ICPR
2008
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2008
IEEE
In this paper, a novel algorithm for foreground detection and shadow removal is presented. The proposed method employs a region-based approach by processing two foregrounds result...
ICPR
2008
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2008
IEEE
We present a promising analysis on using the pattern of symmetry in the face to increase the accuracy of three-dimensional face recognition. We introduce the concept of the ‘ave...
ICPR
2008
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2008
IEEE
This paper presents a method for monitoring activities at a ticket vending machine in a video-surveillance context. Rather than relying on the output of a tracking module, which i...
ICPR
2008
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2008
IEEE
Fibre orientation is an important structural property of fibre-based materials. For example, in paper the orientation of the fibres influences the dimensional strength of the s...
ICPR
2008
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2008
IEEE
We present a novel formulation of non-Abelian invariant feature detection. By choosing suitable measuring functions, we show that the measuring space and the corresponding feature...
ICPR
2008
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2008
IEEE
Varying illumination condition is a challenging problem for face recognition and synthesis. The illumination re-rendering technique allows aligning the illumination effects of fac...
ICPR
2008
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2008
IEEE
In content based image retrieval, the success of any distance-based indexing scheme depends critically on the quality of the chosen distance metric. We propose in this paper a ker...
ICPR
2008
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2008
IEEE
We present a multiscale unsupervised segmenter for automatic detection of potentially cancerous regions of interest containing fibroglandular tissue in digital screening mammogra...
ICPR
2008
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2008
IEEE
A new hidden Markov model (HMM) is proposed for on-line character recognition using two typical features, pen-direction feature and pen-coordinate feature. These two features are ...
ICPR
2008
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2008
IEEE
This paper details a fully automated face authentication system using low-cost near infrared imaging. The image normalization step consists of eye center localization, scale corre...