This paper describes a method to detect glasses’ frames for robust facial image processing. This method makes use of the 3D features obtained by a trinocular stereo vision system. The glasses frame detection is base on a fact that the rims of a pair of glasses lie on the same plane in 3D space. We use a 3D Hough transform to obtain a plane in which 3D features are concentrated. Then, based on t...

Real-world planners must be able to temporally project their external actions internally. Typically, this has been done entirely at an abstract representational level. We investigate an alternative approach, performing projections on a concrete, property-based representation, and rederiving the abstract level from it. We show that this approach can greatly alleviate the frame problem in certain...

The objectives of this paper are to review the modeling and design of concrete frame structures for the changing member-temperature loading case and the section gradient-temperature loading case. In addition, the intensity distribution of internal forces resulting from temperature changes and the factors that cause a decrease or increase in these forces was studied. When the temperature of an o...

The lack of clear guidance regarding the value of elastic flexural rigidity (EI) that should be used in the analysis of steel-concrete composite columns is a significant unresolved issue that hinders the design of frame systems that include these members. The common approach of utilizing the rigidity of either the steel or the concrete only tends to be overly conservative. Other approaches that...

During a bridge service life, many factors can cause damage accumulation such as overloaded traffic, fatigue effect, and so on. Hence, the identification of potential damages has been received wide attention to prevent such sudden fatal accident. An experiment of a continuous rigid frame concrete bridge, which had 3 spans and a total length of 18 meters, was presented in this paper. Two load st...

Based on the experimental study for seismic performance of FRP reinforced concrete beam-column joints, two-storey two-span plane frames were taken for examples, in which the static elastoplastic analysis (the pushover method) was carried on the joints of the FRP strengthened concrete frames, and then the comparative analysis was made on seismic performance of RFP strengthened frame structure th...