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Is deep learning killing image processing/computer vision?

I'm looking forward to enroll in an MSc in Signal and Image processing, or maybe Computer Vision (I have not decided yet), and this question emerged. My concern is, since deep learning doesn't need feature extraction and almost no input…
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Meaning of Hilbert Transform

I understand the Fourier Transform which is a mathematical operation that lets you see the frequency content of a given signal. But now, in my comm. course, the professor introduced the Hilbert Transform. I understand that it is somewhat linked to…
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What is the difference between linear and non-linear filters?

How a mean filter is called as linear filter and a median filter is called as non linear filter? I understand how a mean and median filter operates, but I was not able to relate with the term linear and non-linear. Please explain me with an example.
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Help calculating / understanding the MFCCs: Mel-Frequency Cepstrum Coefficients

I've been reading bits and pieces online but I just can't piece it all together. I have some background knowledge of signals / DSP stuff which should be enough prerequisites for this. I'm interested in eventually coding this algorithm in Java but I…
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Show others how I hear myself

Sooo .. I've been thinking about this stuff. We all know that we sound different from what we hear of our own voice. It is easy to find out how others hear us by recording oneself and listen to it. But what about the other way around? Is there a way…
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What are advantages of having higher sampling rate of a signal?

Being a non signal processing science student I have limited understanding of the concepts. I have a continuous periodic bearing faulty signal (with time amplitudes) which are sampled at $12\textrm{ kHz}$ and $48\textrm{ kHz}$ frequencies. I have…
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Why Does the DFT Assume the Transformed Signal Is Periodic?

In many signal processing books, it is claimed that the DFT assumes the transformed signal to be periodic (and that this is the reason why spectral leakage for example may occur). Now, if you look at the definition of the DFT, there is simply no…
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Is there any practical application for performing a double Fourier transform? ...or an inverse Fourier transform on a time-domain input?

In mathematics you can take the double derivative, or double integral of a function. There are many cases where performing a double derivative models a practical real-world situation, like finding the acceleration of an object. Since the Fourier…
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Why do we say that "zero-padding doesn't really increase frequency resolution"

Here is a sinusoid of frequency f = 236.4 Hz (it is 10 milliseconds long; it has N=441 points at sampling rate fs=44100Hz) and its DFT, without zero-padding : The only conclusion we can give by looking at the DFT is: "The frequency is…
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How do I determine if a discrete signal is periodic or not?

I want to know how I can determine whether a series of data is periodic or not. I want to use Fourier transform/series. My data looks either aperiodic [111100001111000110010101010000101] or periodic [11001100110011001100] and I need to decide…
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A DFT “periodic inputs” question

Why do people say that the fast Fourier transform (FFT) “views”, or “interprets”, or “assumes” its input sequence is periodic? I ask this question because the activities of viewing, interpreting, and assuming can only be performed by a living…
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Why does a longer observation time improve DFT resolution, but repeating a signal does not?

As was proven here: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/228614/why-doesnt-repeating-a-signal-give-rise-to-a-finer-resolution-of-dft-fft repeating a certain sequence does not improve DFT frequency resolution. However, it is known that…
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I and Q components and the difference between QPSK and 4QAM

Both 4QAM and QPSK apparently produce the same waveform, but are they the same mathematically? In a QPSK constellation, are the mapping points at 45, 135, 225 and 315 degrees while the 4QAM is at 0, 90, 180 and 270? I also struggle to understand the…
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Why doesn't sampling a periodic continuous-time signal yield a periodic discrete-time signal?

I have been studying signals and systems lately and I have came across the following claim: The uniform sampling of a periodic continuous-time signal may not be periodic! Can someone please explain why this statement is true?
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Obtain a signal's peak value if it's frequency lies between two bin centers

Please suppose the following: The frequency of a signal's fundamental has been estimated using FFT and some frequency estimation methods and is lying between two bin centers The sampling frequency is fixed Computational effort is not an…
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