3D Dynamic Scene Analysis

3D Dynamic Scene Analysis

Author: Zhengyou Zhang

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 364258148X

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he problem of analyzing sequences of images to extract three-dimensional T motion and structure has been at the heart of the research in computer vi sion for many years. It is very important since its success or failure will determine whether or not vision can be used as a sensory process in reactive systems. The considerable research interest in this field has been motivated at least by the following two points: 1. The redundancy of information contained in time-varying images can over come several difficulties encountered in interpreting a single image. 2. There are a lot of important applications including automatic vehicle driv ing, traffic control, aerial surveillance, medical inspection and global model construction. However, there are many new problems which should be solved: how to effi ciently process the abundant information contained in time-varying images, how to model the change between images, how to model the uncertainty inherently associated with the imaging system and how to solve inverse problems which are generally ill-posed. There are of course many possibilities for attacking these problems and many more remain to be explored. We discuss a few of them in this book based on work carried out during the last five years in the Computer Vision and Robotics Group at INRIA (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique).


Image Sequence Analysis

Image Sequence Analysis

Author: T. S. Huang

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-11-11

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 3642870376

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The processing of image sequences has a broad spectrum of important applica tions including target tracking, robot navigation, bandwidth compression of TV conferencing video signals, studying the motion of biological cells using microcinematography, cloud tracking, and highway traffic monitoring. Image sequence processing involves a large amount of data. However, because of the progress in computer, LSI, and VLSI technologies, we have now reached a stage when many useful processing tasks can be done in a reasonable amount of time. As a result, research and development activities in image sequence analysis have recently been growing at a rapid pace. An IEEE Computer Society Workshop on Computer Analysis of Time-Varying Imagery was held in Philadelphia, April 5-6, 1979. A related special issue of the IEEE Transactions on Pattern Anal ysis and Machine Intelligence was published in November 1980. The IEEE Com puter magazine has also published a special issue on the subject in 1981. The purpose of this book is to survey the field of image sequence analysis and to discuss in depth a number of important selected topics. The seven chap ters fall into two categories. Chapters 2, 3, and 7 are comprehensive surveys on, respectively, the whole field of image sequence analysis, efficient coding of image sequences, and the processing of medical image sequences. In Chapters 1, 4, 5, and 6 the authors present mainly results of their own research on, respectively, motion estimation, noise reduction in image sequences, moving object extraction, and occlusion.


Computational Analysis of Visual Motion

Computational Analysis of Visual Motion

Author: Amar Mitiche

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-06-29

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1475797850

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Image motion processing is important to machine vision systems because it can lead to the recovery of 3D structure and motion. Author Amar Mitiche offers a comprehensive mathematical treatment of this key subject in visual systems research. Mitiche examines the interpretation of point correspondences as well as the interpretation of straight line correspondences and optical flow. In addition, the author considers interpretation by knowledge-based systems and presents the relevant mathematical basis for 3D interpretation.


Handbook of Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision

Handbook of Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision

Author: C. H. Chen

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 1993-08

Total Pages: 1000

ISBN-13: 9789810222765

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"The book provides an up-to-date and authoritative treatment of pattern recognition and computer vision, with chapters written by leaders in the field. On the basic methods in pattern recognition and computer vision, topics range from statistical pattern recognition to array grammars to projective geometry to skeletonization, and shape and texture measures."--BOOK JACKET.


Motion Analysis and Image Sequence Processing

Motion Analysis and Image Sequence Processing

Author: M. Ibrahim Sezan

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 499

ISBN-13: 1461532361

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An image or video sequence is a series of two-dimensional (2-D) images sequen tially ordered in time. Image sequences can be acquired, for instance, by video, motion picture, X-ray, or acoustic cameras, or they can be synthetically gen erated by sequentially ordering 2-D still images as in computer graphics and animation. The use of image sequences in areas such as entertainment, visual communications, multimedia, education, medicine, surveillance, remote control, and scientific research is constantly growing as the use of television and video systems are becoming more and more common. The boosted interest in digital video for both consumer and professional products, along with the availability of fast processors and memory at reasonable costs, has been a major driving force behind this growth. Before we elaborate on the two major terms that appear in the title of this book, namely motion analysis and image sequence processing, we like to place them in their proper contexts within the range of possible operations that involve image sequences. In this book, we choose to classify these operations into three major categories, namely (i) image sequence processing, (ii) image sequence analysis, and (iii) visualization. The interrelationship among these three categories is pictorially described in Figure 1 below in the form of an "image sequence triangle".


Handbook of Pattern Recognition & Computer Vision

Handbook of Pattern Recognition & Computer Vision

Author: Chi-hau Chen

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 1045

ISBN-13: 9810230710

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Annotation. Presents the latest research findings in theory, techniques, algorithms, and major applications of pattern recognition and computer vision, as well as new hardware and architecture aspects. Contains sections on basic methods in pattern recognition and computer vision, nine recognition applications, inspection and robotic applications, and architectures and technology. Some areas discussed include cluster analysis, 3D vision of dynamic objects, speech recognition, computer vision in food handling, and video content analysis and retrieval. This second edition is extensively revised to describe progress in the field since 1993. Chen is affiliated with the electrical and computer engineering department at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.


Stereo Scene Flow for 3D Motion Analysis

Stereo Scene Flow for 3D Motion Analysis

Author: Andreas Wedel

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2011-08-17

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 0857299654

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This book presents methods for estimating optical flow and scene flow motion with high accuracy, focusing on the practical application of these methods in camera-based driver assistance systems. Clearly and logically structured, the book builds from basic themes to more advanced concepts, culminating in the development of a novel, accurate and robust optic flow method. Features: reviews the major advances in motion estimation and motion analysis, and the latest progress of dense optical flow algorithms; investigates the use of residual images for optical flow; examines methods for deriving motion from stereo image sequences; analyses the error characteristics for motion variables, and derives scene flow metrics for movement likelihood and velocity; introduces a framework for scene flow-based moving object detection and segmentation; includes Appendices on data terms and quadratic optimization, and scene flow implementation using Euler-Lagrange equations, in addition to a helpful Glossary.


Parallel And Distributed Signal And Image Integration Problems - Proceedings Of The Indo-us Workshop

Parallel And Distributed Signal And Image Integration Problems - Proceedings Of The Indo-us Workshop

Author: Rabinder N Madan

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 1995-06-09

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 9814549673

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The next generation of engineering and computing systems will be both complex and distributed in functionality due to a variety of information sources needed for their operation. Successful development and deployment of these systems critically depends on the mechanisms for acquisition, coordination, communication and integration of information from various components. This collection of papers addresses various aspects in the area of signal and image integration with a specific emphasis on parallel and distributed solutions. A wide spectrum of issues including image and signal processing, parallel architectures/algorithms, sensor integration/fusion, and neural networks/fuzzy systems, are addressed in various papers.


Image, Video and 3D Data Registration

Image, Video and 3D Data Registration

Author: Vasileios Argyriou

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2015-08-17

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1118702468

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Data registration refers to a series of techniques for matching or bringing similar objects or datasets together into alignment. These techniques enjoy widespread use in a diverse variety of applications, such as video coding, tracking, object and face detection and recognition, surveillance and satellite imaging, medical image analysis and structure from motion. Registration methods are as numerous as their manifold uses, from pixel level and block or feature based methods to Fourier domain methods. This book is focused on providing algorithms and image and video techniques for registration and quality performance metrics. The authors provide various assessment metrics for measuring registration quality alongside analyses of registration techniques, introducing and explaining both familiar and state-of-the-art registration methodologies used in a variety of targeted applications. Key features: Provides a state-of-the-art review of image and video registration techniques, allowing readers to develop an understanding of how well the techniques perform by using specific quality assessment criteria Addresses a range of applications from familiar image and video processing domains to satellite and medical imaging among others, enabling readers to discover novel methodologies with utility in their own research Discusses quality evaluation metrics for each application domain with an interdisciplinary approach from different research perspectives