Lu Cao

Binqiang Wang, Gang Dong, Yaqian Zhao et al.

In the field of affective computing, researchers in the community have promoted the performance of models and algorithms by using the complementarity of multimodal information. However, the emergence of more and more modal information makes the development of datasets unable to keep up with the progress of existing modal sensing equipment. Collecting and studying multimodal data is a complex and significant work. In order to supplement the challenge of partial missing of community data. We collected and labeled a new homogeneous multimodal gesture emotion recognition dataset based on the analysis of the existing data sets. This data set complements the defects of homogeneous multimodal data and provides a new research direction for emotion recognition. Moreover, we propose a pseudo dual-flow network based on this dataset, and verify the application potential of this dataset in the affective computing community. The experimental results demonstrate that it is feasible to use the traditional visual information and spiking visual information based on homogeneous multimodal data for visual emotion recognition.The dataset is available at \url{https://github.com/201528014227051/SGED}

Lu Cao

In simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), image feature point matching process consume a lot of time. The capacity of low-power systems such as embedded systems is almost limited. It is difficult to ensure the timely processing of each image information. To reduce time consuming when matching feature points in SLAM, an algorithm of using inertial measurement unit (IMU) to optimize the efficiency of image feature point matching is proposed. When matching two image feature points, the presented algorithm does not need to traverse the whole image for matching feature points, just around the predicted point within a small range traversal search to find matching feature points. After compared with the traditional algorithm, the experimental results show that this method has greatly reduced the consumption of image feature points matching time. All the conclusions will help research how to use the IMU optimize the efficiency of image feature point matching and improve the real-time performance in SLAM.

Tijs Konijn, Imaan Bijl, Lu Cao et al.

Due to the climate change, hay fever becomes a pressing healthcare problem with an increasing number of affected population, prolonged period of affect and severer symptoms. A precise pollen classification could help monitor the trend of allergic pollen in the air throughout the year and guide preventive strategies launched by municipalities. Most of the pollen classification works use 2D microscopy image or 2D projection derived from 3D image datasets. In this paper, we aim at using whole stack of 3D images for the classification and evaluating the classification performance with different deep learning models. The 3D image dataset used in this paper is from Urticaceae family, particularly the genera Urtica and Parietaria, which are morphologically similar yet differ significantly in allergenic potential. The pre-trained ResNet3D model, using optimal layer selection and extended epochs, achieved the best performance with an F1-score of 98.3%.