In this paper we introduce the NDS-Forest data structure, which can be used for the calculation and representation of Maximally Stable Extremal Regions in real-time video. In contrast to the standard MSER algorithm, t...
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In this paper we introduce the NDS-Forest data structure, which can be used for the calculation and representation of Maximally Stable Extremal Regions in real-time video. In contrast to the standard MSER algorithm, the NDS-Forest stores information about the extremal regions as they are formed, making it unnecessary to regrow the regions from seed pixels. Using the NDS-Forest structure, we describe a system that uses MSERs in an automobile for face registration, segmentation, and pose estimation of the driver.
In this paper we present a framework for tracking non-rigid facial landmarks by combining various visual cues at multiple levels of detail. Using a probabilistic framework consisting of a hierarchy of particle filters...
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We present an efficient optical flow refinement approach based on a bidirectional flow consistency. Our method is an add-on component that improves the existing optical flow estimation to be balanced between forward a...
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An attractive approach to improve tracking performance for visual surveillance is to use information from multiple visual sensory cues such as position, color, shape, etc. Previous work in fusion for tracking has tend...
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This paper describes how a surface reconstruction algorithm, based on minimizing the variation of surface curvature, can be used to stabilize and correct the results of local shading analysis. What is novel about this...
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This paper describes how a surface reconstruction algorithm, based on minimizing the variation of surface curvature, can be used to stabilize and correct the results of local shading analysis. What is novel about this approach is that it is viewpoint independent and applicable to any process that can provide estimates of local surface orientation. The assumptions used in formulating the minimization are derived from standard differential geometry. When applied as a second stage of processing after local shading analysis, the algorithm can recover a close approximation of the true surface orientation under realistic assumptions about image noise. Results are presented that show the performance of the algorithm on synthetic and real data. In particular, they demonstrate how this form of reconstruction can compensate for some of the shape distortion incurred in local shading analysis.
Electroencephalogram (EEG)-based motor imagery (MI) brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have significant potential in improving motor function for neurorehabilitation. Despite recent advancements, learning diversified EE...
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We describe an algorithm for segmenting a 3D object into its constituent volumetric parts from a single 2D line drawing. This algorithm is part of the bottom-up line drawing description process of PARVO, a generic obj...
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We describe an algorithm for segmenting a 3D object into its constituent volumetric parts from a single 2D line drawing. This algorithm is part of the bottom-up line drawing description process of PARVO, a generic object recognition system. In PARVO, an object is recognized as being a member of a class defined by qualitative geometrical properties and topological structure. Similarity between different 3D views of any member of a given class is a result of building coarse part-based structural descriptions from limited information. A preliminary stage to part segmentation of an object consists of extracting viewpoint-invariant and nonaccidental features from the line drawing. The segmentation process itself is described as a hierarchical decomposition of the line drawing on the basis of pairs of high-concavity points in its silhouette. The pairing of these so-called segmentation points rests on (i) an object visibility model describing the generic structures present in any line drawing satisfying our assumptions, and (ii) the feature instances extracted from the specific line drawing analyzed. First, we discuss the properties of the line drawings in the domain of PARVO. From them, geometrical models of important line drawing features may be developed. The latter are used both as cues in the segmentation process and as precursors to the representation from which part structure is understood.
The computation of 3-D structure from motion using a monocular sequence of images in the paradigm of active vision is investigated in this paper. Robotic tasks such as navigation, manipulation, and object recognition ...
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Most simulation and animation systems utilized in robotics are concerned with simulation of the robot and its environment without simulation of sensors. These systems have difficulty in handling robots that utilize se...
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Most simulation and animation systems utilized in robotics are concerned with simulation of the robot and its environment without simulation of sensors. These systems have difficulty in handling robots that utilize sensory feedback in their operation. In this paper, a new design of an environment for simulation, animation, and visualization of sensor-driven robots is presented. As sensor technology advances, increasing numbers of robots are equipped with various types of sophisticated sensors. The main goal of creating the visualization environment is to aid the automatic robot programming and off-line programming capabilities of sensor-driven robots. The software system will help the users visualize the motion and reaction of the sensor-driven robot under their control program. Therefore, the efficiency of the software development is increased, the reliability of the software and the operation safety of the robot are ensured, and the cost of new software development is reduced. Conventional computer-graphics-based robot simulation and animation software packages lack of capabilities for robot sensing simulation. This paper describes a system designed to overcome this deficiency.
Binocular stereo, vergence stereo, and depth from focus have been extensively studied in isolation in the past for extraction of depth. These passive approaches have there oivn strengths and limitations. All these cue...
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