Visual Form Analysis and Recognition

This book contains the papers presented at the International Workshop on Visual Fonn, held in Capri (Italy) on May 27-30, 1991. The workshop, sponsored by the International Association for Pattern Recognition (!APR), has been jointly organized by the Dipartimento di Infonnatica e Sisternistica of th...

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Other Authors: Arcelli, C. (Editor), Cordella, L.P. (Editor), di Baja, G.S. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1992, 1992
Edition:1st ed. 1992
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Depth Data Segmentation Using Robust Estimation in a Hierarchical Data Structure
  • Shape Recognition Under Affine Distortions
  • Entropy Scale-Space
  • A New Contour Generation Thinning Algorithm
  • The Visual Hull and Its Computation in 2-D
  • Shape Description Using Geons as 3D Primitives
  • Shape and Causal-History
  • Shape Representation and Recovery Using Deformable Superquadrics
  • From Voxels to Curvature Features
  • The Dimensions of Shape and Form
  • Shape Classification by Using Associative Memories
  • Applications of Splines to Shape Description
  • 3D Medial Surfaces and 3D Skeletons
  • A Review of Hierarchical Representations of Shape and Some Applications
  • Estimating Curvature by Kalman Filters
  • View-Class Representation and Matching of 3D Objects
  • Occlusions and Perspective in an Image Sequence
  • Detecting Round Regions
  • On Symmetric Forms of Discrete Sets of Points and Digital Curves
  • Thinning of Gray-Scale Images with Combined Sequential and Parallel Conditions for Pixel Removal
  • Shape Decomposition Using Structured Light Vision
  • Reversible Skeletonization by (5,7,11)-Erosion
  • Perception of 3-D Objects by a Robotic Stereo Eye-in-Hand Vision System
  • Motion and Structure in Rigid Multi-Surfaced Stationary Environments Using Time-Varying Image Velocity: Linear Solutions
  • Parallel Simulated Annealing for Shape Detection
  • Filling and Analysing Concavities of Digital Patterns Parallelwise
  • Shape from Occluding Contours: a Regularization Method
  • Towards Representation of 3D Shape: Global Surface Parametrization
  • Differential Invariants of Planar Curves and Recognizing Partially Occluded Shapes
  • Three-Dimensional Surface Reconstruction Using Delaunay Triangulation in the Image Plane
  • Multidimensional Indexing for Recognizing Visual Shapes
  • Circular Shape Detection in Remote Sensing Multispectral Images
  • Orthogonal Zig-Zag: an Efficient Method for Extracting Straight Lines from Engineering Drawings
  • Massively Parallel Processing of Image Contours
  • Classifying Character Shapes
  • Detecting Digital Straight Line Segments in O(N2)
  • Computing Egomotion and Shape from Image Motion Using Collinear Points
  • Extraction and Representation of Shape Features for CAD/CAM Applications
  • 3-D Object Recognition from Single Perspective Views
  • Search and Replace of 2-D Objects in Digital Images
  • Primitive-Based Shape Modeling and Recognition
  • Qualitative Shape — Some Computational Aspects
  • Fast Thinning Algorithms for Large Binary Images
  • 3D Object Recognition by Integration of Associative and Symbolic Techniques
  • A New Approach to Affine Transform Invariant Shape Matching
  • Model-Based Morphology: Simple and Complex Shapes
  • Human Face MotionAnalysis
  • A Computational Model of Mathematical Morphology
  • Determining the Symmetry of Polyhedra
  • Extraction of Surface Orientation Using Gray Level Difference Statistics
  • Shape Splitting from Medial Lines Using the 3–4 Chamfer Distance
  • Distance Transformation and Skeleton for Shape Feature Analysis
  • Forms Structure Form at Ever “Higher” and “Lower” Levels
  • Human Perception of Affine Equivalent Polygons
  • 3-D Pose Estimation by an Improved Kohonen-Net
  • On the Recognition of Articulated Objects (Generalizing the Generalized Hough Transform)
  • Analysis of Straight Homogeneous Generalized Cylinders Under Perspective Projection
  • Invariants and Pose Determination
  • Characteristic Pattern Based on Mathematical Morphology
  • Contributors