This paper proposes a new technique of figureground discrimination of color characters in scene images following two steps. The first step is temporary binarization by selecting o...
We present a set of techniques to simplify tree models for faster rendering while retaining their visual resemblance to the original model. This goal is achieved by setting a budg...
As technology progresses, we are seeing increasing numbers of small devices that have the capability to store, process and forward information in our everyday physical environment...
Stuart M. Allen, Marco Conti, Jon Crowcroft, Robin...
The Virtual Math Teams (VMT) project investigates the innovative use of online collaborative environments to support effective mathematical problem-solving by small groups of lear...
The direct mode used in the bi-predictive pictures (B-pictures) can efficiently improve the coding performance of B pictures, because it has small overhead and obtains a predictiv...