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ICDS
2009
IEEE
15 years 11 months ago
Local Contrast Segmentation to Binarize Images
—In this paper, a new binarization algorithm for degraded document images is proposed. The method is based on positive and negative pixel energies using the Laplacian of an image...
Marco Block, Raúl Rojas
CAIP
2009
Springer
185views Image Analysis» more  CAIP 2009»
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Coarse-to-Fine Tracking of Articulated Objects Using a Hierarchical Spring System
Abstract. Tracking of articulated objects is a challenging task in Computer Vision. A highly target specific model can improve the robustness of the tracking by eliminating or red...
Nicole M. Artner, Adrian Ion, Walter G. Kropatsch
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GMP
2008
IEEE
113views Solid Modeling» more  GMP 2008»
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Note on Industrial Applications of Hu's Surface Extension Algorithm
Abstract. An important surface modeling problem in CAD is to connect two disjoint B-spline patches with the second-order geometric continuity. In this paper we present a study to s...
Yu Zang, Yong-Jin Liu, Yu-Kun Lai
WMCSA
2008
IEEE
15 years 11 months ago
The obscure nature of epidemic quorum systems
Epidemic quorum systems enable highly available agreement even when a quorum is not simultaneously connected, and are therefore very interesting for mobile networks. Although rece...
João Barreto, Paulo Ferreira
IROS
2007
IEEE
121views Robotics» more  IROS 2007»
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Reactive deformation roadmaps: motion planning of multiple robots in dynamic environments
— We present a novel algorithm for motion planning of multiple robots amongst dynamic obstacles. Our approach is based on a new roadmap representation that uses deformable links ...
Russell Gayle, Avneesh Sud, Ming C. Lin, Dinesh Ma...