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2002
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Human Spine Posture Estimation from 2D Frontal and Lateral Views Using 3D Physically Precise Spine Model
This paper describes a physically precise spine model and its application to estimate three dimensional spine posture from the frontal and lateral views of a human body taken by t...
Daisuke Furukawa, Kensaku Mori, Yasuhito Suenaga
MVA
2002
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Adaptive Background Estimation for Object Tracking
2 Adaptive Background Model Tracking people has received considerable attention by computer vision researchers. Interest is motivated by the broad range of potential applications s...
Ryunosuke Itoh, Yoshio Iwai, Masahiko Yachida
MVA
2002
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A Cooperative Method of SFM and Stereo for Motion and Depth Extraction
Stereo is a useful technique for obtaining depth information from images. However, it is required that the baseline length between two cameras should be large to increase depth pr...
Jae-Hean Kim, Myung Jin Chung
MVA
2002
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Spectral Measurement of Ambient Lighting and Its Application to Image Rendering
A method is described for estimating the illuminant spectra of an omnidirectional light distribution from the images of a camera aiming at a mirrored ball. First, we introduce an ...
Shoji Tominaga, Norihiro Tanaka
MVA
2002
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Computer Vision for Wearable Computing
The next generation of computers might be literally wearable. Our vision of such a wearable computing device is an intelligent assistant, which is always with you and helps you to...
Bernt Schiele
MVA
2002
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Robust Tracking Algorithm Based on Color and Edge Distribution for Real-time Video Based Motion Capture Systems
This paper describes a robust tracking algorithm for real-time, video based motion capture systems. Conventional motion capture systems are unable to capture motion data in real t...
Yoshiaki Akazawa, Yoshihiro Okada, Koichi Niijima
MVA
2002
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Extraction of Face Regions and Eye Windows from a Set of Gray-scale Images with Different Face Orientations
The enrollmentof facetemplates and eye windows in a detection system of eye blinking or an estimation system of face orientation requires the extraction of face region and eye reg...
Shigeya Sasane, Hideo Ogawa
MVA
2002
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Removal of Adherent Waterdrops in Images by Using Multiple Cameras
1 In this paper, we propose a new method for the removal of view-disturbing waterdrops from images taken with multiple cameras. In rainy days, it is often the case that scenes take...
Masayuki Kuramoto, Atsushi Yamashita, Toru Kaneko,...
MVA
2002
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Observation of Pedestrians with Multiple Views
When pedestriansare observed using a view in the urban area, it is often difficultto track them because of the occlusions overlapped by roadside trees, traffic signs, advertising ...
Tokuyuki Mahara, Tameharu Hasegawa, Heitoh Zen