By Dr. Björn Barrois, Christian Wöhler (auth.), Mehrdad Ehsani, Fei-Yue Wang, Gary L. Brosch (eds.)

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Figure 17 Pose parameters and their temporal derivatives estimated with the model-based scene flow method for the image sequence shown in Fig. 16 As an example of ongoing work in this field, the object position is predicted in [34] based on a Bayesian framework in which the probability distribution of the motion hypotheses is represented by a set of measured example trajectories (particles) rather than motion models. These particles are propagated over time using a particle filter [18, 34]. The measurement noise is inherent in the example trajectories and therefore does not need to be modeled.

Fig. 6). Each of the four images Iit is identified by two indices i and t, where the right image is denoted by the index i = 0 and the left image by i = 1, while the previous time step is denoted by the index t = 0 and the current time step by t = 1. ” The projective vector ~qi0 t 0 of the pixel coordinates of window k in image i0 at time step t0 is obtained from ðkÞ the corresponding projective vector ~qit in image i at i 0 t 0 ðkÞ time step t by the homography it H induced by the i=1 Model-Based Scene Flow 3D Pose Estimation of Vehicles Using Stereo Camera.

Figure 1 Rotor and stator of a two-pole DC machine AC Machines: Permanent Magnet Synchronous and Induction Machines AC Machines: Permanent Magnet Synchronous and Induction Machines. Figure 2 Stator and rotor of a squirrel-cage induction machine With the advent of induction machine and the effective use of the rotating magnetic field, development of brushless electric machinery attracted significant attention. However, ease of control has made DC machines more popular in applications that require a wide range of motor speeds.

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