IVC
2008
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2008
This paper considers arguments for the necessity of embodiment in cognitive vision systems. We begin by delineating the scope of cognitive vision, and follow this by a survey of t...
IVC
2008
13 years 4 months ago
2008
In this paper, we address the issue of Euclidean path modeling in a single camera for activity monitoring in a multi-camera video surveillance system. The method consists of a pat...
IVC
2008
13 years 4 months ago
2008
This paper generalizes Markov Random Field (MRF) stereo methods to the generation of surface relief (height) fields rather than disparity or depth maps. This generalization enable...
IVC
2008
13 years 4 months ago
2008
Most illuminant estimation algorithms work with the assumption of one specific type of the light source (e.g. point light source or directional light source). This assumption brin...
IVC
2008
13 years 4 months ago
2008
IVC
2008
13 years 4 months ago
2008
Complex scenes such as underground stations and malls are composed of static occlusion structures such as walls, entrances, columns, turnstiles and barriers. Unless this occlusion...
IVC
2008
13 years 4 months ago
2008
In this paper, we are going to answer the following question: assuming that we have estimates for the epipolar geometry and its uncertainty between two views, how probable it is t...
IVC
2008
13 years 4 months ago
2008
We present a method for efficiently generating a representation of a multi-modal posterior probability distribution. The technique combines ideas from RANSAC and particle filterin...
IVC
2008
13 years 4 months ago
2008
In this work, we propose an original method of resolution of the shape from shading problem, which is accurate and converges with a few iterations. It relies on two simple ideas. ...
IVC
2008
13 years 4 months ago
2008
In this paper we present a new physically motivated curve/region descriptor based on the solution of Helmholtz's equation. The descriptor we propose satisfies the six princip...