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In synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) image, the underwater shipwreck targets are often buried by sediment or badly damaged. Only a part of the characteristics of artificial objects is retained. In this paper, firstly, based on the analysis of the ocean buried background, the Meanshift filtering is used to smooth the original image and convert the color image into binary one. Secondly, the residual contour of artificial target is extracted through the modified Canny edge detection algorithm. Thirdly, the Region Growing method is taken to remove the discrete interference and keep the intact edge of the line. Consideration with the principle of line alignment, the contours of shipwreck targets are gradually connected and aggregated. Finally, a large amount of measured practical SAS images are tested. The experimental results verified that the proposed algorithm can accurately detect the shipwreck target based on residual contour information, meanwhile with an acceptable timeliness for large size sonar image data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A vehicle model with active suspension system is built, and the LQG control algorithm is adopted with both road roughness and the roll moment of car body as disturbance signals of vehicle system, the optimal control force for vehicle steering operation is calculated. Then a co-simulation on the coordinated control of the ride comfort and handling stability of vehicle running on A-class road and C-class road is conducted with step and single-cycle sine wave inputs of steering wheel respectively. The results show that compared with passive suspension, the coordinated control strategy proposed for active suspension can enhance the handling stability of vehicle without impeding the improvement of ride comfort. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]