Perspective methods of human identification: Ear biometrics

Geometrical methods of feature extraction from ear images in order to perform human identification are presented. Geometrical approach is motivated by the actual procedures used by police and forensic experts (so-called ear otoscopy). In their work, geometrical features of ears such as size, height, width, and shapes of earlobe are useful and valid proofs of identity. The contribution of the article is development of the new and original methods of geometrical feature extraction from 2D ear images. Four novel algorithms of ear feature extraction from contour images are described in detail. Moreover, identification results obtained for each of the methods, based on the distance of feature vectors in the feature space, are presented.     

Passive infrared detector used for detection of very slowly moving of crawling people

The paper presents construction and principle of operation of passive IR detectors (PIR detectors) of a large detection range. Important virtue of these detectors is highly efficient detection of slowly moving or crawling people. The described here PIR detector detects crawling people at the distance of 140 m. To ensure high probability of detection of slowly moving objects, new method of signals analysis was applied. On the basis of the carried out real-time measurements, both probability of detection and false alarms were determined.     

3D analysis of in-filled trench as passive barriers for ground vibration isolation

The three-dimensional (3D) problem of the ground vibration isolation by an in-filled trench as a passive barrier is studied theoretically. Integral equations governing Rayleigh wave scattering are derived based on the Green’s solution of Lamb problem. The integral equations are solved accurately and efficiently with an iteration technique. They are used to evaluate the complicated Rayleigh wave field generated by irregular scatterers embedded in an elastic half-space solid. The passive isolation effectiveness of ground vibration by the in-filled trench for screening Rayleigh wave is further studied in detail. Effects of relevant parameters on the effectiveness of vibration isolation are investigated and presented. The results show that a trench filled with stiff backfill material gets a better isolation effect than a soft one, and increasing the depth or width of the in-filled trench also improves its screening effectiveness. The effectiveness and the area of the screened zone are surging with the increase in the length of the in-filled trench. Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 50678128 and 50538010) and the Research Fund for PhD Student of Chinese College (Grant No. 20050247030)     

Efficient medium arbitration of FSAN‐compliant GPONs

The steadily rising demand for multimedia and data services, the falling cost and omnipresence of Ethernet and the maturity of passive optical networks (PON) technology, promise to radically change the landscape in the local loop. The heart of a gigabit PON system (recently standardized by FSAN/ITU) is the medium access controller (MAC), which arbitrates access to the upstream link among users with fluctuating traffic demands and effects the multiplexing and concentration policy. At the same time, it has to safeguard the service quality and enforce the parameters agreed in the service level agreements (SLAs) between the users and the service provider. In this paper, a MAC protocol designed to serve any mix of services according to their quality of service (QoS) needs, employing four priority levels along with a high number of logically separate data queues is presented. The architecture and implementation in hardware of a MAC algorithm capable of allocating bandwidth down to a resolution of a byte with QoS differentiation is the focus of this paper. It employs the bandwidth arbitration tools of the FSAN/ITU G.984.3 standard and maps SLA parameters to GPON service parameters to create an efficient, fair and flexible residential access system. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

声表面波谐振型无源无线温度传感器硬件系统

介绍了一种基于声表面波谐振器的无源无线温度传感系统,系统采用一次变频的构成方式,解决了传统传感系统存在电路结构复杂和控制灵活性差的缺点,给出了系统的具体构成、工作原理和天线的设计。与传统系统构成相比,本系统的构成更简洁,操作性和灵活性更强。实验验证了本系统构成方式的可行性和天线设计的优点。     

光无源器件的偏振模色散测量

光纤通信系统中的偏振模色散 (PMD)测量已越来越重要。针对光无源器件的具体特点 ,以单级光隔离器和双级光隔离器为例 ,分析比较了几种PMD的测量方法 ,指出琼斯矩阵本征法 (JME)是较适合的一种方法。     

阳极铝箔交流腐蚀发孔对比容的影响

采用５０Ｈｚ交流电腐蚀发孔和进一步腐蚀阳极铝箔，在腐蚀箔表面形成透明钝化型腐蚀膜且蚀孔孔径较大。在交流电腐蚀过程中不产生发黑、掉粉和减薄现象。另外，该工艺对盐酸浓度和硫酸添加剂浓度的适应范围很宽。     

Novel algorithm for time division multiple access in broadband ISDN passive optical networks

For shared access to a broadband communication network using the asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) a passive optical network (PON) has previously been proposed. A novel algorithm to evaluate the time division multiple access (TDMA) protocol which controls the traffic from the various subscribers towards the shared access equipment (upstream direction) is proposed. It uses counters to estimate the moment of a data packet arrival at the subscriber side. By this ‘look-ahead’ technique no extra upstream channels are needed to initiate the polling by the subscriber. The algorithm guarantees fair access for all subscribers and minimizes the necessary overhead. Both the maximum access delay and overhead may be readily calculated, and the obtained results were supported by numerical simulation. Applicability in the standard broadband network environment has been proved by hardware design simulation.     

宽带光纤接入网及其发展展望

文章指出各种宽带光纤接入网都有其最佳使用场合和时机,宽带点到点有源光纤系统最适合企事业用户;宽带点到点有源以太网光纤系统适合在低密度用户分散地区应用;宽带点到多点无源光纤系统最适合新建或改建的密集用户区应用.文章认为中国宽带光纤接入网的发展将可能跨越ATM无源光网络(APON)、宽带无源光网络(BPON)和以太网无源光网络(EPON)阶段,从宽带点到点以太网光纤系统和千兆比特以太网无源光网络(GEPON)开始,较快地过渡到千兆比特无源光网络(GPON).     

Direct numerical simulation of passive scalar in decaying compressible turbulence

1IntroductionDirectnumericalsimulation(DNS)becomesanimportanttoolinrecentresearchofturbulence[1].DNSofcompressibleturbulenceismoredifficultthanthatoftheincompressibleturbulence.WhentheturbulentMachnumberisgreaterthan0.3theshockletsmayappearinthecompressibleturbulentflowfields.Thereasonandmechanismofshockletsexistencearenotclearyet.TheturbulentMachnumberinDNScannotbeveryhighwiththepresentexistingnumericalmethodsandcomputerresource.Fortheproblemofcompressibleisotropicturbulencewiththeinitia…