Purpose： This study is a user evaluation on the usability of the Mogao Cave Panorama Digital Library （DL）, aiming to measure its effectiveness from the users＇ perspective and to propose suggestions for improvement...Purpose： This study is a user evaluation on the usability of the Mogao Cave Panorama Digital Library （DL）, aiming to measure its effectiveness from the users＇ perspective and to propose suggestions for improvement. Design/methodology/approach： Usability tests were conducted based on a framework of evaluation criteria and a set of information seeking tasks designed for the Dunhuang cultural heritage, and interviews were conducted for soliciting in-depth opinions from participants. Findings： The results of the usability tests indicate that the DL was more efficient in supporting simple information seeking tasks than those of higher-complexity levels. Statistical tests reveal that there were correlations among dimensions of usability criteria and user effectiveness measures. Moreover, interview discourses exposed specific usability issues of the DL. Research limitations： This research is based on a relatively small sample size, resulting in a limited representativeness of user diversity. A larger sample size is needed for a systematic cross group comparison. Practical implications： This study evaluated the usability of the Mogao Cave Panorama DL and proposed suggestions for its improvement for better experience. The results also provide a reference to other cultural heritage DLs with panorama functions. Originality/value： This study is one of the first evaluating cultural heritage DLs from the perspective of user experience. It provides methodological references for relevant studies： the evaluation framework, the designed information seeking tasks, and the interview questions can be adopted or adapted in evaluating other visually centric DLs of cultural heritage.展开更多
A real-time algorithm for cylindrical panorama mosaic from un-calibrated images is presented, A novel scheme based on feature matching is proposed to align the images, Feature candidates are extracted with Plessy＇s c...A real-time algorithm for cylindrical panorama mosaic from un-calibrated images is presented, A novel scheme based on feature matching is proposed to align the images, Feature candidates are extracted with Plessy＇s corner detector and then are matehed between eonsecutive frames based on FFT, Overlays between consecutive frames are detected with an improved two-step feature matching. Finally, the images are stitched by fusing in accordance with the found seam linked matched features. This method can be implemented efficiently and show robustness to varying illumination and perspective distortion.展开更多
The basin covers an area of 48000 square kilometres with predicted oil and gas reserves of 1.6 billion tons and 380 billion cubic metres respectively.The exploration and development operations have been better than ex...The basin covers an area of 48000 square kilometres with predicted oil and gas reserves of 1.6 billion tons and 380 billion cubic metres respectively.The exploration and development operations have been better than expected in the past three years with the discovery of 11 oilfields and the esta blishment of a crude production capacity of 1.25 million tons.While conducting further exploration work in this basin,CNPC has currently discovered other four new oil and gas-bearing belts in the area.This indicates a continuous increase of reserves and production in the next few years.展开更多
基金partially supported by Key Technologies Research and Development Program of China,for the project titled "Metadata Standard for Cultural Relics Digital Preservation" (project No.: 2014BAK07B02)
文摘Purpose： This study is a user evaluation on the usability of the Mogao Cave Panorama Digital Library （DL）, aiming to measure its effectiveness from the users＇ perspective and to propose suggestions for improvement. Design/methodology/approach： Usability tests were conducted based on a framework of evaluation criteria and a set of information seeking tasks designed for the Dunhuang cultural heritage, and interviews were conducted for soliciting in-depth opinions from participants. Findings： The results of the usability tests indicate that the DL was more efficient in supporting simple information seeking tasks than those of higher-complexity levels. Statistical tests reveal that there were correlations among dimensions of usability criteria and user effectiveness measures. Moreover, interview discourses exposed specific usability issues of the DL. Research limitations： This research is based on a relatively small sample size, resulting in a limited representativeness of user diversity. A larger sample size is needed for a systematic cross group comparison. Practical implications： This study evaluated the usability of the Mogao Cave Panorama DL and proposed suggestions for its improvement for better experience. The results also provide a reference to other cultural heritage DLs with panorama functions. Originality/value： This study is one of the first evaluating cultural heritage DLs from the perspective of user experience. It provides methodological references for relevant studies： the evaluation framework, the designed information seeking tasks, and the interview questions can be adopted or adapted in evaluating other visually centric DLs of cultural heritage.
文摘A real-time algorithm for cylindrical panorama mosaic from un-calibrated images is presented, A novel scheme based on feature matching is proposed to align the images, Feature candidates are extracted with Plessy＇s corner detector and then are matehed between eonsecutive frames based on FFT, Overlays between consecutive frames are detected with an improved two-step feature matching. Finally, the images are stitched by fusing in accordance with the found seam linked matched features. This method can be implemented efficiently and show robustness to varying illumination and perspective distortion.
文摘The basin covers an area of 48000 square kilometres with predicted oil and gas reserves of 1.6 billion tons and 380 billion cubic metres respectively.The exploration and development operations have been better than expected in the past three years with the discovery of 11 oilfields and the esta blishment of a crude production capacity of 1.25 million tons.While conducting further exploration work in this basin,CNPC has currently discovered other four new oil and gas-bearing belts in the area.This indicates a continuous increase of reserves and production in the next few years.
