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Today's Topics:
A new text book
Colour segmentation
UV paint
Contact
Help! Do you have SONY AVC-D5CE camera?
Help, Please (urgent)
Software for Creating "Virtual Reality" on PC's
CFP: Workshop on Computer Vision
IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, Advance Program
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Date: Wed, 31 Aug 94 21:24:08 PDT
From: jain@ece.UCSD.EDU (Ramesh Jain)
Subject: A new text book
A more or less complete draft of a text book 'An Introduction to
Machine Vision' is ready. This book can be used as a text book for a
first course on computer vision. The book is likely to appear in
print in early 1995.
This book is coauthored by Ramesh Jain, R. Kasturi, and Brian Schunck
and will be published by McGraw Hill.
If you are interested in using this for a course in this fall, please
send e-mail to Ramesh Jain at jain@ece.ucsd.edu. The current draft is
slightly incomplete, but is satisfactory (according to other people
who plan to use it. If you need it for the winter term, please
contact me in October so that I can send you the final draft.
The only condition for sending the draft is that you provide me with
feedback on how this book can be made more useful to students.
Thanks for your time and attention.
Ramesh Jain
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Date: Mon, 5 Sep 94 14:10 BRT
From: "Luciano da F.Costa" <LUCIANO@ifqsc.sc.usp.br>
Comments: ifqsc.usp.br: Instituto de Fisica e Quimica de Sao Carlos - USP, BR
Subject: Colour segmentation
Dear Colleagues:
Many thanks for the replies on our recent enquiry regarding colour
segmentation. I am writing again because we are intended to
comparatively assess the performance of as many as possible algorithms
for colour segmentation and would thus be very grateful to those
researchers who could send routines and programs for that purpose.
Basically, we are intended to experimentally investigate the
performance of several segmentation algorithms by applying them to
process syntectic and real images. In the former case we are going to
derive quantitative measures of the performance (since we know
precisely the original image parameters) and in the second case the
performance will be subjectively evaluated by comparing with humans.
We would be very pleased to interact during the whole assessment
process with those who are kindly willing to supply the routines. We
would also appreciate to know about similar performance assessment
initiatives by other researchers.
Yours faithfully,
Luciano da F. Costa
Cybernetic Vision Research Group
IFSC-USP
Caixa Postal 369,
Sao Carlos, SP
13560-970 Brazil
e-mail: Luciano@ifqsc.sc.usp.br
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Date: 3 Sep 1994 05:49:08 GMT
From: mjcarter@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Matthew Carter)
Organization: The University of Western Australia
Subject: UV paint
Hi all,
Does anybody out there no of a paint that will show up under UV light. I
especially want a product that will dry clear (or near as possible).
Thamks.
Matt
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Date: Fri, 2 Sep 94 12:52:34 EST
From: orlando@linse.ufsc.br (Orlando Jose Tobias)
Subject: Contact
I'm currently working on an algorithm for automatic visual
inspection ( ceramic industry ) and would like to contact other
people which are working on similar topic.
Regards,
Eng. Eletr. Orlando Jose Tobias
LINSE - Laboratorio de Instrumentacao Eletronica
Centro Tecnologico - CTC
Campus Universitario - Trindade
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC
Caixa Postal (P.O.Box) 476
Florianopolis - Santa Catarina - Brasil
CEP (ZIP) 88040-900
Tel.: (482) 31-9643 / 31-9504 FAX: 31-9770 / TELEX: 0482 240
e-mail: BITNET eel3ojt@brufsc.BITNET (150.162.1.5)
INTERNET orlando@linse.ufsc.br (150.162.1.83)
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Date: Mon, 5 Sep 1994 19:15:05 +1000
From: Derek Tak Keung CHENG <derek@cs.mu.oz.au>
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Subject: Help! Do you have SONY AVC-D5CE camera?
Hi everybody,
I try to do some experiments in camera calibration using
the Tsai's method (The program is from net that one). Howvever
in that program it required the knowledge of the camera specification
from the manufacturers. Unforunately, we lost the orginal specifications
long time already. I tred to ring the Sony Australia, however after nearly one
hours of transfering from one departmant to others, they still haven't give
such information to me. If you are using SONY AVC-D5CE camera and you have
the original specification or you know the below information. Please give me
some help.
The below three parameters are what I need:
1. Number of sensor elements in camera's x direction?
2. X dimension of camera's sensor element (in mm)?
3. Y dimension of camera's sensor element (in mm)?
If you know any of the above information, Please please help me.
Please send me via email.
Thanks in advance.
Derek Tak Keung CHENG, Email : derek@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU
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Date: 6 Sep 1994 15:37:11 GMT
From: H.R.YAZDI@BHAM.AC.UK (H.R.YAZDI)
Organization: The University of Birmingham, UK
Subject: Help, Please (urgent)
Hi dear friends
I'm doing PhD research in university of Birmingham, UK and need your
help. I want some information about a chip produced by Harris
Semiconductors, called HSP45256, which is a binary correlator. I've
already read Harris data book, many times, but still there are many
questions that I can't find their answers in the data book. So
please, if you know any article, application, or papers regarding the
above mentioned IC, let me know. Also, if you know any other company
who has produced similar ICs, please let me know. (Harris HSP45256 is
used in DSP systems). I appreciate your attention and looking forward
to hear from you soon.
My email is : H.R.YAZDI@BHAM.AC.UK
Cheers
H.R.Yazdi
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Date: 7 Sep 1994 14:26:01 -0400
From: wbb@acpub.duke.edu (Boyce Byerly)
Organization: Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Subject: Software for Creating "Virtual Reality" on PC's
I'm a cognitive psychologist interested in the interaction between
memory and spatial location. In particular, how do people remember
items based on their location? What sorts of errors occur during
recall? What are their encoding strategies? Trying to figure out
this type of information is difficult to do in the real world; thus,
I'm looking for software that would allow me to investigate these
issues under easily controlled laboratory circumstances. Read on if
this sounds interesting.
I would like a piece of software, into which I could input pictures
(say, bitmaps which had been scanned in, or maybe something created
with a paint program) which will display those pictures on the screen,
and allow a subject to "move" around among the pictures. Thus, the
full "virtual reality" thing is not the goal (well, it would be
interesting, especially if enough funding for visors, gloves, etc. was
available). Imagine moving around in a series of rooms, and seeing
different objects or pictures. I can imagine versions of the
experiment where the software would "move" the subject around, and
others that would allow them to navigate themselves, perhaps using the
keypad or joystick, and which would use continuous redrawing to give
the subject a feeling of "movement." The machines we have for
experimentation are 486 PC's with VGA cards; I have reasonable skills
in C, Lisp, Pascal, and other languages sufficient to recompile and
customize most software, if it's not too device dependent. DOES
ANYONE KNOW OF ANY SOFTWARE WRITTEN TO DO SUCH A JOB, AND CREATE SUCH
AN ENVIRONMENT?
I'd really appreciate any pointers to relevant research in cognitive
psychology or virtual reality, and doubly appreciate any information
about pieces of software, either commercially written or passed around
among researchers, that would allow me to investigate these issues.
Due to the unusual nature of this request, I crossposted it fairly
widely, since Psychologists, Computer Scientists, and Game Aficionados
all might have something interesting to say on the subject (please
edit follow-up lines as appropriate.)
-Thanks,
Boyce Byerly
Duke University Department of Psychology
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Date: Sun, 4 Sep 1994 10:11:01 +0500
From: shah@cs.ucf.edu (Mubarak Shah)
Subject: CFP: Workshop on Computer Vision
WORKSHOP ON COMPUTER VISION***
Islamabad, Pakistan
January 3--5, 1995
FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
The program will consists of invited and submitted papers on Computer
Vision, including but not restricted to the following topics:
*Physics-Based Vision *Motion Analysis *Stereo
*Object Recognition *Active Vision *Edge Detection
*Parallel Computer Vision *Image Coding *Medical Image Processing
*Neural Networks for Vision *Image Databases
*Hardware Implementations for Vision
INVITED SPEAKERS:
*Professor Kim Boyer *Professor Chris Brown
Ohio State University University of Rochester
*Professor Ellen Hildreth *Professor George Stockman
Wellesley College Michigan State University
Submit three copies of extended abstract (not more than 10 pages) by
October 1, 1994 to either of the following:
Prof. Mubarak Shah Prof. Abass Ali Naqvi
Computer Science Department Department of Electronics
University of Central Florida Quaid-e-Azam University
Orlando, FL 32816, USA Islamabad, PAKISTAN
(shah@sono.cs.ucf.edu) (aan%elab-qau%sdnpk@sdnhq.undp.org)
***This workshop is supported by NSF grant INT-9317453.
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Date: Fri, 2 Sep 94 16:39:20 CDT
From: Bruce Flinchbaugh <bef@csc.ti.com>
Subject: IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, Advance Program
IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision
Sarasota, Florida * December 5-7, 1994
ADVANCE PROGRAM
WORKSHOP
We are pleased to announce the advance program for the second IEEE
Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV '94), to be held in
Sarasota, Florida, U.S.A., December 5-7, 1994. Researchers from around
the world will present and discuss diverse applications of computer
vision. In the spirit of the workshop format, we encourage others to
participate and bring related interests of academia, industry, and
government to the discussion. This workshop is sponsored by the IEEE
Computer Society TC on PAMI.
The workshop is scheduled in morning and evening sessions, leaving
afternoons free to enjoy the beach and other activities of the Sarasota
area. Buffet receptions will accompany the evening sessions, which will
include special events (e.g., panel discussions) as well as papers.
SARASOTA
The workshop hotel is the Holiday Inn on Lido Beach in Sarasota,
Florida. One of the prime attractions is of course the beach. In
addition, the hotel is a two-block walk from St. Armand's Circle, which
provides many fine shopping and dining possibilities. Sports activities
in the area include various water sports, wind surfing, deep sea
fishing, boat rentals, cycling, tennis and golf.
Other attractions in the Sarasota area include the Mote Marine Lab,
Myakka River State Park, Ringling Museum, and Sarasota Jungle Garden.
Other major attractions within driving distance include Disney World,
Epcot, Sea World, Universal Studies (all near Orlando), Busch Gardens
(in Tampa), and the Salvador Dali Museum (in St. Petersburg).
GENERAL CHAIR:
Allen Hanson, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst
PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS:
Bruce Flinchbaugh, Texas Instruments
Yasuo Nakagawa, Hitachi
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIR:
Kevin Bowyer, Univ. of South Florida
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Minoru Asada, Osaka Univ.
Henry Baird, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Horst Bunke, Univ. of Bern
Henrik Christenson, Univ. of Aalborg
Jeff Dehart, Army Research Laboratory
Ed Delp, Purdue Univ.
Goesta Granlund, Linkoping Univ.
Steve Hennessy, Martin-Marietta
John Illingworth, Univ. of Surrey
Judd Jones, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Philip Kegelmeyer, Sandia National Laboratory
Ichiro Masaki, MIT and General Motors
Tom Nartker, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
Keith Nishihara, Teleos Research
Shmuel Peleg, Hebrew Univ.
Banavar Sridhar, NASA
Sargur Srihari, SUNY Buffalo
Robin Strickland, Univ. of Arizona
Mohan Trivedi, Univ. of Tennessee
Larry Wolff, Johns Hopkins Univ.
SCHEDULE
MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1994
7:30: Registration
8:00: Welcome
8:30: Session: Fish, Coal, Doors, & Integrated Circuits
"A Unified Recognition and Stereo Vision System for Size Assessment,"
Andrew Naiberg and James Little (Univ. of British Columbia)
"A Stereoscopic Surface Profiling System, MAPSSIT: Theoretical,
Implementation, and Performance Issues,"
Philip W. Smith and N. Nandhakumar (Univ. of Virginia)
"Automatic Classification of Wooden Cabinet Doors,"
Lynn Abbott and Bin Yuan (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ.)
"Precise Visual Inspection for LSI Wafer Patterns Using Subpixel Image
Alignment," Takashi Hiroi, et al (Hitachi)
10:30: Session: Mosaics
"Compilation of Mosaics from Separately Scanned Line Drawings,"
Rik D.T. Janssen and Albert M. Vossepoel (Delft Univ. of Technology)
"Image Mosaicing for Tele-Reality Applications,"
Richard Szeliski (Digital Equipment Corporation)
"Real-Time Scene Stabilization and Mosaic Construction,"
M. Hansen, et al (David Sarnoff Research Center)
12:00: Afternoon Adjournment
17:00: Reception
17:30: Session: (panel or talk to be arranged)
18:30: Session: Vehicles & Highways
"A Robust Cognitive Approach to Traffic Scene Analysis,"
Dirk Wetzel and Heinrich Niemann (Bavarian Research Center for Knowledge
Based Systems)
"A Morphological Model-Driven Approach to Real-Time Street Boundary
Detection for Vision-Based Automotive Systems,"
Alberto Broggi and Simona Berte` (Univ. of Parma)
"Real-Time Traffic Monitoring," N.J. Ferrier, et al (Univ. of Oxford)
"Modelling Issues in Vision Based Aircraft Navigation during Landing,"
Tarun Soni and Banavar Sridhar (NASA Ames Research Center)
"A Practical Obstacle Detection and Avoidance System,"
Sumit Badal, et al (Univ. of Massachusetts at Amherst)
"Application of Optical Flow for Automated Overtaking Control,"
M. Tistarelli, et al (Univ. of Genoa)
21:30: Evening Adjournment
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1994
7:30: Morning Coffee
8:00: Session: Eyes & Faces
"Using Modeling and Fuzzy Logic to Detect and Track Microvessels in
Conjunctiva Images," Carl Wick, et al (U.S. Naval Academy)
"A System for Automated Iris Recognition,"
R. P. Wildes, et al (David Sarnoff Research Center)
"Recognizing a Facial Image from a Police Sketch,"
Robert Uhl, et al (Univ. of Central Florida)
"Parameterisation of a Stochastic Model for Human Face Identification,"
Ferdinando Samaria and Andy Harter (Univ. of Cambridge)
10:00: Session: Buildings & Terrain
"Model Supported Exploitation: Quick Look, Detection and Counting, and
Change Detection," C. Huang, et al (General Electric)
"Task Driven Perceptual Organization for Extraction of Rooftop Polygons,"
Christopher Jaynes, et al (Univ. of Massachusetts at Amherst)
"Model Validation for Change Detection,"
M. Bejanin, et al (Univ. of Southern California)
"A System for Aircraft Recognition in Perspective Aerial Images,"
Subhodev Das, et al (Univ. of California, Riverside)
12:00: Afternoon Adjournment
17:00: Reception
17:30: Session: Boxes, Gestures, Forms, Water Meters, & Cans
"Genetic Labeling and its Application to Depalletizing Robot Vision,"
Manabu Hashimoto and Kazuhiko Sumi (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
"Recursive Identification of Gesture Inputs using Hidden Markov
Models,"
Jennifer Schlenzig, et al (Univ. of California, San Diego)
"Anatomy of a Hand-Filled Form Reader,"
Atul Chhabra (NYNEX)
"Application Constraints in the Design of an Automatic Reading Device
for Analog Display Instruments,"
Robert Sablatnig (Technical Univ. of Vienna)
"Application of the Controlled Active Vision Framework to Robotic and
Transportation Problems,"
Christopher Smith, et al (Univ. of Minnesota)
20:00: Session: (panel or talk to be arranged)
21:30: Evening Adjournment
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1994
7:30: Morning Coffee
8:00: Session: Leukocytes, Thyroids, & Anatomical Images
"Leukocyte Classification by Size Functions,"
Massimo Ferri, et al (Univ. of Bologna)
"Knowledge-Based Interpretation of Thyroid Scintigrams,"
Felix Grimm, et al (Univ. of Bern)
"Registration of MR and CT 3D Volumetric Data Sets,"
Rakesh Kumar, et al (David Sarnoff Research Center)
9:30: Session: Tracking, Range, & Recognition
"3-D Tracking of a Moving Object with the Active Stereo Vision System,"
Noriaki Maru, et al (Osaka Univ.)
"Real-Time Visual Tracking Using Correlation Techniques,"
Mark Eklund, et al (Univ. of Tennessee)
"A Methodology for Evaluating Range Image Segmentation Techniques,"
Adam Hoover, et al (Univ. of South Florida)
"Model-Based Path Finding Using Adjacent Area Shape,"
Takashi Okada, et al (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
"A Method for Recognition and Localization of Generic Objects for
Indoor Navigation,"
Dongsung Kim and Ramakant Nevatia (Univ. of Sourthern California)
"Acquisition of 3D Structure of Selectable Quality from Image Streams,"
Arun Dalmia and Mohan Trivedi (Univ. of Tennessee)
12:30: End of Workshop
HOTEL REGISTRATION
The Holiday Inn on Lido Beach is about 7 miles from Sarasota airport.
A taxi from the Sarasota airport to the hotel will cost approximately
$10 one way. The hotel is also about a 75-minute drive from the Tampa
airport.
The WACV conference rates for rooms at the Holiday Inn on Lido Beach are:
"Cityview" "Gulfview"
Single $59 $69
Double $69 $79
These rates are subject to a 9% tax. There is a $10 charge for each
additional adult. Children stay free in the same room as an adult.
To obtain the conference rates, make your reservation by Sunday,
November 13 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time and mention that you are attending
WACV '94. Reservations made after this date will be accepted by
the hotel on a "space available" basis. The conference rates are
available for a three-day period before and after WACV '94.
All major credit cards are accepted by the hotel. To make your
reservation contact the hotel directly by calling (813) 388-3941, fax to
(813) 388-4321, or write:
Holiday Inn
Sarasota - Lido Beach
233 Ben Franklin Drive
Sarasota, Florida 34236
U.S.A.
WORKSHOP REGISTRATION
To register for the workshop in advance, fill out this form, enclose a
check ($US) payable to "WACV" for the amount due, and mail it to be
received by Monday, November 14, 1994 at this address:
Allen Hanson
Computer Science Department
A213 Lederle Graduate Research Center
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 0l003
U.S.A.
The workshop registration fees include a copy of the proceedings, all
sessions, two evening buffet receptions, and morning coffees:
Member Non-Member Student
Advance (received by Nov 14): $300 $375 $100
Late/On-Site: $360 $450 $120
WACV'94 Registration Form
IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision
Sarasota, Florida * December 5-7, 1994
Name:
Email Address:
Phone Number:
Fax Number:
Mail Address:
Amount of Check for Registration Fee Enclosed ($US):
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(Make check payable to "WACV".)
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