Integration and Control of Reactive Visual Processes

This paper describes a new approach to the integration and control of continuously operating visual processes. Visual processes are expressed as transformations which map signals from virtual sensors into commands for devices. These transformations define reactive processes which tightly couple perception and action. Such transformations may be used to control robotic devices, including fixation an active binocular head, as well as the to select and control the processes which interpret visual data. This method takes inspiration from so-called "behavioural" approaches to mobility and manipulation. However, unlike most previous work, we define reactive transformations at the level of virtual sensors and device controllers. This permits a system to integrate a large number of perceptual processes and to dynamically compose sequences of such processes to perform visual tasks. The transition between visual processes is mediated by signals from a supervisory controller as well as...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1994
• Where: ECCV
• Authors: James L. Crowley, Jean Marc Bedrune, Morten Bekker, Michael Schneider
• Keywords: Computer Vision, ECCV 1994, Reactive Visual Processes, Virtual Sensors, Visual Processes