We propose a novel multiple model fitting method based on outlier insensitive evolutionary dynamics, fulfilling several important requirements. Our method automatically identifies a unspecified number of models and is...
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(纸本)9781479952106
We propose a novel multiple model fitting method based on outlier insensitive evolutionary dynamics, fulfilling several important requirements. Our method automatically identifies a unspecified number of models and is robust to noise and outliers in the data. Furthermore, we are able to handle overlapping models, by allowing that data points are assigned to more than one model. This is implicitly handled during model fitting and not as a post-processing step. Gross outliers are directly identified, by letting some points unassigned. We also introduce a technique, considering nearest neighbor analysis, to significantly reduce computation time, while maintaining model fitting accuracy. We show experiments on real-world and synthetic data, achieving accurate model fitting results also demonstrating an application of plane fitting on a consumer hardware providing RGB-D video streams.
Traditional Structure-from-Motion (SfM) approaches work well for richly textured scenes with a high number of distinctive feature points. Since man-made environments often contain texture less objects, the resulting p...
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Traditional Structure-from-Motion (SfM) approaches work well for richly textured scenes with a high number of distinctive feature points. Since man-made environments often contain texture less objects, the resulting point cloud suffers from a low density in corresponding scene parts. The missing 3D information heavily affects all kinds of subsequent post-processing tasks (e.g. Meshing), and significantly decreases the visual appearance of the resulting 3D model. We propose a novel 3D reconstruction approach, which uses the output of conventional SfM pipelines to generate additional complementary 3D information, by exploiting line segments. We use appearance-less epipolar guided line matching to create a potentially large set of 3D line hypotheses, which are then verified using a global graph clustering procedure. We show that our proposed method outperforms the current state-of-the-art in terms of runtime and accuracy, as well as visual appearance of the resulting reconstructions.
In this paper, we present a novel object detection approach that is capable of regressing the aspect ratio of objects. This results in accurately predicted bounding boxes having high overlap with the ground truth. In ...
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(纸本)9781479951192
In this paper, we present a novel object detection approach that is capable of regressing the aspect ratio of objects. This results in accurately predicted bounding boxes having high overlap with the ground truth. In contrast to most recent works, we employ a Random Forest for learning a template-based model but exploit the nature of this learning algorithm to predict arbitrary output spaces. In this way, we can simultaneously predict the object probability of a window in a sliding window approach as well as regress its aspect ratio with a single model. Furthermore, we also exploit the additional information of the aspect ratio during the training of the Joint Classification-Regression Random Forest, resulting in better detection models. Our experiments demonstrate several benefits: (i) Our approach gives competitive results on standard detection benchmarks. (ii) The additional aspect ratio regression delivers more accurate bounding boxes than standard object detection approaches in terms of overlap with ground truth, especially when tightening the evaluation criterion. (iii) The detector itself becomes better by only including the aspect ratio information during training.
Visual search systems present a simple way to obtain information about our surroundings, our location or an object of interest. Typically, mobile applications of visual search remotely connect to large-scale systems c...
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(纸本)9781479976867
Visual search systems present a simple way to obtain information about our surroundings, our location or an object of interest. Typically, mobile applications of visual search remotely connect to large-scale systems capable of dealing with millions of images. Querying such systems may induce considerable delays, which can severeley harm usability or even lead to complete rejection by the user. In this paper, we investigate an interim solution and system design using a local visual search system for embedded devices. We optimized a traditional visual search system to decrease runtime and also storage space in order to scale to thousands of training images on current off-the-shelf smartphones. We demonstrate practical applicability in a prototype for mobile visual search on the same target platform. Compared with the unmodified version of the pipeline we achieve up to a two-fold speed-up in runtime, save 85% of storage space and provide substantially increased recognition performance. In addition, we integrate the pipeline with a popular Augmented Reality SDK on Android devices and use it as a pre-selector for tracking datasets. This allows to instantly use a large number of tracking targets without requiring user intervention or costly server-side recognition.
The flipped classroom pedagogy has achieved significant mention in academic circles in recent years. "Flipping" involves the reinvention of a traditional course so that students engage with learning material...
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The flipped classroom pedagogy has achieved significant mention in academic circles in recent years. "Flipping" involves the reinvention of a traditional course so that students engage with learning materials via recorded lectures and interactive exercises prior to attending class and then use class time for more interactive activities. Proper implementation of a flipped classroom is difficult to gauge, but combines successful techniques for distance education with constructivist learning theory in the classroom. While flipped classrooms are not a novel concept, technological advances and increased comfort with distance learning have made the tools to produce and consume course materials more pervasive. Flipped classroom experiments have had both positive and less-positive results and are generally measured by a significant improvement in learning outcomes. This study, however, analyzes the opinions of students in a flipped sophomore-level information technology course by using a combination of surveys and reflective statements. The author demonstrates that at the outset students are new - and somewhat receptive - to the concept of the flipped classroom. By the conclusion of the course satisfaction with the pedagogy is significant. Finally, student feedback is provided in an effort to inform instructors in the development of their own flipped classrooms.
Morphology of cardiovascular tissue is influenced by the unsteady behavior of the blood flow and vice versa. Therefore, the pathogenesis of several cardiovascular diseases is directly affected by the blood-flow dynami...
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We introduce a geodesic based tractography method for High Angular Resolution Diffusion Imaging (HARDI). The concepts used are similar to the ones in geodesic based tractography for Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI). In ...
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The success of eLearning depends on the broad availability of educational materials that provide a high-quality delivery of high-quality content. One approach for high-quality delivery is to rely on a computer animate...
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This paper adopts the metaphor of representational fluency and proposes an auto linking approach to help analysts investigate details of suspicious sections across different cybersecurity visualizations. Analysis of s...
This paper adopts the metaphor of representational fluency and proposes an auto linking approach to help analysts investigate details of suspicious sections across different cybersecurity visualizations. Analysis of spatiotemporal network security data takes place both conditionally and in sequence. Many visual analytics systems use time series curves to visualize the data from the temporal perspective and maps to show the spatial information. To identify anomalies, the analysts frequently shift across different visualizations and the original data view. We consider them as various representations of the same data and aim to enhance the fluency of navigation across these representations. With the auto linking mechanism, after the analyst selects a segment of a curve, the system can automatically highlight the related area on the map for further investigation, and the selections on the map or the data views can also trigger the related time series curves. This approach adopts the slicing operation of the Online Analytical Process (OLAP) to find the basic granularities that contribute to the overall value change. We implemented this approach in an award-winning visual analytics system, SemanticPrism, and demonstrate the functions through two use cases.
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