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Today's Topics:
Comercial information about FLIR cameras
Announcing release of computer vision software
software package for handwriting recognition
NN's for face rec.
Research Associate in Computer Vision
Computer Vision Guest Scientist Position
Vision Interface '94
CAIA-94 CFP: 10th IEEE Conference on AI for Applications
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Date: Thu, 3 Jun 93 18:18:33 +0200
From: diaz@santiago.isdefe.es (Jose Antonio Diaz)
Subject: Comercial information about FLIR cameras
Sometime ago I posted Vision List newsgroup and requested commercial
information about FLIR cameras. Thanks to everybody who answered me.
This is a list of companies working on that area with some product
characteristics.
* ENOSA
Madrid, Spain
34-1-846-01-00
Fax 34-1-846-01-02
* Electrophysics
New Jersey, USA
(800)759-9577
It builds and sells shuttered pyroelectric vidicon cameras
* Insight Vision Systems, Inc.
Roger F. Wells, General Manager
2421 Linden Lane
Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA
(301)495-0211
Fax (301)495-2619.
* AGEMA
Danderyd, Swedem
46-08-753-3400
Electro-mechanical scanning radiometer with internal temperature references.
HgCdTe SPRITE, 3-5 5m (8-13 5m optional).
Cooling: liquid nitrogen or thermoelectric Peltier effect.
* Inframetrics
Brusseles, Belgium
32-2-252-5712
* SantaBarbara FPA
USA
Fax (805)562 8993
* Amber Engineering
Goleta, CA., USA
InSb focal place array camera (128x128), 1-5.5 5m.
Liquid nitrogen cooling.
* Cincinati Electronics
Mason, OH, USA
64 to 256 linear and focal place photo voltaic InSb array.
Liquid nitrogen cooling, 2-5.5 5m.
* David Sarnoff Research Center
Princeton, NJ, USA
PtSi FPA cameras.
* EG&G Reticon
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
128x128 FPA (PtSi) infrared camera, 1x512, 1x1024 FPA (PtSi) linear arrays.
Liquid nitrogen cooling, 1-5.5 5m.
* Fairchild Semiconductor
Milpitas, CA, USA
PtSi FPA cameras.
* FLIR SYSTEMS
Portland, Oregon, USA
SPRITE detector, 2-5.6 5m,
Thermoelectric Peltier effect cooling, compressed Argon or
Split-Stirling cooler.
* FORD AEROSPACE
Newport Beach, CA, USA
HgCdTe and PtSi FPAs.
* HAMAMATSU
Hamamatsu city, Japan
Night viewers, pyroelectric vidicon units (0.4-2.2 5m).
* HGH INGNRIE
Massy, France
Various products are available using:
PbS (1.7-2.7 5m), PbSe (2.5-5.5 5m), pyroelectric (1-15 5m),
thermal line scanning and spectroradiometer (for the measurement of the
enregy level emitted by the object as a function of object temperature).
* IMAGE TECHNOLOGY METHODS
Woltham, MA, USA
Pyroelectric vidicon (PEV), 8-14 5m (2-40 5m optional)
* Inframetrics
North Billerica, MA USA.
Electro-mechanically scanned radiometers with internal temperature
references, HgCdTe detector, 8-12 5m (3-5 5m or 3-12 5m optional).
Liquid nitrogen, Stirling cycle or thermoelectric Peltier effect cooling.
* INSIGHT VISION SYSTEMS
Malvern, Worcestershire, UK
Pyroelectric vidicon (Insight), 8-14 5m, chopped mode of operation.
* ISI GROUP
Albuquerque, NM, USA
Pyroelectric vidicon (Videotherm) with built-in monochrome video camera
8-14 5m (2-20 5m optional).
* KODAK
Rochester, NY, USA
PtSi focal plane array camera (640x480).
Liquid nitrogen or stirling cycle cooling, 1.1- 5.7 5m
* MIKRON
Wyckoff, NJ, USA
Electro-mechanical scanning radiometer with internal temperature references.
HdCdTe (8-13 5m) or InSb (3-5 5m) detector, Liquid nitrogen cooling.
* MITSUBISHI
Japan
PtSi FPA (512x512) camera.
Split-Stirling or liquid nitrogen cooling, 3-5 5m.
* RANK TAYLOR HOBSON
UK.
TICM II (Thermal imaging camera modules, Talytherm), mechanically scanned.
SPRITE detector, internal thermal references.
Cryogenically cooled HgCdTe (8-12 5m).
* ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL
Richardson, TX, USA
HgCdTe FPA.
* SOFRADIR
Chatenay-Malabry, France
HgCdTe FPA.
* XEDAR
Boulder, Co, USA
Pyroelectric vidicon units 2-14 5m (0.6-20 5m optional).
* PHOTEK (Photo Emissive Technology)
26 Castleham Road
St Leonards on Sea
East Sussex
TN38 9NS
United Kingdom
44-424-850555
Fax 44-424-850051
* LORAL Corp.
USA
Jose A. Diaz diaz@santiago.isdefe.es
Edison,4 tel: 34-1-411 50 11
28006 Madrid fax: 34-1-411 47 03
SPAIN
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Date: 3 Jun 93 16:41 -0700
From: Art Pope <pope@cs.ubc.ca>
Subject: Announcing release of computer vision software
Announcing the Free Availability of the
Vista Computer Vision Environment
Art Pope and David Lowe
University of British Columbia
The Vista software environment for computer vision research has been
developed at the University of British Columbia's Laboratory for
Computational Intelligence. Unlike most toolkits for image processing,
Vista allows easy extension to data types other than images. It is
designed to support computer vision research in which any user can easily
program new modules or add new data types. Vista comes with extensive
documentation, a collection of image manipulation routines, edge detectors,
edge linking, overlay of edge vectors on images, tools for printing images,
and tools for viewing images and vectors under the X Window System.
One useful component of Vista is a toolkit to allow rapid development of
applications running under X Windows. Using a few standard library
routines that do not require knowledge of X internals, a user can create
applications that display images, manipulate vectors, create menus, and
provide full mouse interaction with display elements. Vista contains an
image viewing widget that provides display independence, image scaling, and
interactive zooming.
Vista operations can be used both as stand-alone UNIX programs
or as library routines. The programs can be used from the UNIX shell
to manipulate files containing images and other objects; they can be
piped together to perform a sequence of operations. The library can be
used to construct custom applications, including ones that display
images interactively under X Windows.
Vista uses its own format for representing images, edge sets, and
other objects in data files. The format is highly flexible -- it can
represent a great variety of image types as well as collections of
images and other objects. The format is also extensible -- for
example, new image attributes can be added without the need to modify
existing software or data files. Tools are available for converting
images between Vista's format and other formats.
Vista is written in ANSI C for UNIX platforms. It requires the X
Window System (X11R5); some portions also require the OSF/Motif widget
library.
Vista's source code and documentation are available from ftp.cs.ubc.ca via
anonymous FTP. There are no significant restrictions on its distribution or
use. The remainder of this announcement contains a more detailed
description of Vista and instructions for obtaining it via FTP.
VISTA FILE FORMAT
Vista employs a data file format that allows any collection of images, edge
vectors, and other structured objects to be stored in a single file. This
allows, for example, both an edge set and the image from which it was
derived to be kept in one file.
Each file is divided into two parts. The first part, which contains
descriptions of the objects in the file, is represented entirely in ASCII
so that it can be easily viewed and even edited using a text editor. One
can, for example, add a comment annotating an image by simply editing that
part of the file. The second part of the file holds information that must
be stored compactly, such as image pixel values. There data is represented
efficiently with a binary encoding that is independent of machine byte order.
Vista's data file format can be readily extended. You can record custom
attributes with each of the images stored in your data files yet still
manipulate those images using the existing Vista software. You can also
define custom types of objects (e.g., an object describing a set of camera
parameters). These custom objects can be included in data files alongside
standard ones such as images and edge sets.
VISTA IMAGE FORMAT
A Vista image is a 3-dimensional array of pixels indexed by row, column,
and `band' number. The third dimension, band, is used to represent a
variety of things: the discrete frames of a motion sequence, various camera
viewpoints, multiple color channels, or the real and imaginary components
of complex pixel values. It is also used to represent combinations of these
-- allowing, for example, a single image to represent a motion sequence of
stereo pairs of RGB color images. Such images can be manipulated as easily
as a single-band, grey-scale intensity image by most of Vista's subroutines
and programs.
Several different pixel representations are supported. They range from a
single bit to a 32-bit signed integer and a 64-bit floating point number.
Again, images can be manipulated equally well regardless of pixel
representation by most of Vista's subroutines and programs.
Vista includes software for translating images in both directions between
`Portable Graymap' (PGM) file format and Vista format. The PBM+ package
can be used to reach a large variety of other formats from PGM format.
VISTA SOFTWARE
Vista includes the following software:
(a) a collection of UNIX filter programs for manipulating images. There
are programs for scaling, cropping and rotating images, adjusting
image brightness and contrast, converting images from one pixel
representation to another, performing an arithmetic or logical
operation on each pixel of an image, convolving two images, computing
pixel statistics, estimating the gradient of an image, computing the
Fourier transform of an image, computing the magnitude and phase of a
complex image, applying the Canny edge detector, and linking edge
pixels to form sets of extended edges.
(b) a collection of interactive programs for manipulating images under X
Windows. There are menu-driven programs for displaying images and edge
sets, cropping images, and adjusting image brightness and contrast.
(Some of these programs require the OSF/Motif widget library.)
(c) programs for converting Vista images to and from `Portable Graymap'
(PGM) format, for rendering images and edge sets using Encapsulated
PostScript, and for arranging multiple Encapsulated PostScript
pictures on a single page.
(d) a library of C routines. There are routines for performing each of the
operations listed above under item (a), from scaling images to linking
edge pixels. There are also routines for reading and writing Vista
data files, reporting errors, parsing command line options, and
generating PostScript documents.
(e) a widget for displaying images under X Windows. The widget has
built-in support for color allocation and dithering to accommodate
various displays having from 1 to 24 planes. It provides user
controls for panning and zooming the displayed image. The widget is
compatible with other widget sets based on the X Toolkit, including
the MIT Athena and OSF/Motif sets.
(f) a package that simplifies the task of creating an application that runs
under X Windows for displaying an image and lines while accepting
user input through menus and dialog boxes. The package shields the
programmer from having to understand a widget set, the X Toolkit, and
the Xlib library. The package itself uses the OSF/Motif widget set,
but it is designed for easy porting to other widget sets.
INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS
Vista is distributed as ANSI C source code. To build it you will need an
ANSI C compiler (we use the GNU project's gcc), X11R5 (at patch level 21 or
better), and about 40 megabytes of disk space.
The OSF/Motif widget library is needed to build some portions of Vista --
specifically, some of the programs mentioned under item (b), above, and the
package described under item (f). Lacking OSF/Motif it is still possible to
build most Vista software, including one of the programs for displaying
images under X Windows. We've been using V1.1.2 of the OSF/Motif library.
Like X11R5, Vista uses the imake facility to configure the build and
installation procedures for a particular site and machine architecture. You
will need the imake, makedepend, and mkdirhier tools distributed with
X11R5. Vista includes architecture-specific configuration files for SunOS
4.1, and Silicon Graphics's IRIX 4.0.
DOCUMENTATION
Vista is fully documented by about 250 pages of on-line `man' pages. It
also includes a tutorial on using Vista programs, an introduction to
programming with the Vista library, a set of example programs, installation
instructions, and guidelines for those contributing Vista software.
OBTAINING VISTA
Vista is available via anonymous FTP from ftp.cs.ubc.ca (IP number
137.82.8.5) as a compressed tar file. The file is
/pub/local/vista/vista-2.0.tar.z
and its about 600 kilobytes in size. Fetch a copy in binary mode,
uncompress it using the GNU utility gunzip, untar it into the directory of
your choice, and follow the installation instructions you find there. If
you decide to keep and use Vista, let us know so that we can continue to
inform you of new releases, bug fixes, etc.
Some sample Vista data files are also available via anonymous FTP from
ftp.cs.ubc.ca. They're in /pub/local/vista/data, accompanied by a README
file.
WHY WE'RE DISTRIBUTING VISTA
Our hope in distributing Vista is that it will foster greater exchange
of software and data in the computer vision research community. We
believe that it can be a foundation on which the community builds and
shares reference implementations of commonly used algorithms.
Vista has all of the traits needed to fulfill this role. It provides a
framework for storing and manipulating not only images, but also other data
objects that often arise in conjunction with images -- for example, edge
sets, camera geometry specifications, and model parameters. It is designed
as an extensible system to which anyone can contribute. It is comprehensive
although not so large as to be unwieldly. And, importantly, it can be
freely distributed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
In case of comments, problems, queries, bug reports, etc., contact:
Art Pope, pope@cs.ubc.ca, (604) 822-3061
David Lowe, lowe@cs.ubc.ca, (604) 822-3170
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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1993 12:30:40 GMT
From: haminh@graceiam.unibe.ch (Thien Ha-Minh)
Organization: Dept. of CS, University of Berne, Switzerland
Subject: software package for handwriting recognition
Keywords: handwritten numeral recogntion, software package, commercial products,
Dear colleagues,
I am looking for some software package(s) for handwritten numeral recognition.
It can be either a commercial product or public domain.
If you have any idea where I can find such things, please let me know.
My email address is: haminh@iam.unibe.ch
Thank you.
Thien HA MINH.
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Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1993 22:10:33 GMT
From: uwechueo@cse.fau.edu (Okechukwu A. Uwechue)
Organization: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
Subject: NN's for face rec.
Does anyone know the e-mail addresses of the following people ?
J.A. Freeman & D.M. Skapura
They wrote a book on neural net applications called " NEURAL NETWORKS:
ALGORITHMS, APPLICATIONS AND PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES " (Addison Wesley
'91). I'd like to get in touch with either of them to get some
information on face recognition via NN's.
thanks in advance,
e-mail: uwechueo@sol.cse.fau.edu
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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 12:08:13
From: erh@minster.york.ac.uk
Subject: Research Associate in Computer Vision
UNIVERSITY OF YORK
Department of Computer Science
Research Associate in Computer Vision
A vacancy exists for research associate on a 3 year SERC
funded project aimed at developing novel methods for 3D scene
reconstruction from slice images. The approach to be adopted
involves the development of Bayesian relaxation processes for
reconstructing and interpretting differential structure in the
scenes under study. Candidates for this post should have
experience in the areas of computer vision or pattern recog-
nition and posses a good first degree or preferably a PhD in
a mathematical or physical science. The initial appointment
will be made at point 6 of the University Academic salary
scale (15,186 pounds per anum). Informal enquiries can be
made to Dr Edwin Hancock, Department of Computer Science,
University of York, York Y01 5DD (telephone: 0904 43 3374,
email: erh@minster.york.ac.uk). Three copies of applications
with full curriculum vitae and the names of three referees,
should be sent to the Personnel Officer, University of York,
Heslington, York Y01 5DD, by 17 July 1993. Further particulars
relating to this post may also be obtained from the Personnel
Officer at the above address.
June 8, 1993
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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 13:01:09 +0200
From: chm@bsun11.zfe.siemens.de (Christoph Maggioni)
Subject: Computer Vision Guest Scientist Position
Computer Vision Guest Scientist Position
available in
Munich Germany at SIEMENS Central Research Labs
SIEMENS Central Research is situated in Munich in the southern part of
Germany. More than a thousand researchers do basic and applied
research in many fields of computers science and electrical
engineering.
Our project is concerned with developing a computer vision system for
recognizing human hand gestures in real time. We already have two
prototypes for recognizing three-dimensional hand position,
orientation and simple gestures in real time. The prototypes have been
interfaced to a virtual environment system. Current research focuses
on extending the system to recognize additional features like
fingertips and define a set of more complex three dimensional hand
gestures. We are currently using neural network and model-based vision
techniques but this could change.
The successful candidate will contribute to this research topics. This
includes both scientific research and building working prototypes.
Applicants should possess a PhD in Computer Science, Engineering or a
related field by the time the position starts. Background should be
in Computer Vision with strong programming skills. Experience in
real-time vision is highly desirable. Knowledge in Human Computer
Interface, Gesture Recognition, Computer Graphics, or Virtual Reality
Techniques would be helpful.
The position is available starting in October 1. 1993 for a year
extendable to two years.
Interested applicants should send a resume and representative
publications to: (Only those who have the required background should
apply)
Christoph Maggioni
SIEMENS AG, ZFE ST SN 61 Phone: (+49)89-636-42573
Otto Hahn Ring 6 Fax: (+49)89-636-2393
8000 Munich 83, Germany E-mail: chm@zfe.siemens.de
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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 23:15:05 GMT
From: colin@autpi (Colin Archibald)
Organization: National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada
Subject: Vision Interface '94
V i s i o n I n t e r f a c e ' 9 4
Banff, Alberta, Canada
16-20 May 1994
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Vision Interface '94 is the eighth Canadian conference devoted to
computer vision, signal and image processing, and pattern recognition.
This conference, held in various Canadian cities, is sponsored by the
Canadian Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Society. The 1994
conference will be held in Banff, Alberta, May 16-20, 1994 in conjunction
with Graphics Interface '94, and Artificial Intelligence '94.
Invited Speakers:
Judson P. Jones Oak Ridge National Laboratory
R. Kasturi Pennsylvania State University
William A. MacKay University of Toronto
Program Committee:
Anup Basu, University of Alberta
Paul Besl, General Motors Research Labs., U.S.A.
Kim L. Boyer, Ohio State University, U.S.A.
Roger Browse, Queens University
Greg Dudek, McGill University
Maria Garza-Jinich, UNAM, Mexico
Frans C. A. Groen, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands
Piotr Jasiobedski, University of Toronto
Adam Krzyzak, Concordia University
Alan Mackworth, University of British Columbia
Worthy N. Martin, University of Virginia, U.S.A.
Emil Petriu, University of Ottawa
Denis Poussart, Universite Laval
Gerhard Roth, National Research Council
Linda Shapiro, University of Washington, U.S.A.
Andrew K. C. Wong, University of Waterloo
IMPORTANT DATES:
Four copies of a Full Paper due: 31 Oct. 1993
Workshop/Tutorial Proposals due: 15 Nov. 1993
Authors Notified: 1 Feb. 1994
Final Paper due: 31 Mar. 1994
TOPICS:
Contributions are are solicited (English or French) describing unpublished
research results and applications in any area of computer vision, signal and
image processing, and pattern recognition. This year VI '94 will have a
theme: "Perception in Robotics, and Process Automation." As in previous years,
a book will be published based on the papers which appear in the proceedings.
Submissions on this theme and on other areas of Image Processing and Pattern
Recognition are welcome. Topics will include, but are not limited to:
Robot Perception Biomedical Applications
Intelligent Autonomous Systems Modeling of Human Perception and Movement
Multi-sensor Perception Document Processing
Active Perception Industrial Applications
S/W and H/W Architecture 3-D Vision
Methods for Image and Scene Analysis Remote Sensing
Neural Networks Motion Representation
Knowledge Representation Robust Methods for Signal
and Image processing
Four copies of full papers should be submitted to the Program Co-chairmen
before Oct.31 1993. Include with the paper full name, address, phone
number, fax number and electronic mail address of the contact author.
Submit papers to:
Colin Archibald Paul Kwok
Autonomous Systems Laboratory Dept. of Computer Science
National Research Council University of Calgary
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0R6 Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
Tel: (613) 993-6580 Tel: (403) 220-3531
Fax: (613) 952-0215 Fax: (403) 284-4707
email: archibald@iit.nrc.ca email: kwok@cpsc.ucalgary.ca
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Date: 9 Jun 1993 21:59:17 -0400
From: Tim.Finin@cs.umbc.edu (Timothy Finin)
Organization: Computer Science, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Subject: CAIA-94 CFP: 10th IEEE Conference on AI for Applications
The 10th IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Applications
(CAIA-94) will be held at Marriott Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas on March
1-4, 1994. CAIA is devoted to advancing the application of AI techniques to
real world problems. This year's conference will emphasize both the
development of enabling AI technology and the issues involved in its
integration into products and processes. We are also seeking innovative ideas
for new application areas and new research and technology transfer paradigms.
For general information on CAIA-94, including the full Call for Papers, send
email to CAIA@CS.UMBC.EDU or try the Gopher server on GOPHER.CS.UMBC.EDU.
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