Shape Representation via Harmonic Embedding

We present a novel representation of shape for closed planar contours explicitly designed to possess a linear structure. This greatly simplifies linear operations such as averaging, principal component analysis or differentiation in the space of shapes. The representation relies upon embedding the contour on a subset of the space of harmonic functions of which the original contour is the zero level set.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: ICCV
• Authors: Alessandro Duci, Anthony J. Yezzi, Sanjoy K. Mitter, Stefano Soatto
• Keywords: Closed Planar Contours, Computer Vision, ICCV 2003, Original Contour, Principal Component Analysis