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SIBGRAPI
2006
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Estimation of Multiple Orientations and Multiple Motions in Multi-Dimensional Signals
The estimation of multiple orientations in multidimensional signals is a strongly non-linear problem to which a two-step solution is here presented. First, the problem is lineariz...
Ingo Stuke, Erhardt Barth, Cicero Mota
SIBGRAPI
2006
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Improved FingerCode Matching Function
FingerCode is a fingerprint correlation matching scheme that relies on texture information. In this scheme, the oriented components are extracted from a fingerprint image using a ...
Gustavo de Sa, Roberto de Alencar Lotufo
SIBGRAPI
2006
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Plausible Image Based Soft Shadows Using Occlusion Textures
This paper presents a novel image-based approach to render plausible soft shadows for complex dynamic scenes with rectangular light sources. The algorithm's performance is mo...
Elmar Eisemann, Xavier Décoret
SIBGRAPI
2006
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
A Statistical Discriminant Model for Face Interpretation and Reconstruction
Multivariate statistical approaches have played an important role of recognising face images and characterizing their differences. In this paper, we introduce the idea of using a ...
Edson C. Kitani, Carlos E. Thomaz, Duncan Fyfe Gil...
SIBGRAPI
2006
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Euclidean homotopic skeleton based on critical kernels
Michel Couprie, André Vital Saúde, G...
SIBGRAPI
2006
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Actively Illuminated Objects using Graph-Cuts
This paper addresses the problem of foreground extraction using active illumination and graph-cut optimization. Our approach starts by detecting image regions that are likely to b...
Asla Medeiros Sá, Marcelo Bernardes Vieira,...
IEEECGIV
2006
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Hairstyle Construction from Raw Surface Data
We present a novel approach to the problem of hairstyle construction from raw surface data such as the ones obtained from surface scans. Our approach is based on a shape matching ...
Gerrit Sobottka, Michael Kusak, Andreas Weber 0004
IEEECGIV
2006
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Effects of Different Order PDEs on Blending Surfaces
In this paper, we introduce second order and mixed order partial differential equations (PDEs) for surface blending and present an approximate algorithm for the resolution of the ...
Lihua You, Jian J. Zhang
IEEECGIV
2006
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Stretch It - Realistic Smooth Skinning
Smooth Skinning is still the most popular method for the animation of deformable human and creature characters. It has became almost an industry standard because of its intuitiven...
Xiaosong Yang, Jian J. Zhang
IEEECGIV
2006
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
3D Images Compression for Multi-View Auto-Stereoscopic Displays
As auto-stereoscopic displays offer more and more different possible views, the problem of the size of the data to display is becoming more and more urging. If many 3D images com...
B. Kaufmann, M. Akil