The 15th International Conference on Vision Interface
May 27-29, 2002, Calgary, Canada
www.visioninterface.org/vi2002
 

Proceedings on-line 

Overview Foreword Program Committee Table of Contents Author Index Abstracts

Table des Matières / Table of Contents

Regular papers

Invited talks

 

Section 1. Image Coding and Object Representation

 

S1.1 An Adaptive-Sampling Algorithm for Object Representation........................... 1 [pdf]

     Robert Alterson, Minas Spetsakis

 

S1.2 Region-Based Image Retrieval using Wavelet Transform............................... 9 [pdf]

     Nobuo Suematsu, Yoshihiro Ishida, Akira Hayashi, Toshihiko Kanbara

 

S1.3 Semantics Retrieval by Content and Context of Image Regions....................... 17 [pdf]

     Wei Wang, Yuqing Song, Aidong Zhang

 

S1.4 Visual Abstraction of Wildlife Footage using Gaussian Mixture Models.............. 23 [pdf]

     David Gibson, Neill Campbell, Barry Thomas

 

S1.5 Real-Time Motion Estimation by Object-Matching for High-Level Video Representation 31 [pdf,demo]

     Aishy Amer, Amar Mitiche, Eric Dubois

 

S1.6 Hierarchical Indexing Images Using Weighted Low Dimensional Texture Features...... 39 [pdf]

     Mira Park, Jesse S. Jin, Laurence S. Wilson

 

S1.7 Generation of Images of Historical Documents by Composition of their Components... 45 [pdf]

     Carlos A.B. Mello, Rafael D. Lins

 

 

IN.1 Geometry and Statistics of Visual Space-Time...................................... 53 [pdf]

     Cornelia Fermueller, Patrick Baker, Yiannis Aloimonos

 

Section 2. Tracking, Visual Surveillance, Omnidirectional Cameras

 

S2.1 Motion Segmentation and Tracking.................................................. 80 [pdf,demo]

     King Yuen Wong, Minas E. Spetsakis

 

S2.2 Automated Visual Surveillance Using Hidden Markov Models.......................... 88 [pdf,demo]

     Vinod Nair, James J. Clark

 

S2.3 Real-Time Tracking for Visual Interface Applications in Cluttered and 

        Occluding Situations........................................................... 93 [pdf,demo]

     David J. Bullock, John S. Zelek

 

S2.4 Multi-object Motion Pattern Classification for Visual Surveillance and
        Sports Video Retrieval
........................................................ 101 [pdf]

     Akira Hayashi, Ryuji Nakasima, Toshihiko Kanbara, Nobuo Suematsu

 

S2.5 A Novel Probability Model for Background Maintenance and Subtraction............. 109 [pdf]

     Dongsheng Wang, Tao Feng, Harry Shum, Songde Ma

 

S2.6 Robot Navigation Using Panoramic Landmark Tracking............................... 117 [pdf,demo]

     Mark Fiala, Anup Basu

 

S2.7 Wavelet Based Resolution Enhancement of Omnidirectional Image.................... 125 [pdf]

     Peng Qimin, Jia Yunde

 

S2.8 The Detection of Obstacles Using Features by the Horizon View Camera............. 133 [pdf]

     Ayami Iwata, Kunihito Kato, Kazuhiko Yamamoto

 

Section 3. Multiple-camera vision: Matching and Stereo

 

S3.1 An Empirical Study of Some Feature Matching Strategies........................... 139 [pdf,demo]

     Etienne Vincent and Robert Laganiere

 

S3.2 A Fast Area-Based Stereo Matching Algorithm...................................... 146 [pdf,demo]

     Luigi Di Stefano, Massimiliano Marchionni, Stefano Mattoccia, Giovanni Neri

 

S3.3 Three-dimensional Structure Calculation: Achieving Accuracy Without Calibration.. 154 [pdf]

     B. Boufama, A. Habe

 

S3.4 A Stereo Confidence Metric Using Single View Imagery............................. 162 [pdf]

     Geoffrey Egnal, Max Mintz

 

S3.5 Limiting the Search Range of Correlation Stereo Using Silhouettes................ 170 [pdf]

     Geoffrey Egnal, Max Mintz, Kostas Daniilidis

 

S3.6 Towards a Fast and Reliable Dense Matching Algorithm............................. 178 [pdf]

     K. Jin and B. Boufama

 

Section 4. Pattern Recognition and Document Analysis

 

S4.1 Reconnaissance en-Ligne de Caractères Arabes Manuscrits par un Réseau de Kohonen. 186 [pdf]

     Neila Mezghani, Amar Mitiche, Mohamed Cheriet

 

S4.2 Improved Method of Handwritten Digit Recognition Tested on MNIST Database........ 192 [pdf]

     Ernst Kussul, Tatyana Baidyk

 

S4.3 Combination of Decisions by Multiple Document Object Locators.................... 198 [pdf,demo]

     Jung Soh

 

S4.4 Simulating Eye Movement in Reading using Short-term Memory....................... 206 [pdf]

     Satoru Morita

 

S4.5 Road Sign Recognition by Single Positioning of Space-Variant Sensor Window....... 213 [pdf]

     D.G. Shaposhnikov, L.N. Podladchikova, A.V. Golovan, N.A. Shevtsova

 

S4.6 Simple Distances Between Handwritten Signatures.................................. 218 [pdf]

     Jim R. Parker

 

S4.7 Hybrid System for Recognition of Handwritten Symbols on the Base of
        Structural Methods and Neural Networks.
....................................... 223 [pdf]

     R. Sadykhov, O. Malenko, A.N.Klimovich, M.L.Selinger

 

 

IN.2 TLA Based Face Tracking.......................................................... 229 [pdf]

     Matthew Turk, Changbo Hu, Rogerio Feris, Farshid Lashkari, Andy Beall

 

Section 5. Single-camera vision: Structure from Motion, Optical Flow, Calibration

 

S5.1 Simultaneous Computation of Defocus Blur and Apparent Shifts in Spatial Domain... 236 [pdf]

     Francois Deschenes, Djemel Ziou, Philippe Fuchs

 

S5.2 Stable Recovery of Shape and Motion from Partially Tracked
           Feature Points with Fast Nonlinear Optimization.
........................... 244 [pdf]

     Akira Amano, Tsuyoshi Migita, Naoki Asada

 

S5.3 Reconstructing Depth from Spatiotemporal Curves.................................. 252 [pdf]

     Rui Rodrigues, António Ramires Fernandes, Kees van Overveld, Fabian Ernst

 

S5.4 An Iterative Method for Improving Bas-relief Ambiguity........................... 260 [pdf]

     Sung-Kee Park, Munsang Kim, In So Kweon

 

S5.5 Bayesian Real-Time Optical Flow.................................................. 266 [pdf]

     John S. Zelek

 

S5.6 A Thin Lens Based Camera Model for Depth Estimation from Blur 
             and Translation by Zooming.
.............................................. 274 [pdf]

     Masashi Baba, Naoki Asada, Ai Oda, Tsuyoshi Migita

 

S5.7 Retrieval of the Calibration Matrix from the 3-D Projective Camera Model......... 282 [pdf]

     Gamal H. Seedahmed and Toni Schenk

 

S5.8 Camera Calibration with a Viewfinder............................................. 288 [pdf]

     Mohamed Bénallal and Jean Meunier

 

Section 6. Face Recognition, 3D Head Models, Range Sensing

 

S6.1 Person Identification Technique Using Human Iris Recognition..................... 294 [pdf]

     Christel-Loïc, Lionel Torres, Michel Robert

 

S6.2 N-Feature Neural Network Human Face Recognition.................................. 300 [pdf]

     Javad Haddadnia, Karim Faez, Majid Ahmadi

 

S6.3 Face Reconstruction From Shading Using Smooth Projected Polygon NN............... 308 [pdf]

     Mohamad Ivan Fanany, Masayoshi Ohno, Itsuo Kumazawa

 

S6.4 3D Head Models Retrieval Based on Hierarchical Facial Region Similarity.......... 314 [pdf]

     Horace H. S. Ip, William Y F Wong

 

S6.5 Intrinsic Filtering of Range Images Using a Physically Based Noise Model......... 320 [pdf]

     Pierre Boulanger, Olli Jokinen, Angelo Beraldin

 

S6.6 Pose Error Effects on Range Sensing.............................................. 331 [pdf]

     William Scott, Gerhard Roth, Jean-Francois Rivest

 

S6.7 Estimating Expansion Rates from Range Data Sequences. ........................... 339 [pdf]

     Hagen Spies, John Barron

 

 

IN.3 OpenCV: Examples of Use and New Applications in Stereo, Recognition and Tracking. 347 [talk]

     Gary Bradski

 

Section 7. Vision-based Perceptual User Interfaces, Augmented Reality

 

S7.1 Detection and Tracking of Eyes for Gaze-camera Control........................... 348 [pdf]

     Shinjiro Kawato, Nobuji Tetsutani

 

S7.2 Nouse 'Use Your Nose as a Mouse' - a New Technology for Hands-free 
            Games and Interfaces
...................................................... 354 [pdf,demo]

     Dmitry O. Gorodnichy, Shahzad Malik, Gerhard Roth

 

S7.3 Hand Shape Estimation Using Sequence of Multi-Ocular Images Based on
            Transition Network.
....................................................... 362 [pdf]

     Yasushi Hamada, Nobutaka Shimada, Yoshiaki Shirai

 

S7.4 Robust Face Detection and Japanese Sign Language Hand Posture Recognition for
            Human-Computer Interaction in an "Intelligent"  Room.
..................... 369 [pdf]

     Jean-Christophe Terrillon, Arnaud Piplré, Yoshinori Niwa, Kazuhiko Yamamoto

 

S7.5 Generation of Arm-gesture and Facial Expression for Intelligent Avatar
            Communications in the Internet.
........................................... 377 [pdf]

     Sang-Woon Kim, Young-Who Lee, Yoshinao Aoki

 

S7.6 Affordable 3D Face Tracking Using Projective Vision.............................. 383 [pdf,demo]

     Dmitry O. Gorodnichy, Shahzad Malik, Gerhard Roth

 

S7.7 Extraction of Hand Features for Recognition of Sign Language Words............... 391 [pdf]

     Nobuhiko Tanibata, Nobutaka Shimada, Yoshiaki Shirai

 

S7.8 Robust Corner Tracking for Real-time Augmented Reality........................... 399 [pdf,demo]

     Shahzad Malik, Gerhard Roth, Chris McDonald

 

Section 8. Texture Analysis and Segmentation

 

S8.1 Algorithme Génétique et Critère de la Trace pour l'Optimisation du Vecteur
         Attribut: Application à la Classification Supervisée des Images de Textures.
. 407 [pdf]

     M. Nasri, M. El Hitmy

 

S8.2 Geometrical and Topological Informations for Image Segmentation with
         Monte Carlo Markov Chain Implementation.
..................................... 413 [pdf]

     P. Bourdon, O. Alata, G. Damiand, C. Olivier, Y. Bertrand

 

S8.3 Anisotropic Diffusion by a Recursive Linear Convolving Method: Application to
         Space-time Segmentation and Pattern Recognition.
............................. 421 [pdf]

     Santiago V. Martinez, Juan M. Rendon Mancha, Georges Stamon

 

S8.4 Histogram Characterization of Colored textures Using One-Dimensional Moments and
        Chromaticity Diagram.
......................................................... 428 [pdf]

     Jacques Brochard, Majdi Khoudeir

 

S8.5 Granulometry Using Transformation Based Techniques............................... 433 [pdf]

     Andrzej Zadorozny, Hong Zhang, Martin Jagersand

 

S8.6 A New Fast and Robust Circle Extraction Algorithm................................ 439 [pdf]

     Euijin Kim, Miki Haseyame and Hideo Kitajima

 

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