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Shadows add a level of realism to a rendered image. Furthermore, they support the user of an augmented reality application through the interactions of virtual objects. The reason for this is that shadows make it easier to judge the position and the size of a virtual object. In 1978, Lance Williams published the shadow mapping algorithm with the aim to render a shadow of objects in a virtual scene. This master thesis presents a modified shadow mapping approach that can additionally be used in Augmented/Mixed Reality applications. First of all the standard algorithm ist extended by a PCF-filter. This filter is used to handle the aliasing-problem on the edges of the shadow and also to soften the shadow. Phantom objects are necessary to be able to operate this approach in a Mixed Reality application. These objects simulate the position and the geometry of the real objects for the algorithm. The approach consists of three steps: First the camera image is drawn into the framebuffer. After that a shadow map, of the virtual objects only, is created. When rendering these objects shadow mapping creates the shadows of virtual objects onto other virtual objects and on themselves. Afterwards the phantom objects are rendered. The depth test is performed on the fragment shader. If a fragment lies in a shadowed region it will get the color of the shadow. However, if it is beeing lit its transpareny value will be set to 1 so that it will not be seen. By applying this procedure all shadows from the virtual objects onto the real objects will be drawn. The results show that the approach can be used in real time in Mixed Reality environments. Additionally a comparison with a modified version of a shadow volume algorithm that can also be used for Mixed Reality applications shows that the approach of this master thesis casts a more realistic shadow in a shorter period of time. All in all this approach increases the level of realism in augmented reality applications and it helps the user measure distances and sizes of the virtual objects more easily.
Ein Interpreter für GReQL 2
(2006)
Im Rahmen dieser Diplomarbeit wird die Auswertungskomponente fuer die Graphanfragesprache GREQL 2, welche von Katrin Marchewka beschrieben wurde, entworfen, welche Anfragen diese Sprache interpretiert. Die Auswertungskomponente besteht aus den Bausteinen Auswerter, Parser, Optimierer, Funktionsbibliothek und dem Containerframework JValue. Der Parser wurde bereits von Katrin Marchewka implementiert, der Optimierer bleibt einer Anschlußarbeit vorbehalten. Innerhalb dieser Arbeit werden die Bausteine Auswerter, Funktionsbibliothek und JValue als Prototypen implementiert. Aufgrund der Erfahrungen mit der Auswertungskomponente fuer den GREQL 2-Vorgaenger GREQL 1 ist das Primaerziel dieser Arbeit der Entwurf einer sauberen, klaren, erweiterbaren und zukunftsfähigen Architektur, wobei die aktuellen Prinzipien der Softwaretechnik beüecksichtigt werden sollen.
Program slicing is a technique for extracting that parts of a program which influence a previously defined, so-called slicing criterion. The latter mostly takes the form of a source code statement and a set of variables. Over the years an abundance of variants and enhancements has evolved from the original notion of a program slice. One of these developments is called chopping. A chop only contains those statements which are necessary to sustain the effects of a certain statement on another statement. Corresponding to the slicing criterion, the two statements have to be available in advance. This diploma thesis deals with the development of a service model in order to support the computation of a slice or a chop, given an original program and a slicing or chopping criterion respectively. A service model is a framework of communicating services so that each service performs a specific task within the concept of program slicing. The three main tasks, without considering further decomposition, are the mapping of program code into a representation suitable for slicing, the slicing itself and the display of the slice as code. The key benefit of service-orientation is that a service encapsulates the underlying algorithms. Hence the possibility of improving or substituting them without changing the interfaces of the related service relieves the developer of the need of adapting adjoining services. Thus, service-orientation fosters maintainability and improvability. Besides the definition of the services, this thesis also partially formally defines the data flow between them, i.e. their interfaces. It also features graph class definitions for most data structures. An accurate description of the interfaces encourages reuse, provided the services are of adequate granularity.
Die Leistungsfähigkeit moderner Graphikkarten steigt zur Zeit schneller an, als die von CPUs. Dabei kann diese Leistung nicht nur zur Darstellung von 3D Welten, sondern auch für allgemeine Berechnungen (GPGPU) verwendet werden. Diese Diplomarbeit untersucht daher, ob mit Hilfe der GPU Volumendaten schneller gefiltert werden können, als mit der CPU. Dies soll insbesondere am Beispiel von Rausch-Filtern, die auf Videosequenzen angewendet werden, untersucht werden. Dabei soll das Video als Volumen repräsentiert und mit Volumenfiltern gefiltert werden. So soll eine höhere Qualität und eine kürzere Berechnungszeit als mit herkömmlichen CPU und Frame-basierten Verfahren erreicht werden, insbesondere auch bei den z.Z. stark aufkommenden hochauflösenden HDTV-Standards. Das Framework soll jedoch nicht auf Videosequenz-Bearbeitung beschränkt sein, sondern so konzipiert werden, dass es z.B. in bestehende Volumenvisualisierungssysteme integriert werden kann. Das Ziel der Arbeit ist die Einarbeitung in die notwendigen theoretischen Grundlagen, daran anschließend die prototypische Implementierung des Frameworks mit abschließender Bewertung der erreichten Ergebnisse insbesondere der Geschwindigkeit im Vergleich zu existierenden Systemen.
The impact of innovation in order to secure a company- existence is increasing. Especially in the field of information and communication systems, modified conditions, reduced product life cycles (in some markets e.g. in the software market down to a few months), and increased competition force many companies to adapt their innovation speed. Long-term profit will just be obtained by those companies that will manage to consolidate or further to enlarge their competitive position with technological innovation. The increasing relevance of new developments requires a separate treatment of technological innovations and demands for a technology and innovation management. Not every innovation is thereby a result of a single, spontaneous idea. Many innovations evolve from the integration or combination of already existing technologies. Especially in markets with insignificant growing rates, this kind of innovation is quite important. The purpose of this thesis is the identification of existing deficiencies within established recommendations for a strategic technology and innovation management concerning technological integration. Based on the technological innovation, a possibility for the exposure to the developed innovations will be formulated. Finally, this thesis provides an own approach about this kind of innovation that will be examined.