Yaohua Xie

Yaohua Xie

Super-resolution microscopes (such as STED) illuminate samples with a tiny spot, and achieve very high resolution. But structures smaller than the spot cannot be resolved in this way. Therefore, we propose a technique to solve this problem. It is termed "Deconvolution after Dense Scan (DDS)". First, a preprocessing stage is introduced to eliminate the optical uncertainty of the peripheral areas around the sample's ROI (Region of Interest). Then, the ROI is scanned densely together with its peripheral areas. Finally, the high resolution image is recovered by deconvolution. The proposed technique does not need to modify the apparatus much, and is mainly performed by algorithm. Simulation experiments show that the technique can further improve the resolution of super-resolution microscopes.

Yaohua Xie, Danli Wang, Fang Sun

When viewing stereoscopic displays, people may not always be able to stay exactly in front of the display. It is known that viewing stereoscopic display from different vertical angles lead to different visual discomfort. However, the effects of horizontal viewing angle on stereoscopic visual discomfort have been rarely investigated, especially for household stereoscopic displays. In this study, subjects were required to view a stereoscopic display from various horizontal viewing angles, and assessed their visual discomfort during viewing. The visual stimuli have various amount of disparities: positive disparity, negative disparity or zero disparity. Results showed that the visual discomfort changes with horizontal viewing angle, and greater angles generally lead to more serious visual discomfort. Furthermore, the relationship between visual discomfort and horizontal viewing angle can be approximately expressed by a quadratic function.

Yaohua Xie

Existing Real-Time Translation Interfaces (RTTI) do not provide experience as natural and efficient as monolingual communication. Also, such systems do not provide functions supporting language learning. This results in the waste of both time and potential language context. In order to overcome the above limitations, we propose a solution named "Talk&Learn". Its core idea is to rearrange ("Delay-Match") the real-time videos and translated texts or speeches, so as to gain better naturalness and efficiency. At the same time, this will create extra free time for users. So we further propose to utilize the free time for contextual language learning.

Yaohua Xie, Danli Wang, Li Hao

Distant pointing is still not efficient, accurate or flexible enough for many applications, although many researchers have focused on it. To improve upon distant pointing, we propose MPP3D, which is especially suitable for high-resolution displays. MPP3D uses two dimensions of hand positioning to move a pointer, and it also uses the third dimension to adjust the precision of the movement. Based on the idea of MPP3D, we propose four techniques which combine two ways of mapping and two techniques for precision adjustment. We further provide three types of mapping scheme and visual feedback for each technique. The potential of the proposed techniques was investigated through experimentation. The results show that these techniques were competent for usual computer operations with a cursor, and the adjustment for pointing precision was beneficial for both pointing efficiency and accuracy.