Privacy is becoming an increasingly important issue in many data mining applications. This has triggered the development of many privacy-preserving data mining techniques. A large...
This paper describes WBIIS Wavelet-Based Image Indexing and Searching, a new image indexing and retrieval algorithm with partial sketch image searching capability for large imag...
James Ze Wang, Gio Wiederhold, Oscar Firschein, Sh...
Processing a video stream to segment foreground objects from the background is a critical first step in many computer vision applications. Background subtraction (BGS) is a common...
We are investigating face, hand and body expressions to be applied to avatars of a virtual environment to improve their communication capabilities and enrich and facilitate their p...
We advocate the use of quickly-adjustable, computer-controlled color spectra in photography, lighting and displays. We present an optical relay system that allows mechanical or el...