scholarly journals Evaluation of Multimodal External Human–Machine Interface for Driverless Vehicles in Virtual Reality

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 687
Author(s):  
Jinzhen Dou ◽  
Shanguang Chen ◽  
Zhi Tang ◽  
Chang Xu ◽  
Chengqi Xue
Keyword(s):  
New Technology ◽  
Pedestrian Safety ◽  
Human Machine Interface ◽  
Visual Features ◽  
Visual Modality ◽  
Human Voice ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Machine Interface ◽  
Interaction Efficiency ◽  
Physical Features

With the development and promotion of driverless technology, researchers are focusing on designing varied types of external interfaces to induce trust in road users towards this new technology. In this paper, we investigated the effectiveness of a multimodal external human–machine interface (eHMI) for driverless vehicles in virtual environment, focusing on a two-way road scenario. Three phases of identifying, decelerating, and parking were taken into account in the driverless vehicles to pedestrian interaction process. Twelve eHMIs are proposed, which consist of three visual features (smile, arrow and none), three audible features (human voice, warning sound and none) and two physical features (yielding and not yielding). We conducted a study to gain a more efficient and safer eHMI for driverless vehicles when they interact with pedestrians. Based on study outcomes, in the case of yielding, the interaction efficiency and pedestrian safety in multimodal eHMI design was satisfactory compared to the single-modal system. The visual modality in the eHMI of driverless vehicles has the greatest impact on pedestrian safety. In addition, the “arrow” was more intuitive to identify than the “smile” in terms of visual modality.

Effectiveness assessment of improvement measures in physical protection system monitoring center

Kerntechnik ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-38
Author(s):  
T. Zeng ◽  
X. Yang ◽  
Y. Wan ◽  
Y. Mao ◽  
Z. Liu
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Video Monitor ◽  
Decision Strategy ◽  
System Monitoring ◽  
Physical Protection ◽  
Alarm Signals ◽  
Monitoring Center ◽  
Interaction Efficiency ◽  
Physical Protection System

Abstract The optimization measures in the physical protection system monitoring center of a nuclear power plant include the prioritization of alarm signals, optimization of sound and light alarm form, improvement of the layout of video monitor screen, security training, and strengthening of organizational management. Based on the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process, the influence of these factors on the probability of alert assessment and guard’s respond time in the EASI method are quantitatively analyzed. Making full use of the measures for prioritization of alarm signals can effectively promote the improvement of human-computer interaction efficiency. The degree of influence of the four factors (guarder’s status, decision strategy, guarder’s training and organization management) on guard’s decision-making is roughly the same.

scholarly journals Ultra-High Velocity Ratio in Magnetron Injection Guns for Low-Voltage Compact Gyrotrons

Electronics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 1587
Author(s):  
Dun Lu ◽  
Wenjie Fu ◽  
Xiaotong Guan ◽  
Tongbin Yang ◽  
Chaoyang Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Space Charge ◽  
High Velocity ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Simulation Optimization ◽  
Velocity Ratio ◽  
Space Charge Effects ◽  
Charge Effects ◽  
Beam Voltage ◽  
Interaction Efficiency

Low-voltage compact gyrotron is under development at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) for industrial applications. Due to the low operating voltage, the relativistic factor is weak, and interaction efficiency could not be high. Therefore, a magnetron-injection gun (MIG) with an extremely high-velocity ratio α (around 2.5) is selected to improve the interaction efficiency. As beam voltage drops, space charge effects become more and more obvious, thus a more detailed analysis of velocity-ratio α is significant to perform low-voltage gyrotrons, including beam voltage, beam current, modulating voltage, depression voltage, cathode magnetic field, and magnetic depression ratio. Theoretical analysis and simulation optimization are adopted to demonstrate the feasibility of an ultra-high velocity ratio, which considers the space charge effects. Based on theoretical analysis, an electron gun with a transverse to longitudinal velocity ratio 2.55 and velocity spread 9.3% is designed through simulation optimization. The working voltage and current are 10 kV and 0.46 A with cathode emission density 1 A/cm2 for a 75 GHz hundreds of watts’ output power gyrotron.

Surface charges of anionic and cationic polyelectrolytes and their effects on the nucleation and the growth of CaCO3 crystals

e-Polymers ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amane Jada ◽  
Arnaud Verraes ◽  
Alexandrine Aue ◽  
Céline Ducroquetz
Keyword(s):  
Surface Charge ◽  
Calcium Ions ◽  
Polymer Concentration ◽  
Free Calcium ◽  
Precipitation Reaction ◽  
Surface Charges ◽  
Strong Reduction ◽  
Interaction Efficiency ◽  
Cationic Polyelectrolytes ◽  
Positively Charged

AbstractStreaming Induced Potential (SIP) of polystyrene sulfonate, PSS, and poly(ethylenimine), PEI, in the presence of monovalent (NaCl) and divalent (CaCl2) electrolytes, were measured at ambient temperature. The data indicate that screening of polyelectrolyte surface charge, i.e. the reduction of SIP amplitude, is more efficient by divalent CaCl2, as compared to monovalent NaCl electrolytes. The screening of polyelectrolyte surface charge leads to reduction of the mutual repulsion between the polyelectrolyte segments. In the case of CaCl2 electrolyte, since PSS and PEI are, respectively, negatively and positively charged, sequestration of calcium ions by the polyelectrolyte leads to strong reduction of the free calcium ions concentration in the medium in the presence of the PSS when compared to the PEI. Further, the preparation of CaCO3 particles through a precipitation reaction, at room temperature, by using PSS and PEI polyelectrolytes as crystal modifiers were investigated. The final CaCO3 particles are found to result from the aggregation of nanocrystals, and have various shapes and sizes depending on polymer concentration and structure. It comes out that the properties of CaCO3 particles prepared in the presence of the polymer are function of the interaction efficiency between the polymer-repeating units and the calcium ions. Such interaction is found to affect the free calcium ions concentration in the medium.

Straight and linearly tapered capillaries produced by femtosecond laser micromachining

2012 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. WIGGINS ◽  
M. P. REIJNDERS ◽  
S. ABUAZOUM ◽  
K. HART ◽  
G. VIEUX ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Femtosecond Laser ◽  
Laser Plasma ◽  
Laser Pulses ◽  
Laser Micromachining ◽  
Plasma Interaction ◽  
Laser Plasma Interaction ◽  
Femtosecond Laser Micromachining ◽  
Longitudinal Plasma ◽  
Gaussian Mode ◽  
Interaction Efficiency

AbstractGas-filled capillary discharge waveguides are a commonly employed medium in laser–plasma interaction applications, such as the laser wakefield accelerator, because they can simultaneously guide high-power laser pulses while acting as the medium for acceleration. In this paper, the production of both straight and linearly tapered capillaries using a femtosecond laser micromachining technique is presented. A tapered capillary is shown to possess a smooth variation in diameter (from 305 μm to 183 μm) along its entire 40 mm length, which would lead to a longitudinal plasma density gradient, thereby dramatically improving the laser–plasma interaction efficiency in applications. Efficient guiding with up to 82% energy transmission of the fundamental Gaussian mode of a low intensity, 50 fs duration laser pulse is shown for both types of capillary waveguide.

scholarly journals Unique transcriptome features of pea (Pisum sativum L.) lines with differing responses to beneficial soil microorganisms

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-141
Author(s):  
Alexey M. Afonin ◽  
Emma S. Gribchenko ◽  
Evgeny A. Zorin ◽  
Anton S. Sulima ◽  
Daria A. Romanyuk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pisum Sativum ◽  
Mycorrhizal Fungi ◽  
Soil Microorganisms ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Expression Profiles ◽  
Gene Expression Profiles ◽  
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal ◽  
Plant Responses ◽  
Single Nucleotide Variants ◽  
Interaction Efficiency

BACKGROUND: Garden pea (Pisum sativum L.) possesses the ability to form beneficial symbioses with various soil microorganisms. However, different pea cultivars, genotypes, and lines gain more or less benefit from these interactions, so the trait named efficiency of interaction with soil microorganisms (EIBSM) was suggested to describe this phenomenon. The molecular mechanisms underlying the manifestation of the EIBSM trait are not properly studied, and only few works focusing on plant responses to combined microbial preparations have been published to date. METHODS: Eight pea lines previously described as contrasting in manifestation of the EIBSM trait were grown in pots with soil under combined inoculation with nodule bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and the transcriptome profiles of the whole root systems of the plants were investigated using 3'MACE RNA sequencing. RESULTS: The relatedness of the lines inferred from the analysis of transcripts SNVs (Single Nucleotide Variants) corresponded to the manifestation of the EIBSM trait: three high-EIBSM lines and three low-EIBSM lines formed two distinct clusters. Thus, the gene expression profiles were compared between these two clusters, which enabled identification of transcriptome signatures characteristic for each group. The lines previously described as high-EIBSM have lower symbiotic activity, and the expression levels of pathogen response genes were elevated compared to the lines with low EIBSM. CONCLUSION: This result suggests that the mechanism of high interaction efficiency may be connected to stricter host control of symbionts, allowing such plants to expend less on the symbioses.

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