Computer Vision - Accv'98: Third Asian Conference On Computer Vision, Hong Kong, China, January 8 - 10, 1998, Proceedings, Volume Ii (lecture Notes In Computer Science)

these Two Volumes Constitute The Refereed Proceedings Of The Third Asian Conference On Computer Vision, Accv'98, Held In Hong Kong, China, In January 1998. The Volumes Present Together A Total Of 58 Revised Full Papers And 112 Revised Posters Selected From Over 300 Submissions. The Papers Are Organized In Topical Sections On Biometry, Physics-based Vision, Color Vision, Robot Vision And Navigation, Ocr And Applications, Low-level Processing, Active Vision, Face And Hand Posture Recognition, Segmentation And Grouping, Computer Vision And Virtual Reality, Motion Analysis, And Object Recognition And Modeling. On typical implementations of Hough transform for improving its performances....Pages 1-8 Hierarchical segmentation and representation with dynamic link architecture neural network....Pages 9-16 Perceptually consistent segmentation of texture using multiple channel filter....Pages 17-24 Optimal edge detection under difficult imaging conditions....Pages 25-32 Restoring image quality through structure preserving de-noising....Pages 33-40 Feature saliency from noise variations in invariants....Pages 41-48 Multiscale image representation and edge detection....Pages 49-56 Rotation invariant texture features from Gabor filters....Pages 57-64 Euclidean invariants of linear scale-spaces....Pages 65-72 Segmenting objects at multiple scales: A robust approach....Pages 73-80 Multi-grid edge models for magnifying digital images....Pages 81-88 Scale and rotation invariant recognition method using higher-order local autocorrelation features of log-polar image....Pages 89-96 Script and language identification from document images....Pages 97-104 Document categorization for document image understanding....Pages 105-112 Recognition of various bar-graph structures based on layout model....Pages 113-120 Word-class bigram statistics language model for a hand-written chinese character recognizer....Pages 121-128 Log classification by single X-ray scans using texture features from growth rings....Pages 129-136 Precise and fast form identification method by using adaptive base lines for matching....Pages 137-144 Combinatorial coarse classification method for OLCCR....Pages 145-152 Detecting characters in grey-scale scene images....Pages 153-160 Conic based image transfer for 2-D Objects: A linear algorithm....Pages 161-168 Minimal conditions on intrinsic parameters for Euclidean reconstruction....Pages 169-176 Surface based hypothesis verification in intensity images using geometric and appearance data....Pages 177-184 Next best viewpoint (NBV) planning for active object modeling based on a learning-by-showing approach....Pages 185-192 Object recognition by matching symbolic edge graphs....Pages 193-200 Interpretation of complex scenes using Bayesian networks....Pages 201-208 Recognition of urban scene using silhouette of buildings and city map database....Pages 209-216 A cooperative inference mechanism for extracting road information automatically....Pages 217-224 Model-based active object recognition using MRF matching and sensor planning....Pages 225-232 Improved image classification using morphing....Pages 233-240 Reconstruction of non-manifold objects from two orthographic views....Pages 241-248 3D object recognition using segment-based stereo vision....Pages 249-256 The state of color vision research....Pages 257-257 Color vision and color media processing research in Asia....Pages 258-258 Recent advances in detection and description of buildings from multiple aerial images....Pages 259-266 Visual surveillance of human activity....Pages 267-274 Bayesian paradigm for recognition of objects — Innovative applications....Pages 275-282 Toward motion picture grammars....Pages 283-290 Hierarchical texture segmentation....Pages 291-298 Range image segmentation: Adaptive grouping of edges into regions....Pages 299-306 Optimising the complete image feature extraction chain....Pages 307-314 A unified framework for salient curves, regions, and junctions inference....Pages 315-322 Learning multiscale image models of 2D object classes....Pages 323-331 3D model centered framework for CV and VR....Pages 332-339 Image-based geometrically-correct photorealistic scene/object modeling (IBPhM): A review....Pages 340-349 Measuring object surface shape and reflectance properties....Pages 350-359 Robust image composition algorithms for augmented reality....Pages 360-367 Context-based recognition of manipulative hand gestures for human computer interaction....Pages 368-375 An algorithm for recursive structure and motion recovery under affine projection....Pages 376-383 Relative affine depth: Structure from motion by an uncalibrated camera....Pages 384-391 The eigenspace method for rigid motion recovery from less than eight point correspondences....Pages 392-399 3D shape and motion analysis from image blur and smear: A unified approach....Pages 400-407 3D line's extraction from 2D Spatio-Temporal Image created by sine slit....Pages 408-415 Toward non-intrusive motion capture....Pages 416-423 Appearance based visual learning and object recognition with illumination invariance....Pages 424-431 Evidence-based scene interpretation considering subjective certainty of recognition....Pages 432-439 Robust hypothesis verification for model based object recognition using Gaussian error model....Pages 440-447 Shape modeling from multiple view images using GAs....Pages 448-454 3-D reconstruction of multipart self-occluding objects....Pages 455-462 On analysis of cloth drape range data....Pages 463-470 VR models from epipolar images: An approach to minimize errors in synthesized images....Pages 471-478 Shape and pose parameter estimation of 3D multi-part objects....Pages 479-486 Generating 3D models of objects using multiple visual cues in image sequences....Pages 487-494 Strategical tracking of polyhedral objects by reactive change of projection pattern - Reactive Range Finder -....Pages 495-502 Autonomous vision-guided robot manipulation control....Pages 503-510 A new adaptive approach on rapid obstacle detection in range image....Pages 511-518 Recognition of shape models for general roads....Pages 519-526 Visual detection of obstacles assuming a locally planar ground....Pages 527-534 Potential-based modeling of 2D regions using non-uniform source distributions....Pages 535-542 A linear algorithm for motion from three weak perspective images using Euler angles....Pages 543-550 On Learning spatio-temporal relational structures in two different domains....Pages 551-558 An efficient iterative pose estimation algorithm....Pages 559-566 A new multistage approach to motion and structure estimation by gradually enforcing geometric constraints....Pages 567-574 Tracking a person with pre-recorded image database and a pan, tilt, and zoom camera....Pages 575-582 Recovery of motion and structure from optical flow under perspective projection by solving linear simultaneous equations....Pages 583-590 Vector coherence mapping: A parallelizable approach to image flow computation....Pages 591-598 Robust motion segmentation using rank ordering estimators....Pages 599-606 Optical flow in the scale space....Pages 607-614 Motion detection in temporal clutter....Pages 615-622 A novel fast three-step search algorithm for block-matching motion estimation....Pages 623-630 Moving vehicle detection and tracking in image sequences....Pages 631-638 Gesture recognition from image motion based on subspace method and HMM....Pages 639-646 Identifying faces under varying pose using a single example view....Pages 647-654 Multiple camera based human motion estimation....Pages 655-662 An autonomous facial caricaturing based on a model of visual illusion — Experimental modeling of visual illusion —....Pages 663-670 3D estimation of facial muscle parameter from the 2D marker movement using neural network....Pages 671-678 Appearance-based face recognition under large head rotations in depth....Pages 679-686 Skin-color modeling and adaptation....Pages 687-694 Human information retrieval by face extraction and recognition on TV news images using subspace method....Pages 695-702 Converting facial expressions using recognition-based analysis of image Sequences....Pages 703-710 Muscle-based feature models for analyzing facial expressions....Pages 711-718 A morphological method for moving object segmentation and posture recognition....Pages 719-725 Detection of glasses in facial images....Pages 726-733 Non-monotonic continuous dynamic programming for spotting recognition of hesitated gestures from time-varying images....Pages 734-741 Face recognition using a face-only database: A new approach....Pages 742-749 Annotation These two volumes constitute the refereed proceedings of the Third Asian Conference on Computer Vision, ACCV'98, held in Hong Kong, China, in January 1998. The volumes present together a total of 58 revised full papers and 112 revised posters selected from over 300 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on biometry, physics-based vision, color vision, robot vision and navigation, OCR and applications, low-level processing, active vision, face and hand posture recognition, segmentation and grouping, computer vision and virtual reality, motion analysis, and object recognition and modeling