Rats in a transparent morris water maze use elemental and configural geometry of landmarks as well as distance to the pool wall

The aim of this study is to evaluate whatare the dimensions of a panorama of discretelandmarks that a rodent will store in order toreturn to a previously visited target. Ratswere trained to locate a hidden platform in acircular pool of clouded water set within aquasi-spherical enclosure. In order to find theplatform, they had to learn the geometricrelations between the platform and asurrounding set of three discrete landmarks,highly visible through the transparent wall ofthe pool. In test trials without a platform,the array of landmarks was so manipulated as todissociate the effect of actual distance to thelandmarks, of their angular separation, and oftheir apparent dimension. Animals were shown torely equally on angular separation and apparentdimension. The role of actual distance couldnot be definitely ascertained, as animals wereshown to additionally rely on the distance tothe pool wall in order to locate theplatform.     

Function,geometry and spatial prepositions: Three experiments

In this paper the results of three experiments are reported whichaddress the issue of the relative extent to which functionalrelations versus geometric relations affect spatial language. Theexperiments examine the role of a discourse context on the useand rating of the preposition in to describe a visual scenewhere the constraint of spatial containment between figure(object located) and ground (reference object) does not hold. Allthree experiments demonstrate that in is used more andrated to be significantly more appropriate in a functionalcontext than in a no context condition. The implications of thesestudies for spatial language and spatial representation arediscussed.     

Representing a stable environment by egocentric updating and invariant representations

To represent a stable environment despite the experience of changes during self movements, one can either develop an invariant allocentric representation, or update the egocentric representations as one moves. Using a disorientation paradigm, three sets of studies investigated these mechanisms in human navigation and scene recognition. Accuracy in the configuration of multiple object localization is impaired by disorientation, an effect not due to artifacts such as memory deterioration over time, intervening physical activities, uncertainty in self position and orientation, etc., suggesting one can locate objects primarily by updating their egocentric positions as she or he moves. Disorientation also impaired the judgment of changes to a scene after viewer movements, suggesting a similar egocentric updating process. On the contrary, representation of the shape of the surroundings is invariant and persists through disorientation. The coexistence of multiple mechanisms may increase the flexibility and robustness of the system.     

基于局部几何特征的稠密点云配准方法

针对现有的稠密点云配准方法依赖初始位置设定、计算成本高、配准成功率不高等问题，提出了一种基于点云局部几何特征的稠密点云配准方法。采用深度卷积网络模型提取点云的局部几何特征，从而减少了三维点云数据的噪声、低分辨率和不完备性等带来的影响。在此基础上，使用K维树搜索完成局部几何特征描述子的关联工作。最后，通过随机采样一致算法对点云的相对位姿进行鲁棒的估计。通过对开源数据集上5个典型场景中的数据测试表明，该方法的配准成功率达到92.5%，配准精度达到0.0434m，配准时间相对最邻点迭代配准算法缩短了74.7%，实验结果验证了该方法的有效性、实时性和鲁棒性。     

基于视频图像处理的头部位置跟踪方法的探索

针对目前头盔显示器头部位置跟踪过程中存在瞄准速度不快,灵敏度不高,头盔重量偏大,只考虑头部位置,未考虑人眼在跟踪瞄准过程中的功能等问题,特提出一种基于人眼及头位综合视频检测高精度快速瞄准新方法,它采用基于视频图像处理方法来检测头部与飞机的夹角和注视方向相对头部的偏角。     

基于空间算子代数的航天器多体动力学递推实时仿真算法

进一步发展了空间算子代数符号体系,给出了一组坐标系无关空间矢量,张量和矢阵符号表示和相应的坐标投影规则.基于空间算子代数符号体系,推导了适用于航天器实时仿真的无根、树状拓扑、开环多体动力学递推算法,并根据投影规则给出了递推算法在惯性坐标系的投影方程.新的空间算子代数符号体系有符号定义严格,推导过程力学概念清晰,推导结果易于实时仿真程序实现的优点.推导的递推算法非常适合于正逆混合问题和变拓扑问题的求解,可以满足多体航天器动力学实时仿真的要求.     

自适应DBF与空间谱估计

讨论了自适应数字波束形成(DBF)技术和超分辨空间谱估计技术,并提出了一种基于信号协方差矩阵特征分解的时-空二维信号高分辨谱估计算法。以上技术应用于相控阵雷达系统,可以精确获得多个运动目标的方位信息和多普勒信息。文章最后给出了计算机模拟结果。