Progress in Pattern Recognition, Image Analysis, Computer Vision, and Applications: 14th Iberoamerican Conference on Pattern Recognition, CIARP 2009, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, November 15-18, 2009. Proceedings

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Front Matter....Pages 1-1
An Imaging Architecture Based on Derivative Estimation Sensors....Pages 3-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Landmark Real-Time Recognition and Positioning for Pedestrian Navigation....Pages 21-28
A Binarization Method for a Scenery Image with the Fractal Dimension....Pages 29-36
Selective Change-Driven Image Processing: A Speeding-Up Strategy....Pages 37-44
Coding Long Contour Shapes of Binary Objects....Pages 45-52
Finding Images with Similar Lighting Conditions in Large Photo Collections....Pages 53-60
Color Image Registration under Illumination Changes....Pages 61-68
A Novel Approach to Robust Background Subtraction....Pages 69-76
Automatic Choice of the Number of Nearest Neighbors in Locally Linear Embedding....Pages 77-84
K-Medoids-Based Random Biometric Pattern for Cryptographic Key Generation....Pages 85-94
A Hardware Architecture for SIFT Candidate Keypoints Detection....Pages 95-102
Analysis of Non Local Image Denoising Methods....Pages 103-110
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Texture Characterization Using a Curvelet Based Descriptor....Pages 113-120
Improving Fingerprint Matching Using an Orientation-Based Minutia Descriptor....Pages 121-128
Morphological Shape Context: Semi-locality and Robust Matching in Shape Recognition....Pages 129-136
On the Computation of the Common Labelling of a Set of Attributed Graphs....Pages 137-144
Advances in Rotation-Invariant Texture Analysis....Pages 145-152
SAR Image Segmentation Using Level Sets and Region Competition under the $\\mathcal{G}^H$ Model....Pages 153-160
A New Segmentation Approach for Old Fractured Pieces....Pages 161-168
Segmentation in 2D and 3D Image Using Tissue-Like P System....Pages 169-176
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Dynamic Image Segmentation Method Using Hierarchical Clustering....Pages 177-184
A Study on Representations for Face Recognition from Thermal Images....Pages 185-192
Fast Unsupervised Texture Segmentation Using Active Contours Model Driven by Bhattacharyya Gradient Flow....Pages 193-200
A Distributed and Collective Approach for Curved Object-Based Range Image Segmentation....Pages 201-208
Learning an Efficient Texture Model by Supervised Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction Methods....Pages 209-216
A Fuzzy Segmentation Method for Images of Heat-Emitting Objects....Pages 217-224
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Challenges and Opportunities for Extracting Cardiovascular Risk Biomarkers from Imaging Data....Pages 227-235
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A New Unsupervised Learning for Clustering Using Geometric Associative Memories....Pages 239-246
Airway Tree Segmentation from CT Scans Using Gradient-Guided 3D Region Growing....Pages 247-254
Geometric Approach to Hole Segmentation and Hole Closing in 3D Volumetric Objects....Pages 255-262
Optimizations and Performance of a Robotics Grasping Algorithm Described in Geometric Algebra....Pages 263-271
Homological Computation Using Spanning Trees....Pages 272-278
Getting Topological Information for a 80-Adjacency Doxel-Based 4 D Volume through a Polytopal Cell Complex....Pages 279-286
Circular Degree Hough Transform....Pages 287-294
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Isolate Speech Recognition Based on Time-Frequency Analysis Methods....Pages 297-304
Feature Selection Based on Information Theory for Speaker Verification....Pages 305-312
Simple Noise Robust Feature Vector Selection Method for Speaker Recognition....Pages 313-320
Implementation of Three Text to Speech Systems for Kurdish Language....Pages 321-328
Functional Feature Selection by Weighted Projections in Pathological Voice Detection....Pages 329-336
Prediction of Sequential Values for Debt Recovery....Pages 337-344
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A Computer-Assisted Colorization Approach Based on Efficient Belief Propagation and Graph Matching....Pages 345-352
Signal Analysis for Assessment and Prediction of the Artificial Habitat in Shrimp Aquaculture....Pages 353-360
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Learning Co-relations of Plausible Verb Arguments with a WSM and a Distributional Thesaurus....Pages 363-370
Handwritten Word Recognition Using Multi-view Analysis....Pages 371-378
A Speed-Up Hierarchical Compact Clustering Algorithm for Dynamic Document Collections....Pages 379-386
Incorporating Linguistic Information to Statistical Word-Level Alignment....Pages 387-394
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When Pyramids Learned Walking....Pages 397-414
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A Simple Method for Eccentric Event Espial Using Mahalanobis Metric....Pages 417-424
A Combine-Correct-Combine Scheme for Optimizing Dissimilarity-Based Classifiers....Pages 425-432
BR: A New Method for Computing All Typical Testors....Pages 433-440
Classifier Selection in a Family of Polyhedron Classifiers....Pages 441-448
Characterisation of Feature Points in Eye Fundus Images....Pages 449-456
Combining Functional Data Projections for Time Series Classification....Pages 457-464
Finding Small Consistent Subset for the Nearest Neighbor Classifier Based on Support Graphs....Pages 465-472
Analysis of the GRNs Inference by Using Tsallis Entropy and a Feature Selection Approach....Pages 473-480
Clustering Ensemble Method for Heterogeneous Partitions....Pages 481-488
Using Maximum Similarity Graphs to Edit Nearest Neighbor Classifiers....Pages 489-496
A New Incremental Algorithm for Overlapped Clustering....Pages 497-504
The Multi-level Learning and Classification of Multi-class Parts-Based Representations of U.S. Marine Postures....Pages 505-512
The Representation of Chemical Spectral Data for Classification....Pages 513-520
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Visual Pattern Analysis in Histopathology Images Using Bag of Features....Pages 521-528
A Brief Index for Proximity Searching....Pages 529-536
Pigmented Skin Lesions Classification Using Dermatoscopic Images....Pages 537-544
A Multi-class Kernel Alignment Method for Image Collection Summarization....Pages 545-552
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Correlation Pattern Recognition in Nonoverlapping Scene Using a Noisy Reference....Pages 555-562
Particle Swarm Model Selection for Authorship Verification....Pages 563-570
Image Characterization from Statistical Reduction of Local Patterns....Pages 571-578
Semi-supervised Robust Alternating AdaBoost....Pages 579-586
Robust Radio Broadcast Monitoring Using a Multi-Band Spectral Entropy Signature....Pages 587-594
Real Time Hot Spot Detection Using FPGA....Pages 595-602
Fast Pattern Classification of Ventricular Arrhythmias Using Graphics Processing Units....Pages 603-610
SPC without Control Limits and Normality Assumption: A New Method....Pages 611-618
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Improved Online Support Vector Machines Spam Filtering Using String Kernels....Pages 621-628
Neural Network Ensembles from Training Set Expansions....Pages 629-636
Leaks Detection in a Pipeline Using Artificial Neural Networks....Pages 637-644
Computing the Weights of Polynomial Cellular Neural Networks Using Quadratic Programming....Pages 645-652
Two-Dimensional Fast Orthogonal Neural Network for Image Recognition....Pages 653-660
An Enhanced Probabilistic Neural Network Approach Applied to Text Classification....Pages 661-668
Writer Identification Using Super Paramagnetic Clustering and Spatio Temporal Neural Network....Pages 669-676
Recognition and Quantification of Area Damaged by Oligonychus Perseae in Avocado Leaves....Pages 677-684
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Neurocontroller for Power Electronics-Based Devices....Pages 685-692
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3D and Appearance Modeling from Images....Pages 695-704
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Towards an Iterative Algorithm for the Optimal Boundary Coverage of a 3D Environment....Pages 707-715
Measuring Cubeness of 3D Shapes....Pages 716-723
Self-calibration from Planes Using Differential Evolution....Pages 724-731
Graph-Cut versus Belief-Propagation Stereo on Real-World Images....Pages 732-740
Combining Appearance and Range Based Information for Multi-class Generic Object Recognition....Pages 741-748
Dealing with Inaccurate Face Detection for Automatic Gender Recognition with Partially Occluded Faces....Pages 749-757
Rigid Part Decomposition in a Graph Pyramid....Pages 758-765
Multimodal Algorithm for Iris Recognition with Local Topological Descriptors....Pages 766-773
Scene Retrieval of Natural Images....Pages 774-781
Use of Ultrasound and Computer Vision for 3D Reconstruction....Pages 782-789
Two-Frame Optical Flow Formulation in an Unwarping Multiresolution Scheme....Pages 790-797
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Generating Video Textures by PPCA and Gaussian Process Dynamical Model....Pages 801-808
Fuzzy Feature-Based Upper Body Tracking with IP PTZ Camera Control....Pages 809-816
Experimental Assessment of Probabilistic Integrated Object Recognition and Tracking Methods....Pages 817-824
Real-Time Stereo Matching Using Memory-Efficient Belief Propagation for High-Definition 3D Tele-Presence Systems....Pages 825-833
Improving Recurrent CSVM Performance for Robot Navigation on Discrete Labyrinths....Pages 834-842
Discrete Integral Sliding Mode Control in Visual Object Tracking Using Differential Kinematics....Pages 843-850
Machine Learning and Geometric Technique for SLAM....Pages 851-858
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Compression and Key Feature Extraction for Video Transmission....Pages 859-866
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Robot Command Interface Using an Audio-Visual Speech Recognition System....Pages 869-876
A Rapidly Trainable and Global Illumination Invariant Object Detection System....Pages 877-884
Expanding Irregular Graph Pyramid for an Approaching Object....Pages 885-891
Learning Relational Grammars from Sequences of Actions....Pages 892-900
On Environmental Model-Based Visual Perception for Humanoids....Pages 901-909
Dexterous Cooperative Manipulation with Redundant Robot Arms....Pages 910-917
A Simple Sample Consensus Algorithm to Find Multiple Models....Pages 918-925
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Pulse Coupled Neural Networks for Automatic Urban Change Detection at Very High Spatial Resolution....Pages 929-942
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Randomized Probabilistic Latent Semantic Analysis for Scene Recognition....Pages 945-953
Object Contour Tracking Using Foreground and Background Distribution Matching....Pages 954-961
Processing of Microarray Images....Pages 962-969
Multi-focus Image Fusion Based on Fuzzy and Wavelet Transform....Pages 970-977
Unsupervised Object Discovery from Images by Mining Local Features Using Hashing....Pages 978-985
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Spectral Estimation of Digital Signals by the Orthogonal Kravchenko Wavelets $\\{\\widetilde{h_{a}(t)}\\}$ ....Pages 989-996
Video Denoising by Fuzzy Directional Filter Using the DSP EVM DM642....Pages 997-1004
Image Authentication Scheme Based on Self-embedding Watermarking....Pages 1005-1012
Unified Experiment Design, Bayesian Minimum Risk and Convex Projection Regularization Method for Enhanced Remote Sensing Imaging....Pages 1013-1020
Intelligent Experiment Design-Based Virtual Remote Sensing Laboratory....Pages 1021-1028
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Optimizing Classification Accuracy of Remotely Sensed Imagery with DT-CWT Fused Images....Pages 1031-1038
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Filter Banks for Hyperspectral Pixel Classification of Satellite Images....Pages 1039-1046
Minimum Variance Gain Nonuniformity Estimation in Infrared Focal Plane Array Sensors....Pages 1047-1053
Movement Detection and Tracking Using Video Frames....Pages 1054-1061
A New Steganography Based on χ 2 Technic....Pages 1062-1069
Near Real Time Enhancement of Remote Sensing Imagery Based on a Network of Systolic Arrays....Pages 1070-1077
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