The paper provides considerations relative to the application of 3D vision methods and presents some lessons learnt in this respect by presenting four 3D vision tasks and discussing the selection of vision sensing devices meant to solving the task. After a short reminder of 3D vision methods of interest for optical range imaging for microvision and macrovision applications, the paper enumerates...

Geomagnetic indices are basic data in Solar-Terrestrial physics, and for operational Space Weather activities. The International Service of Geomagnetic Indices (ISGI) is in charge of the derivation and dissemination of geomagnetic indices that are acknowledged by the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA, an IUGG association). Institutes which are not part of ISGI started...

Modern system engineering is supported by a families of modelling languages; each member of a specific family addresses a different aspect of the application domain. Constructing families of modelling languages is facilitated by the use of packages and templates. Packages are containers of modelling elements. Packages may be specialised and merged. Renamings may be applied to packages. Template...

Reliable simulation of hot stamping process requires accurate material data. This paper describes the development of computer models that can provide many of the material data required, including TTT/CCT phase transformation diagrams, temperature dependent physical and thermophysical properties, as well as temperature and strain rate dependent mechanical properties including high temperature st...

A numerical framework for the simulation of sheet steel stamping forming is presented. The main problems, the equations of motion, the constitutive relation, the initial conditions, boundary conditions and contact conditions, are presented in detail. Based on this, the finite element model is established and solved for exploring the changes in laws of stress, strain and so on. The information o...

As the Internet grows in scale almost every year, security measures are expected to become all the more important on the Internet. A Time-stamping authority (TSA) is a trusted authority which provides a proof that a datum existed before a particular time. In this research, we implemented a RFC-3161 compliant time-stamping service over the Internet. The TSA server software was implemented on Lin...

It is well known that there are 17 crystallographic groups that determine the possible tessellations of the Euclidean plane. We approach them from an unusual point of view. Corresponding to each crystallographic group there is an orbifold. We show how to think of the orbifolds as artifacts that serve to create tessellations. 1. TESSELLATIONS. The history of human civilization gives an enormous ...