Human and machine vision II [largely papers of the second Workshop on human and machine vision, held in Montréal, Canada, Aug. 1-3, 1984 in conjunction with the International conference on pattern recognition

Perspectives in Computing: Human and Machine Vision II compiles papers presented at the second Workshop on Human and Machine Vision held in Montreal, Canada on August 1-3, 1984. This book discusses the perception of transparency in man and machine, human image understanding, and connectionist models and parallelism in high level vision. The theory of the perceived spatial layout of scenes, generative systems of analyzers, and codon constraints on closed 2D shapes are also elaborated. This text likewise covers the environment- and viewer-centered perception of surface orientation, autonomous scene description with range imagery, and pre-attentive processing in vision. This publication is recommended for students and researchers interested in both fields of visual perception and computer vision. Content: Front Matter, Page iii Copyright, Page iv Preface, Page vii, Azriel Rosenfeld Contributors, Pages ix-x Perception of Transparency in Man and Machine, Pages 1-12, JACOB BECK Human Image Understanding: Recent Research and a Theory, Pages 13-57, IRVING BIEDERMAN Describing Surfaces, Pages 58-85, MICHAEL BRADY, JEAN PONCE, ALAN YUILLE, HARUO ASADA Connectionist Models and Parallelism in High Level Vision, Pages 86-108, JEROME A. FELDMAN Toward a Theory of the Perceived Spatial Layout of Scenes, Pages 109-148, RALPH NORMAN HABER Generative Systems of Analyzers, Pages 149-189, MICHAEL LEYTON Early Vision: From Computational Structure to Algorithms and Parallel Hardware, Pages 190-206, TOMASO POGGIO Codon Constraints on Closed 2D Shapes, Pages 207-223, WHITMAN RICHARDS, DONALD D. HOFFMAN Environment-Centered and Viewer-Centered Perception of Surface Orientation, Pages 224-236, H.A. SEDGWICK, S. LEVY Perception of Organization in a Random Stimulus, Pages 237-242, BEVERLY J. SMITH Autonomous Scene Description with Range Imagery, Pages 243-255, DAVID R. SMITH, TAKEO KANADE Intelligible Encoding of ASL Image Sequences at Extremely Low Information Rates, Pages 256-312, GEORGE SPERLING, MICHAEL LANDY, YOAV COHEN, M. PAVEL Preattentive Processing in Vision, Pages 313-334, ANNE TREISMAN Early Orientation Selection: Tangent Fields and the Dimensionality of Their Support, Pages 335-364, STEVEN W. ZUCKER PERSPECTIVES IN COMPUTING, Page ibc1