Author:Kemp, Lana; Roux, Michael P; Kemp, Mauritz J; Kock, RDate:Jul 2021In South Africa, visual inspections for all bridge structures are required every five years. A need was identified to establish if it would be practical to utilise technologies, such as drones and photogrammetry, to improve inspections and ...Read more
Author:Darlow, LN; Webb, L; Botha, NDate:May 2016Fingerprint recognition systems are prevalent in high-security applications. As a result, the act of spoofing these systems with artificial fingerprints is of increasing concern. This research presents an automatic means for spoof-detection ...Read more
Author:Skosana, Vusi J; Kunene, Dumisani CDate:Sep 2019Edge-preserving smoothing filters have had many applications in the image processing community, such as image compression, restoration, deblurring and abstraction. However, their potential application in computer vision and machine learning ...Read more
Author:Heyns, R; Ndiaye, M; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Jun 2021In this work, we proposed an automated smart cart system for use in the shopping industry. A smart cart equipped with sensors and computing resources would classify as an edge device for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). In our design ...Read more
Author:Dorasamy, Kribashnee; Webb-Ray, Leandra; Tapamo, J-RDate:Dec 2016Overcoming small inter-class variation when fingerprints have missing singular points (SPs) is one of the current challenges faced in fingerprint classification, since class information is scarce. Grouping the orientation fields to form ...Read more
Author:Vogel, F; Steyn, WJvdMDate:Mar 2000The report focuses on aspects such as possible wireless data transmission, standardization and mesurement methodologies and sensor technology. Various avenues are explored for the development of sensors while new emerging technologies that ...Read more
Author:Brown, Dane; Bradshaw, KDate:Sep 2016The feature-level, unlike the match score-level, lacks multi-modal fusion guidelines. This work demonstrates a practical approach for improved image-based biometric feature-fusion. The approach extracts and combines the face, fingerprint and ...Read more
Author:Sikhakhane, K; Rimer, S; Gololo, M; Ouahada, K; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Sep 2023Ultrasound imaging uses reflected echo signals from high-frequency sound waves transmitted into a body with high water content to create images of the internal soft tissue, bone, and blood flow. Different kinds of noise are introduced during ...Read more
Author:Archibald, S; Roy, DPDate:Jul 2009An algorithm for identifying individual fires from the Modis burned area data product is introduced for southern Africa. This algorithm gives the date of burning, size of fire, and location of the centroid for all fires identified over 8 years ...Read more
Author:Botha, Gerda N; Wessels, Gert JC; Botha, Natasha; Van Eden, BeatriceDate:Jan 2019SEM images are crucial in the characterisation of material properties. These images can be very hard to interpret without any prior knowledge of the material. This paper discusses a pre-processing method for assisting convolutional Neural ...Read more
Author:Joubert, D; Tyatyantsi, A; Mphahlehle, J; Manchidi, VDate:Nov 2011Potholes are not only a source of frustration to drivers but also negatively impact the economy due to damage to vehicles and costly road repairs. Regular and rapid pavement inspection and maintenance is key to preventing pothole formation ...Read more
Author:Henriques, R; Lelek, M; Fornasiero, EF; Valtorta, F; Zimmer, C; Mhlanga, MusaDate:May 2010QuickPALM in conjunction with the acquisition of control features provides a complete solution for the acquisition, reconstruction and visualization of 3D PALM or STORM images, achieving resolutions of ~40 nm in real time. This software package ...Read more
Author:Schwegmann, CP; Kleynhans, W; Salmon, BP; Mdakane, LDate:Jul 2015The ability to reliably detect ships within the ocean is one of the core capabilities of Maritime Domain Awareness. Constant improvements are pursued in both computational speed and reliable responses to events by exploring new ship detection ...Read more
Author:Falola, O; Osunmakinde, I; Bagula, ADate:Nov 2010The role of robots, automatically guided machines able to perform tasks on their own cannot be over emphasized. In particular, if robotic vehicles are to work effectively, the way they are required to perform their jobs and their ability to ...Read more
Author:Thiede, RN; Fabris-Rotelli, IN; Stein, A; Debba, Pravesh; Li, MDate:Nov 2019Informal unpaved roads in developing countries arise naturally through human movement without government authorities being informed. These roads are not authorized nor maintained by council, nor reliably mapped in quality-controlled online ...Read more
Author:Baumbach, J; Lubbe, MDate:Feb 2006A camouflage field trial experiment was conducted. For the experiment several targets were deployed along tree lines and in an open field. Some of the vehicles were deployed with a variety of camouflage nets, while others were left uncovered. ...Read more
Author:Globisch, R; Ferguson, KDate:Mar 2009Video processing source code for algorithms and tools used in software media pipelines (e.g. image scalers, colour converters, etc.) The currently available source code is written in C++ with their associated libraries and DirectShow- Filters.Read more
Author:Naidoo, T; Joubert, D; Chiwewe, T; Tyatyantsi, A; Rancati, B; Mbizeni, ADate:Mar 2014Road distresses, such as potholes and edge cracks, are not only a source of frustration to drivers but also negatively impact the economy due to damage to motor vehicles and costly road repairs. Regular and rapid pavement inspection and ...Read more