Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis

Constraints.- The Euclidean Distance Transform Applied to the FCC and BCC Grids.- Matching Deformable Regions Using Local Histograms of Differential Invariants.- A Global-to-Local Matching Strategy for Registering Retinal Fundus Images.- A Model-Based Method for Face Shape Recovery.- Visual Detection of Hexagonal Headed Bolts Using Method of Frames and Matching Pursuit.- A New Region-Based Active Contour for Object Extraction Using Level Set Method.- Improving ASM Search Using Mixture Models for Grey-Level Profiles.- Human Figure Segmentation Using Independent Component Analysis.- Adaptive Window Growing Technique for Efficient Image Matching.- Managing Resolution in Digital Elevation Models Using Image Processing Techniques.- Object Image Retrieval by Shape Content in Complex Scenes Using Geometric Constraints.- Image and Video Processing.- A Real-Time Gabor Primal Sketch for Visual Attention.- Bayesian Reconstruction of Color Images Acquired with a Single CCD.- A Fast and Exact Algorithm for Total Variation Minimization.- Phase Unwrapping via Graph Cuts.- A New Fuzzy Multi-channel Filter for the Reduction of Impulse Noise.- Enhancement and Cleaning of Handwritten Data by Using Neural Networks.- Zerotree Wavelet Based Image Quilting for Fast Texture Synthesis.- Semantic Feature Extraction Based on Video Abstraction and Temporal Modeling.- Video Retrieval Using an EDL-Based Timeline.- Image and Video Coding.- A New Secret Sharing Scheme for Images Based on Additive 2-Dimensional Cellular Automata.- A Fast Motion Estimation Algorithm Based on Diamond and Triangle Search Patterns.- A Watermarking Scheme Based on Discrete Non-separable Wavelet Transform.- A Fast Run-Length Algorithm for Wavelet Image Coding with Reduced Memory Usage.- Face Recognition.- Multiple Face Detection at Different Resolutions for Perceptual User Interfaces.- Removing Shadows from Face Images Using ICA.- An Analysis of Facial Description in Static Images and Video Streams.- Recognition of Facial Gestures Based on Support Vector Machines.- Performance Driven Facial Animation by Appearance Based Tracking.- Color Distribution Tracking for Facial Analysis.- Head Gesture Recognition Based on Bayesian Network.- Detection and Tracking of Face by a Walking Robot.- Human Activity Analysis.- Appearance-Based Recognition of Words in American Sign Language.- Robust Person-Independent Visual Sign Language Recognition.- A 3D Dynamic Model of Human Actions for Probabilistic Image Tracking.- Extracting Motion Features for Visual Human Activity Representation.- Modelling Spatial Correlation and Image Statistics for Improved Tracking of Human Gestures.- Fast and Accurate Hand Pose Detection for Human-Robot Interaction.- Surveillance.- Performance Analysis of Homomorphic Systems for Image Change Detection.- Car License Plates Extraction and Recognition Based on Connected Components Analysis and HMM Decoding.- Multi-resolution Image Analysis for Vehicle Detection.- A Novel Adaptive Gaussian Mixture Model for Background Subtraction.- Intelligent Target Recognition Based on Wavelet Adaptive Network Based Fuzzy Inference System.- Robotics.- HMM-Based Gesture Recognition for Robot Control.- PCA Positioning Sensor Characterization for Terrain Based Navigation of UVs.- Monte Carlo Localization Using SIFT Features.- A New Method for the Estimation of the Image Jacobian for the Control of an Uncalibrated Joint System.- Accelerometer Based Gesture Recognition Using Continuous HMMs.- An Approach to Improve Online Hand-Eye Calibration.- Hardware Architectures.- Image Processing Application Development: From Rapid Prototyping to SW/HW Co-simulation and Automated Code Generation.- Xilinx System Generator Based HW Components for Rapid Prototyping of Computer Vision SW/HW Systems.- 2-D Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) on Meshes with Hierarchical Control Modes.- Domain-Specific Codesign for Automated Visual Inspection Systems.- Hardware-Accelerated Template Matching.