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Goal-based trajectory analysis for unusual behaviour detection in intelligent surveillance
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-21)Video surveillance systems are playing an increasing role in preventing and investigating crime, protecting public safety, and safeguarding national security. In a typical surveillance installation, a human operator has ... -
Design and Implementation of a Controller for an Electrostatic MEMS Actuator and Sensor
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-21)An analog controller has been analyzed and built for an electrostatic micro-cantilever beam. The closed loop MEMS device can be used as both actuator and sensor. As an actuator it will have the advantage of large stable ... -
Decoupled Deformable Model For 2D/3D Boundary Identification
(University of Waterloo, 2010-07-26)The accurate detection of static object boundaries such as contours or surfaces and dynamic tunnels of moving objects via deformable models is an ongoing research topic in computer vision. Most deformable models attempt ... -
Probabilistic complex phase representation objective function for multimodal image registration
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-05)An interesting problem in computer vision is that of image registration, which plays an important role in many vision-based recognition and motion analysis applications. Of particular interest among data registration ... -
Event-Level Pattern Discovery for Large Mixed-Mode Database
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-16)For a large mixed-mode database, how to discretize its continuous data into interval events is still a practical approach. If there are no class labels for the database, we have nohelpful correlation references to such ... -
Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of a 2-D SOI MEMS Micromirror with Sidewall Electrodes for Confocal MACROscope Imaging
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-26)Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) micromirrors have been developed for more than two decades along with the development of MEMS technology. They have been used into many application fields: optical switches, digital ... -
Design Feasibility of an Active Ankle-Foot Stabilizer
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-30)Walking is the most common form of mobility in humans. For lower limb mobility impairments, a common treatment is to prescribe an ankle-foot orthosis (AFO) or brace, which is a passive device designed to resist undesired ... -
Canada’s Oil Sands: Strategic Decisions to Make Canada an Energy Superpower
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-31)Systems methodologies are employed to investigate strategic decision problems regarding the development of the oil sands in Canada. Many countries believe energy to be one of their most important national security factors ... -
Ordered Micro-/Nanostructure Based Humidity Sensor for Fuel Cell Application
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-30)Humidity sensors are one of the most widely used sensors in commercial and industrial applications for environmental monitoring and controlling. Although related technology have been studied intensively, humidity sensing ... -
The Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers for Imaging Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2010-10-01)Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUTs) have proven themselves to be excellent candidates for medical ultrasonic imaging applications. The use of semiconductor fabrication techniques facilitates the fabrication ... -
Recursive Estimation of Structure and Motion from Monocular Images
(University of Waterloo, 2010-10-22)The determination of the 3D motion of a camera and the 3D structure of the scene in which the camera is moving, known as the Structure from Motion (SFM) problem, is a central problem in computer vision. Specifically, the ... -
Adaptive Fringe Pattern Projection Techniques for Imgae Saturation Avoidance in 3D Surface Measurement
(University of Waterloo, 2010-10-29)Fringe-pattern projection (FPP) techniques are commonly used for surface-shape measurement in a wide range of applications including object and scene modeling, part inspection, and reverse engineering. Periodic intensity ... -
Probabilistic Characterization of Neuromuscular Disease: Effects of Class Structure and Aggregation Methods
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-13)Neuromuscular disorders change the underlying structure and function of motor units within a muscle, and are detected using needle electromyography. Currently, inferences about the presence or absence of disease are made ... -
Hidden hierarchical Markov fields for image modeling
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-24)Random heterogeneous, scale-dependent structures can be observed from many image sources, especially from remote sensing and scientific imaging. Examples include slices of porous media data showing pores of various sizes, ... -
Energy Strategies for the Canadian Province of Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-24)The current and future energy situations in Canada are put into perspective, and the importance of nuclear energy and controversies surrounding it are investigated. More specifically, to demonstrate the important role ... -
Weighted Opposition-Based Fuzzy Thresholding
(University of Waterloo, 2011-02-18)With the rapid growth of the digital imaging, image processing techniques are widely involved in many industrial and medical applications. Image thresholding plays an essential role in image processing and computer vision ... -
Building Sustainability: Definitions, Process and Case
(University of Waterloo, 2011-02-24)This thesis is an exploration of how to do sustainable development for buildings, especially during the earliest stages of such development. The thesis starts by considering clear definitions of sustainability, development ... -
Performance Improvement of an Optical Coherence Tomography System by use of an Optical Pupil Slicer
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-08)Spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) is a dispersed interferometric technology used to obtain tomographic images, typically of tissue for medical applications. OCT is a competing technology with confocal ... -
Automatic Interferometric Alignment of a Free-Space Optical Coherence Tomography System
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-18)Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a relatively new interferometric technology that allows for high-resolution and non-destructive tomographic imaging. One of its primary current uses is for in vivo and ex vivo examination ... -
Mechanics and Control of Human Balance
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-18)A predictive, forward-dynamic model and computer simulation of human gait has important medical and research applications. Most human simulation work has focused on inverse dynamics studies to quantify bone on bone forces ...