Object Recognition in the Geometric Era: A Retrospective

Recent advances in object recognition have emphasized the integration of intensity-derived features such as affine patches with associated geometric constraints leading to impressive performance in complex scenes. Over the four previous decades, the central paradigm of recognition was based on formal geometric object descriptions with a focus on the properties of such descriptions under perspective image formation. This paper will review the key advances of the geometric era and investigate the underlying causes of the movement away from formal geometry and prior models towards the use of statistical learning methods based on appearance features.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: CLOR
• Authors: Joseph L. Mundy
• Keywords: Associated Geometric Constraints, CLOR 2006, Computer Vision, Formal Geometric Object, Geometric