Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 33 Aleksander Nawrat Karol Jędrasiak Editors Innovative Simulation Systems Studies in Systems, Decision and Control Volume 33 Series editor Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland e-mail: [email protected] About this Series The series “Studies in Systems, Decision and Control” (SSDC) covers both new developments and advances, as well as the state of the art, in the various areas of broadly perceived systems, decision making and control- quickly, up to date and withahighquality.Theintentistocoverthetheory,applications,andperspectives on the state of the art and future developments relevant to systems, decision making,control,complexprocessesandrelatedareas, asembeddedinthefieldsof engineering,computerscience,physics,economics,socialandlifesciences,aswell astheparadigmsandmethodologiesbehindthem.Theseriescontainsmonographs, textbooks, lecture notes and edited volumes in systems, decision making and control spanning the areas of Cyber-Physical Systems, Autonomous Systems, Sensor Networks, Control Systems, Energy Systems, Automotive Systems, Bio- logical Systems, Vehicular Networking and Connected Vehicles, Aerospace Sys- tems, Automation, Manufacturing, Smart Grids, Nonlinear Systems, Power Systems, Robotics, Social Systems, Economic Systems and other. 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More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/13304 ę Aleksander Nawrat Karol J drasiak (cid:129) Editors Innovative Simulation Systems 123 Editors Aleksander Nawrat KarolJędrasiak Institute of Automatic Control Institute of Automatic Control Silesian University of Technology Silesian University of Technology Gliwice Gliwice Poland Poland ISSN 2198-4182 ISSN 2198-4190 (electronic) Studies in Systems,DecisionandControl ISBN978-3-319-21117-6 ISBN978-3-319-21118-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-21118-3 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2015943839 SpringerChamHeidelbergNewYorkDordrechtLondon ©SpringerInternationalPublishingSwitzerland2016 Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.AllrightsarereservedbythePublisher,whetherthewholeorpart of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission orinformationstorageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilar methodologynowknownorhereafterdeveloped. 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Jimmy Durante Preface The book has been motivated by rapid development of technology allowing us to create innovative simulation systems designed to deliver broader content; at the same time enhancing educational opportunities and reducing the economic cost of teaching, in particular, in areas such as national defense, medicine, or sport. The conceptofasimulationsystemisextensiveandcontainshigh-growthareassuchas augmented reality or design and construction of unmanned vehicles. Augmented reality (AR) is a term used to describe the process of enriching the perception of the real world with digital elements, generated by a computer. “Augmentation” of reality is typically performed in real time and in a contextual conformity with the observed real world. Mainly, the information added is a multimedia extension of the senses of the observer. Many research groups are workingonprojectsandimplementationofsimulationsystemscontainingelements of AR, which are used in many fields such as navigation, rehabilitation, enter- tainment, and video surveillance of the city. ThemainaimofdesignandconstructionofUAVsistheirpracticalapplication. However, their design is a lengthy process and requires intensive evaluation using both simulation and experimental data. Human perception is limited to tracking in full concentration only seven elements simultaneously. Control of unmanned vehicle and analysis of data recorded by the payload of unmanned vehicles is a significant excess of information for human and negatively impacts its analytical capabilities. Therefore, it is often necessary to apply amendments based on the actual real life experience of the application. The goal of this monograph is to provide comprehensive guidelines on the current and future trends of innovative simulation systems; in particular, their important components, such as augmented reality and unmanned vehicles. The book consists of three parts: Vision-based Information for Innovative Simulation Systems, Design, Construction and Analysis for Purpose of Innovative SystemsandDesignandEvaluationofControlAlgorithms.Eachpartpresentsgood practices, new methods, concepts of systems, and new algorithms. Presented challenges and solutions are the results of research conducted by the contributing authors. vii viii Preface Themonographcanbeavaluablesourceofinformationforthoseincontactwith the design and creation of innovative simulation systems as researchers, pro- grammers, designers, engineers, and users. The book is addressed to a wide audi- ence: academic staff, representatives of research institutions, employees of companiesandgovernmentagenciesaswellasstudentsandgraduatesoftechnical universities in the country and abroad. We took an effort to present multiple solutions and challenges in the fields above. The authors encourage to actively explore the following chapters of the book and, in case of questions or concerns, invite you to an open and frank discussion of these matters. In conclusion, the main features of the book are the following: 1. The book describes and evaluates the current state of knowledge in the field of innovative simulation systems. 2. Throughout the chapters there are presented current issues and concepts of systems, technology, equipment, tools, research challenges and current, past, and future applications of simulation systems. We would like to thank the authors for their contributions. Without their knowledge, experience, and commitment this monograph would have never appeared. We also thank the reviewers, editors, and staff of Springer for their support during the creation of this monograph. Gliwice Aleksander Nawrat April 2015 Karol Jędrasiak Acknowledgment The work was financially supported by NCBiR grant POIG 02.03.01-24-099 GeCONiI—Upper Silesian Centre for Computational Science and Engineering. ix Contents Part I Vision-Based Information for Innovative Simulation Systems Minimizing the Image Resolution in Order to Increase the Computing Speed Without Losing the Separation of the Recognised Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Zygmunt Kuś and Aleksander Nawrat The Method of Guaranteeing the Separation Between the Recognised Object and Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Zygmunt Kuś and Aleksander Nawrat The Method of Developing the Invariant Functions Vector for Objects Recognition from a Given Objects Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Zygmunt Kuś and Aleksander Nawrat Adjusting the Thresholds to the Recognised Pattern in Order to Improve the Separation Between the Recognised Patterns. . . . . . . . 47 Zygmunt Kuś and Aleksander Nawrat The Concept of an Active Thermal Camouflage for Friend-Foe Identification System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Paulina Wilk, Tomasz Targiel, Dawid Sobel, Jan Kwiatkowski, Karol Jędrasiak and Aleksander Nawrat Augmented Reality in UAVs Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Paweł Iwaneczko, Karol Jędrasiak and Aleksander Nawrat xi