Stereo-based stochastic mapping (SSM) is a technique based on constructing a Gaussian mixture model for the joint distribution of stereo data. This paper considers the use of SSM for noise robust speech recognition, in which clean and noisy speech features form the stereo data. The Gaussian mixture model, whose parameters are estimated from the observed stereo features during training time, is ...

|This paper describes a new method for superimposing virtual objects with correct shadings onto an image of a real scene. Unlike the previously proposed methods, our method can measure a radiance distribution of a real scene automatically and use it for superimposing virtual objects appropriately onto a real scene. First, a geometric model of the scene is constructed from a pair of omni-directi...

This paper describes a new method for superimposing virtual objects with correct shadings onto an image of a real scene. Unlike the previously proposed methods, our method can measure a radiance distribution of a real scene automatically and use it for superimposing virtual objects appropriately onto a real scene. First, a geometric model of the scene is constructed from a pair of omni-directio...

For efficient yield prediction defects are usually modeled by circular discs or squares. This paper presents a more accurate model that considers the real outline of physical defects. To utilize this model only the maximum and the minimum extension of detected defects have to be determined. That can be done easily using a checkerboard test structure including a defect localization procedure.

Highly active metallocenes and other single site catalysts have opened up the possibility of polymerizing cycloolefins such as norbornene (N) or of copolymerizing them with ethene (E) or propene (P). The polymers obtained show exciting structures and properties. E-N copolymers are industrially produced materials, with variable and high glass transitions depending on the wide range of their micr...

The performance of depth reconstruction in binocular stereo relies on how adequate the predefined baseline for a target scene is. Widebaseline stereo is capable of discriminating depth better than the narrow one, but it often suffers from spatial artifacts. Narrow-baseline stereo can provide a more elaborate depth map with less artifacts, while its depth resolution tends to be biased or coarse ...

The influence of surfaces on the evolution of damage of irradiated Fe is studied using object kinetic Monte Carlo with input from molecular dynamics simulations and ab initio calculations. Two effects are analysed: the influence of traps and the initial distribution of damage in the cascade. These simulations show that for a trap concentration of around 100appm, there are no significant differe...

Latent defect screening is important to enhance memory reliability and to reduce the manufacturing cost. This paper presents an effective reliability failure acceleration method based on defect modeling, using cell data topology for bridge defects. The experimental results show that the proposed method is very effective to screen latent defects during the wafer burn-in process due to the fail d...