Visual Analysis of Humans Looking at People

Understanding human activity from video is one of the central problems in the field of computer vision, driven by a wide variety of applications in communications, entertainment, security, commerce, and athletics. This unique text/reference provides a coherent and comprehensive overview of all aspec...

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Other Authors: Moeslund, Thomas B. (Editor), Hilton, Adrian (Editor), Krüger, Volker (Editor), Sigal, Leonid (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Springer London 2011, 2011
Edition:1st ed. 2011
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Detection and Tracking
  • Is There Anybody Out There?- Beyond the Static Camera: Issues and Trends in Active Vision
  • Figure-Ground Segmentation: Pixel-Based: Figure-Ground Segmentation: Object Based
  • Face Detection
  • Wide Area Tracking in Single and Multiple Views
  • Benchmark Datasets for Detection and Tracking
  • Part II: Pose Estimation
  • Articulated Pose Estimation and Tracking: Introduction
  • Model-based Pose Estimation
  • Motion Models for People Tracking
  • Part-based Models for Finding People and Estimating Their Pose
  • Feature-based Pose Estimation
  • Benchmark Datasets for Pose Estimation and Tracking
  • Part III: Recognition
  • On Human Action
  • Motion Pattern Analysis for Modeling and Recognition of Complex Human Activities
  • Action Recognition Using Topic Models.Learning Action Primitives
  • Contextual Action Recognition
  • Facial Expression Analysis
  • Part IV: Applications
  • Applications for Visual Analysis of People
  • Image and Video-based Biometr