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CAIP
2001
Springer
14 years 3 days ago
A Simple Algorithm for Ordering and Compression of Vector Codebooks
The problem of storage or transmission of codevectors is an essential issue in vector quantization with custom codebook. The proposed technique for compression of codebooks relies ...
Maciej Bartkowiak, Adam Luczak
ICIAR
2009
Springer
14 years 6 days ago
VizDraw: A Platform to Convert Online Hand-Drawn Graphics into Computer Graphics
Abstract. With the adoption of tablet-based data entry devices, there is considerable interest in methods for converting hand-drawn sketches of flow charts, graphs and block diagr...
Akshaya Kumar Mishra, Justin A. Eichel, Paul W. Fi...
ICIAR
2009
Springer
14 years 6 days ago
Abnormal Behavior Recognition Using Self-Adaptive Hidden Markov Models
A self-adaptive Hidden Markov Model (SA-HMM) based framework is proposed for behavior recognition in this paper. In this model, if an unknown sequence cannot be classified into an...
Jun Yin, Yan Meng
ICIAR
2010
Springer
14 years 12 days ago
Entropy of Gabor Filtering for Image Quality Assessment
Abstract. A new algorithm for image quality assessment based on entropy of Gabor filtered images is proposed. A bank of Gabor filters is used to extract contours and directional ...
Esteban Vázquez-Fernández, Án...
ICIAR
2010
Springer
14 years 12 days ago
Generic Initialization for Motion Capture from 3D Shape
Abstract. Real time and markerless motion capture is an active research area, due to applications in human-computer interactions, for example. A large part of the existing markerle...
Benjamin Raynal, Michel Couprie, Vincent Nozick
ICIAR
2010
Springer
14 years 12 days ago
Can Background Baroque Music Help to Improve the Memorability of Graphical Passwords?
Graphical passwords have been proposed as an alternative to alphanumeric passwords with their advantages in usability and security. However, they still tend to follow predictable p...
Haichang Gao, Xiuling Chang, Zhongjie Ren, Uwe Aic...
ICIAR
2010
Springer
14 years 12 days ago
Adaptation of SIFT Features for Robust Face Recognition
Abstract. The Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) is an algorithm used to detect and describe scale-, translation- and rotation-invariant local features in images. The origina...
Janez Krizaj, Vitomir Struc, Nikola Pavesic
ICIAR
2010
Springer
14 years 12 days ago
Structural Similarity-Based Approximation of Signals and Images Using Orthogonal Bases
The structural similarity (SSIM) index has been shown to be an useful tool in a wide variety of applications that involve the assessment of image quality and similarity. However, i...
Dominique Brunet, Edward R. Vrscay, Zhou Wang
ICIAR
2010
Springer
14 years 12 days ago
Two-Factor Authentication or How to Potentially Counterfeit Experimental Results in Biometric Systems
Two-factor authentication has been introduced in order to enhance security in authentication systems. Different factors have been introduced, which are combined for means of contr...
Christian Rathgeb, Andreas Uhl