Computer Vision Systems: 7th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems, ICVS 2009 Liège, Belgium, October 13-15, 2009. Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages -
Recognizing Gestures for Virtual and Real World Interaction....Pages 1-10
Multimodal Speaker Recognition in a Conversation Scenario....Pages 11-20
FaceL: Facile Face Labeling....Pages 21-32
Automatic Assessment of Eye Blinking Patterns through Statistical Shape Models....Pages 33-42
Open-Set Face Recognition-Based Visitor Interface System....Pages 43-52
Cascade Classifier Using Divided CoHOG Features for Rapid Pedestrian Detection....Pages 53-62
Boosting with a Joint Feature Pool from Different Sensors....Pages 63-72
A Multi-modal Attention System for Smart Environments....Pages 73-83
Individual Identification Using Gait Sequences under Different Covariate Factors....Pages 84-93
Using Local Symmetry for Landmark Selection....Pages 94-103
Combining Color, Depth, and Motion for Video Segmentation....Pages 104-113
Stable Structural Deformations....Pages 114-123
Demand-Driven Visual Information Acquisition....Pages 124-133
A Real-Time Low-Power Stereo Vision Engine Using Semi-Global Matching....Pages 134-143
Feature-Based Stereo Vision Using Smart Cameras for Traffic Surveillance....Pages 144-153
Development and Long-Term Verification of Stereo Vision Sensor System for Controlling Safety at Railroad Crossing....Pages 154-163
Generation of 3D City Models Using Domain-Specific Information Fusion....Pages 164-173
Bio-inspired Stereo Vision System with Silicon Retina Imagers....Pages 174-183
A Fast Joint Bioinspired Algorithm for Optic Flow and Two-Dimensional Disparity Estimation....Pages 184-193
GPU-Accelerated Nearest Neighbor Search for 3D Registration....Pages 194-203
Visual Registration Method for a Low Cost Robot....Pages 204-214
Automatic Classification of Image Registration Problems....Pages 215-224
Practical Pan-Tilt-Zoom-Focus Camera Calibration for Augmented Reality....Pages 225-234
Learning Objects and Grasp Affordances through Autonomous Exploration....Pages 235-244
Integration of Visual Cues for Robotic Grasping....Pages 245-254
A Hierarchical System Integration Approach with Application to Visual Scene Exploration for Driver Assistance....Pages 255-264
Real-Time Traversable Surface Detection by Colour Space Fusion and Temporal Analysis....Pages 265-274
Saliency-Based Obstacle Detection and Ground-Plane Estimation for Off-Road Vehicles....Pages 275-284
Performance Evaluation of Stereo Algorithms for Automotive Applications....Pages 285-294
White-Box Evaluation of Computer Vision Algorithms through Explicit Decision-Making....Pages 295-304
Evaluating the Suitability of Feature Detectors for Automatic Image Orientation Systems....Pages 305-314
Interest Point Stability Prediction....Pages 315-324
Relevance of Interest Points for Eye Position Prediction on Videos....Pages 325-334
A Computer Vision System for Visual Grape Grading in Wine Cellars....Pages 335-344
Inspection of Stamped Sheet Metal Car Parts Using a Multiresolution Image Fusion Technique....Pages 345-353
Who’s Counting? Real-Time Blackjack Monitoring for Card Counting Detection....Pages 354-363
Increasing the Robustness of 2D Active Appearance Models for Real-World Applications....Pages 364-373
Learning Query-Dependent Distance Metrics for Interactive Image Retrieval....Pages 374-383
Consistent Interpretation of Image Sequences to Improve Object Models on the Fly....Pages 384-393
Nonideal Iris Recognition Using Level Set Approach and Coalitional Game Theory....Pages 394-402
Incremental Video Event Learning....Pages 403-414
A System for Probabilistic Joint 3D Head Tracking and Pose Estimation in Low-Resolution, Multi-view Environments....Pages 415-424
Robust Tracking by Means of Template Adaptation with Drift Correction....Pages 425-434
A Multiple Hypothesis Approach for a Ball Tracking System....Pages 435-444
Fast Vision-Based Object Recognition Using Combined Integral Map....Pages 445-454
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