IP address to be used, by the mobile terminal in place of its current IP address.

A background image acquisition technique is disclosed for acquiring a background image that is required for calculating a background difference in a video game that uses an input image supplied by a camera while enabling command input through image recognition of a player image. The background image acquisition technique involves compositing a button item for responding to an operation of a player with a portion of an image captured by the camera which captured image includes a player image representing the posture of the player, displaying the composite image on a monitor screen, guiding the player into position such that the player image is accommodated within said portion of the captured image, and acquiring an image of a region of the captured image other than said portion as the background image.

The invention relates to an on-site intelligent mobile information service system. The system utilizes the mobile terminals such as mobile phones and the sensing and short-distance communication technologies to obtain the identification of the each special mobile terminal of people in site or environmental units, the mobile Internet technology is utilized to transmitted the identifications to the telecommunication server of a website server; and the telecommunication server transmits the personal data and related information corresponding to the identifications back to the mobile terminals such as mobile phones through database retrieval, and the users of the mobile terminals can perform selective on-line communication or control to the people or devices in site according to the received data and information, thus effectively improving the efficiency and success rate of the social activities such as the production, operation, business and public relation of enterprises and personal marriage and friend-making.

A system and method for three-dimensional acquisition and modeling of a scene using two-dimensional images are provided. The present disclosure provides a system and method for selecting and combining the three-dimensional acquisition techniques that best fit the capture environment and conditions under consideration, and hence produce more accurate three-dimensional models. The system and method provide for acquiring at least two two-dimensional images of a scene (202), applying a first depth acquisition function to the at least two two-dimensional images (214), applying a second depth acquisition function to the at least two two-dimensional images (218), combining an output of the first depth acquisition function with an output of the second depth acquisition function (222), and generating a disparity or depth map from the combined output (224). The system and method also provide for reconstructing a three-dimensional model of the scene from the generated disparity or depth map.

In a method for magnetic resonance imaging using a partial parallel acquisition technique with a non-Cartesian occupation of k-space, a number of antennas disposed around an imaging volume for reception of magnetic resonance signals and the magnetic resonance signals in the imaging volume are spatially coded by magnetic gradient fields, such that k-space for each antenna is only incompletely occupied with magnetic resonance signals with at least one trajectory proceeding around the origin of k-space. From the reception signals of each antenna, missing sample values of the trajectory that lie on a straight-line segment extending from the origin are determined in k-space according to a weighting with weighting factors from sample values of the trajectory that likewise lie on the straight lines, such that each k-space is completely occupied. A partial image of the imaging area is generated from each completely occupied k-space by means of a Fourier transformation. An image of the imaging volume is generated from the partial images.

In a magnetic resonance method and apparatus to generate images by a parallel acquisition technique an excitation pulse is radiated into an examination subject, and a first echo train is generated after the excitation pulse, wherein the first echo train densely scans a segment of k-space to be scanned for an acquisition of coil calibration data. Coil calibration data are acquired by means of the first echo train. The acquired coil calibration data are stored in a coil calibration data set. A second echo train is generated after the same excitation pulse, wherein the second echo train undersamples a segment of k-space to be scanned for an acquisition of image data. Image data are acquired by means of the second echo train. The acquired image data are stored in an incomplete image data set. An image data set is generated by substituting data missing in the incomplete image data set due to the undersampling by means of a selected PAT reconstruction technique using the coil calibration data.

In a method and apparatus for generating a magnetic resonance image, raw magnetic resonance data are acquired from a subject for each of a number of PROPELLER strips using, for each strip, multiple magnetic resonance reception coils in a partial acquisition technique (PAT), and the raw data in said PROPELLER strips are entered into k-space according to the PROPELLER scan. A PAT reconstruction of the data in k-space is conducted dependent on the respective sensitivities of the reception coils, and a PROPELLER reconstruction of the data in k-space is conducted after the PAT reconstruction for generating a magnetic resonance image of the subject.

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methodology is provided for simultaneous measurement of dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC) MRI and dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE) MRI perfusion and permeability parameters using a combination of dual echo and spiral acquisition techniques with no contrast agent preload. T1 and T2 / T2* leakage effects are eliminated, thereby permitting accurate measurement of blood volume, blood flow and vascular permeability which are used in evaluating tumor angiogenesis.

The invention discloses an internet-of-things-based mining dynamic real-time monitoring method and system. The system comprises a mine original model construction module, an underground mining activity trajectory coordinate acquisition module, an underground mining activity trajectory coordinate filtration module, an actual mining range automatic forming module and a reserve model dynamic construction module. According to the method, an internet-of-things technology is utilized, underground real-time mining trajectory data is acquired, null spots in original gob and roadway are eliminated by using a mode that the graph and expression in geometry math are combined, then a convex model is constructed in combination with effective point data and solid Boolean operation is performed in combination with an ore body block-section model constructed by original check information, and meanwhile related ore body block-section reserve information is associated. By using the method and the system, a mine underground real-time mining condition can be conveniently monitored by a mine supervision department, a mine enterprise can also browse the underground actual mining condition, a mining plan is formulated, rational personnel distribution and scheduling are realized, and effective utilization of resources is realized.

A satellite modem whose baseband modules can be implemented mostly in software running on a suitable processor such as a high speed digital signal processor (DSP). The modem includes a RF portion and a baseband portion. The digitized output of a matched filter is input to the baseband processing portion that consists of software executing on a DSP. The modem comprises an antenna coupled to an upconverter / downconverter. The upconverter / downconverter is coupled to a RF transceiver which functions to receive a transmit signal from a baseband transmitter module and generate a signal for input to the upconverter / downconverter. The RF transceiver also functions to receive a downconverted signal and output an IF signal for input to an IF module. The IF functions to generate I and Q outputs that are input to a digital baseband module. The baseband module can be implemented as software executing on a DSP. Also included in a technique of modulation wipe off wherein the effects of modulation are removed. A signal detection technique performs signal detection and frequency acquisition in the presence of multiple signals in accordance with a method described hereinbelow. A timing acquisition technique includes an unwrapping technique that functions to correct timing errors before averaging is performed. Linear changes to the time estimates are performed using LSR techniques.

A method of generating an imaging by using a parallel acquisition technique comprises the following steps: an excitation pulse is radiated into an examination subject; a first echo train is generated after the excitation pulse, wherein the first echo train densely scans a segment of k-space to be scanned for an acquisition of coil calibration data; coil calibration data are acquired by means of the first echo train; the acquired coil calibration data are stored in a coil calibration data set; a second echo train is generated after the same excitation pulse, wherein the second echo train undersamples a segment of k-space to be scanned for an acquisition of image data; image data are acquired by means of the second echo train; the acquired image data are stored in an incomplete image data set; and a first image data set is generated by substituting data missing in the incomplete image data set due to the undersampling by means of a selected PAT reconstruction technique using the coil calibration data.

In a magnetic resonance a method and apparatus to generate images by a parallel acquisition technique, a first echo train is generated after a first excitation pulse, wherein the first echo train sufficiently densely scans a segment of k-space to be scanned for an acquisition of coil calibration data. Coil calibration data are acquired by means of the first echo train after the first excitation pulse. The acquired coil calibration data are stored in a coil calibration data set. A second echo train is generated after a second excitation pulse, wherein the second echo train undersamples a segment of k-space to be scanned for an acquisition of image data. Image data are acquired by means of the second echo train after the second excitation pulse. The acquired image data are stored in an incomplete image data set. An image data set is generated by substituting data missing in the incomplete image data set due to the undersampling by means of a selected PAT reconstruction technique using the coil calibration data. The first echo train and the second echo train are generated by an identical sequence technique such that each echo train has a series of echoes, with a time interval of the echoes of a series of the first echo train being shorter than a time interval of the echoes of a series of the second echo train.

Fast kV-switching is a dual energy acquisition technique in computed tomography (CT) in which alternating views correspond to the low and high tube voltages. Its high temporal resolution and its suitability to a variety of source trajectories make it an attractive option for dual energy data acquisition. Its disadvantages include a one-view misregistration between the data for high and low voltages, the potentially poor spectrum separation due to the more-like a sine wave rather than the desired square wave in fast kV-switching, and the higher noise in the low voltage data because of the technical difficulty in swinging the tube current to counter the loss of x-ray production efficiency and loss of penetration at lower tube voltages. Despite the disadvantages, symmetric view matching according to the current invention substantially improves streaks and other artifacts due to the view misregistration, sufficient spectrum separation even in a sinusoidal waveform swinging between 80 kV and 135 kV, and contrast-to-noise for the simulated imaging task maximized at monochromatic energy of 75 keV.

A sample acquisition apparatus for sampling first and second signals within a signal processing arrangement, includes a sampler for capturing sections of the waveforms of both the first and second signals, a switch for alternating correction of the sampler to a point in the arrangement where said first signal can be sampled and a point in said arrangement where said second signal can be sampled. A timer for timing the operation of the switch to causes the sampler to capture a first waveform section of the first signal and a second waveform section of the second signal, wherein the second signal is responsive to the first signal and the timing of the switch is such that the second section includes a portion that has been generated in response to the first section.

Disclosed herein are techniques by which a Layer-2 entity determines whether a mobile terminal requesting association or reassociation therewith determines whether the requesting mobile terminal shall continue using its current IP address or whether it requires a new IP address. The Layer-2 entity makes this determination based upon an examination of the contents of the association or reassociation request message received thereby. Contained in the association or reassociation reply message returned by the Layer-2 entity shall either be an instruction, to the mobile terminal, to continue using its current IP address or a new IP address to be used, by the mobile terminal in place of its current IP address.

An automatic paraphrase acquisition technique is provided. A common theme of the various embodiments described herein resides in careful design of simple tasks that can elicit the necessary information for the automated process. These tasks are performed quickly and inexpensively. By gathering the results produced, paraphrases can be generated automatically using the method and / or system.

In a magnetic resonance method and apparatus to generate images by a parallel acquisition technique an excitation pulse is radiated into an examination subject, and a first echo train is generated after the excitation pulse, wherein the first echo train densely scans a segment of k-space to be scanned for an acquisition of coil calibration data. Coil calibration data are acquired by means of the first echo train. The acquired coil calibration data are stored in a coil calibration data set. A second echo train is generated after the same excitation pulse, wherein the second echo train undersamples a segment of k-space to be scanned for an acquisition of image data. Image data are acquired by means of the second echo train. The acquired image data are stored in an incomplete image data set. An image data set is generated by substituting data missing in the incomplete image data set due to the undersampling by means of a selected PAT reconstruction technique using the coil calibration data.

The invention relates to a method for obtaining a shrub branch length based on a digital image technology. A device capable of accurately obtaining plant fractal characteristics is designed through the method by using digital images obtained by a digital camera, a computer image processing method and a fractal characteristic method, and a method for obtaining a shrub branch length according to the dimensions of a plant fractal box is given out; and the plant branch length can be quickly, completely and accurately obtained through the analysis of the image fractal characteristics. The method provided by the invention provides a novel train of thought to quantitatively research the growth dynamic characteristics of an over-ground part of a desert shrub, has a great significance to the promotion of the development and completion for accurately and quickly obtaining the dynamic growth monitoring statuses of desert plants in the wild, and overcomes the shortcoming in a method for continuously measuring the growth of over-ground organs of plants.

The invention disclosed a parametric acquisition method of discharging radiation pulse, which relates to a digital parameter extraction method of pulse signals and aims at solving a contradiction between high speed sampling rate and large sampling data quantity in the current pulse acquisition technique. The method comprises the steps that: pulse detection signals are carried out high speed analog-digital conversion to be conversed into continuous digital pulse signals; the digital signals are compared with a trigger level, and pulse capture is started if the digital signals are higher than the trigger level and stopped later if the digital signals are lower than the trigger level and a latched pulse parametric data group is output; in order to reduce effective output flow rate and maintain a maximum dynamic range, the trigger level automatically adjusts according to the frequency of output pulse in a unit adjustment period and under the control of negative feedback algorithm; the pulse parameter values output comprises peak value, peak value time and pulse width. The method of the invention can be applicable to parametric acquisition of thunderbolt or local discharging pulse signals and pulse signal acquisition at other occasions.

The invention relates to acquisition techniques for time-of-flight mass spectra with ionization of the analyte substances by matrix assisted laser desorption. Generally speaking, these acquisition techniques involve adding together a large number of individual time-of-flight spectra, each with restricted dynamic measuring range, to form a sum spectrum. The invention provides a method that improves, in particular, the reproducibility, the concentration accuracy and therefore the ability to quantify the mass spectra. Particular embodiments also increase the dynamic range of measurement. For this purpose, multiple series of mass spectra are acquired, whereby the energy density in the laser spot is increased in discrete steps. As a result, many ion signals saturate the detector and can therefore no longer be evaluated. However, it is possible to employ a technique in which the ion beam is increasingly defocused, or, secondly, to replace parts of the spectrum that are subject to saturation by intensity extrapolations from mass spectra acquired with lower energy density. In the first case, hundreds or thousands of individual mass spectra must be added together in order to increase the dynamic measuring range. In the second case, the finally acquired mass spectrum, with its replacements, forms a mass spectrum with a high dynamic measuring range, improved reproducibility and better concentration accuracy. The gradient of the increasing intensities of the ion signals, as a function of the energy density, supplies additional information about the proton affinity of the analyte ions. The concentration accuracy is enhanced because the increase in the number of proton donors in the ionization plasma leads to an increase in the ionization of those analyte substances that have a lower proton affinity.

In a method for magnetic resonance imaging using a partial parallel acquisition technique with a non-Cartesian occupation of k-space, a number of antennas disposed around an imaging volume for reception of magnetic resonance signals and the magnetic resonance signals in the imaging volume are spatially coded by magnetic gradient fields, such that k-space for each antenna is only incompletely occupied with magnetic resonance signals with at least one trajectory proceeding around the origin of k-space. From the reception signals of each antenna, missing sample values of the trajectory that lie on a straight-line segment extending from the origin are determined in k-space according to a weighting with weighting factors from sample values of the trajectory that likewise lie on the straight lines, such that each k-space is completely occupied. A partial image of the imaging area is generated from each completely occupied k-space by means of a Fourier transformation. An image of the imaging volume is generated from the partial images.