Academic Articles & Research Papers

Real-Time Fire Detection From Video Surveillance Cameras: Where Are We Now?

Automatic fire detection in video surveillance is a critical capability for safeguarding industrial sites, public infrastructures, and natural environments. Although recent advances in deep learning have substantially improved early fire de...

Computer Vision for Human-Machine Interaction

Advances in the field of computer vision are leading to radical changes in the way we interact with computers. At the time of this book's publication in 1998, it would soon be possible to enable a computer linked to a video camera to detect...

Approaches to Improve the Quality of Person Re-Identification for Practical Use

The idea of the person re-identification (Re-ID) task is to find the person depicted in the query image among other images obtained from different cameras. Algorithms solving this task have important practical applications, such as illegal ...

Optimal Coherent Point Selection for 3D Quality Inspection from Silhouette-Based Reconstructions

3D Geometric quality inspection involves assessing and comparing a reconstructed object to a predefined reference model or design that defines its expected volume. Achieving precise 3D object geometry reconstruction from multiple views can ...

Enhanced Combined Techniques for Interval-Valued Intuitionistic Fuzzy Multiple-Attribute Group Decision-Making and Applications to Quality Evaluation of Large-Scale Multi-View 3D Reconstruction

With the widespread application of computer vision in many fields, quickly and accurately obtaining the three-dimensional information covered by the target object has become a concern in the field of vision research. Large scale multi view ...

Hand Gesture Recognition Based on Computer Vision: A Review of Techniques

Hand gestures are a form of nonverbal communication that can be used in several fields such as communication between deaf-mute people, robot control, human-computer interaction (HCI), home automation and medical applications. Research paper...

Monitoring pedestrian walking dynamics under environmental and policy influences in urban spaces

Abstract Understanding how environmental conditions and policy interventions jointly shape pedestrian mobility is essential for designing resilient, adaptive, and human-centered urban spaces. This study presents a computer-vision framework ...

Scale Accuracy Evaluation of Image-Based 3D Reconstruction Strategies Using Laser Photogrammetry

Rapid developments in the field of underwater photogrammetry have given scientists the ability to produce accurate 3-dimensional (3D) models which are now increasingly used in the representation and study of local areas of interest. This pa...

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2020

This special issue covers a wide range of topics from the area of Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, and Machine Learning.This breadth of scope is reflected by the papers included in this special issue, which touch topics including geome...

OmniVO: Toward Robust Omni Directional Visual Odometry With Multicamera Collaboration for Challenging Conditions

With the recent developments in computer vision, vision-based odometry plays an increasingly important role in the field of autonomous systems. However, using traditional visual odometry or simultaneous localization and mapping (vSLAM) only...

Learning OpenCV 3: Computer Vision in C++ with the OpenCV Library

Learning OpenCV puts you in the middle of the rapidly expanding field of computer vision. Written by the creators of the free open source OpenCV library, this book introduces you to computer vision and demonstrates how you can quickly build...

Advances in Computer Vision-Based Civil Infrastructure Inspection and Monitoring

Computer vision techniques, in conjunction with acquisition through remote cameras and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), offer promising non-contact solutions to civil infrastructure condition assessment. The ultimate goal of such a system i...

Multiple View Geometry in Computer Vision

A basic problem in computer vision is to understand the structure of a real world scene given several images of it. Techniques for solving this problem are taken from projective geometry and photogrammetry. Here, the authors cover the geome...

Camera Calibration in High-Speed Robotic Assembly Operations

The increase in positioning accuracy and repeatability allowed the integration of robots in assembly operations using guidance systems (structured applications) or video acquisition systems (unstructured applications). This paper proposes a...

AnimalTA: A highly flexible and easy‐to‐use program for tracking and analysing animal movement in different environments

Abstract Computer programs for video tracking of animal movement are evolving increasingly efficient, using complex algorithms or artificial intelligence systems. Despite the consequent progress in this field, researchers still face some fu...

Surface Glare Suppression in Retinal Imaging With a Cross‐Polarized Line‐Scanning Color Fundus Camera.

Emerging Trends in Autonomous Vehicle Perception: Multimodal Fusion for 3D Object Detection

The pursuit of autonomous driving relies on developing perception systems capable of making accurate, robust, and rapid decisions to interpret the driving environment effectively. Object detection is crucial for understanding the environmen...

Exploiting Three-Dimensional Gaze Tracking for Action Recognition During Bimanual Manipulation to Enhance Human–Robot Collaboration

Human–robot collaboration could be advanced by facilitating the intuitive, gaze-based control of robots, and enabling robots to recognize human actions, infer human intent, and plan actions that support human goals. Traditionally, gaze trac...

A polyhedron representation for computer vision

My approach to computer vision is best characterized as inverse computer graphics. In computer graphics, the world is represented in sufficient detail so that the image forming process can be numerically simulated to generate synthetic tele...

Tracking and Analysis of the Movement Behavior of European Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) in Aquaculture Systems

Monitoring and understanding fish behavior is crucial for achieving precision in everyday husbandry practices (i.e. for optimizing farm performance), and for improving fish welfare in aquaculture. Various intelligent monitoring and control ...