To prevent moving shadows being misclassified as moving objects or parts of moving objects, this paper presents an explicit method for detection of moving cast shadows on a dominating scene background. Those shadows are generated by objects moving between a light source and the background. Moving cast shadows cause a frame difference between two succeeding images of a monocular video image sequ...

Physics-based animation of soft or rigid bodies for real-time applications often suffers from numerical instabilities. We analyse one of the most common sources of unwanted behaviour: the numerical integration strategy. To assess the impact of popular integration methods, we consider a scenario where soft and hard constraints are added to a custom designed deformable linear object. Since the go...

In this paper we consider the numerical solution of large-scale projected generalized continuous-time and discrete-time Sylvester equations with low-rank right-hand sides. First, we present the results on the sufficient conditions for the existence, uniqueness, and analytic formula of the solutions of these equations. Second, we review the low-rank alternating direction implicit method and the ...

We propose an approach to model a smooth surface from a surface triangulation by implicit surface patches which are subsets of zero contours of trivariate functions defined on a collection of irregular triangular prisms. Comparing with the earlier approaches of surface modeling by implicit surfaces, the proposed scheme uses much less patches, and can easily capture sharp features. Furthermore, ...

Current methods for building models using implicit volume techniques present problems defining accurate and controllable blend shapes between implicit primitives. We present new methods to extend the freedom and controllability of implicit volume modeling. The main idea is to use a free-form curve to define the profile of the blend region between implicit primitives. The use of a free-form impl...

We present an implicit method for globally computing all four classic types of integral surfaces – stream, path, streak, and time surfaces – in 3D time-dependent vector fields. Our novel formulation is based on the representation of a time surface as implicit isosurface of a 3D scalar function advected by the flow field. The evolution of a time surface is then given as an isovolume in 4D space-...

LOW-RANK ITERATIVE METHODS FOR PROJECTED GENERALIZED LYAPUNOV EQUATIONS TATJANA STYKEL Abstract. We generalize an alternating direction implicit method and the Smith method for large-scale projected generalized Lyapunov equations. Such equations arise in model reduction of descriptor systems. Low-rank versions of these methods are also presented, which can be used to compute low-rank approximat...

Building on the SVPE (surface and volume polarization for electrostatics) model for electrostatic contributions to the free energy of solvation with explicit consideration of both surface and volume polarization effects, on the SMx approach to including first-solvation-shell contributions, and on the linear relationship between the electric field and short-range electrostatic contributions foun...

Over the last few years, the realm of foreign language learning has witnessed an abundance of research concerning the effectiveness of corrective feedback on the acquisition of grammatical features, with the study of other target language subsystems, such as pronunciation, being few and far between. In order to bridge this gap, the present study intended to investigate and compare the immediate...