Computer Vision and Machine Learning with RGB-D Sensors (eBook)

Dr. Ling Shao is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Sheffield, UK. His publications include the Springer title Multimedia Interaction and Intelligent User Interfaces.Dr. Jungong Han is a Senior Scientist at Civolution Technology, Eindhoven, and a Guest Researcher at the Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands.Dr. Pushmeet Kohli is a Senior Researcher in the Machine Learning and Perception Group at Microsoft Research Cambridge and an Associate in the Psychometrics Centre at the University of Cambridge, UK.Dr. Zhengyou Zhang, IEEE Fellow and ACM Fellow, is a Principal Researcher and Research Manager of the Multimedia, Interaction, and Communication Group at Microsoft Research Redmond, WA, USA.

Part I: Surveys3D Depth Cameras in Vision: Benefits and Limitations of the HardwareAchuta Kadambi, Ayush Bhandari and Ramesh RaskarA State-of-the-Art Report on Multiple RGB-D Sensor Research and on Publicly Available RGB-D DatasetsKai BergerPart II: Reconstruction, Mapping and SynthesisCalibration Between Depth and Color Sensors for Commodity Depth CamerasCha Zhang and Zhengyou ZhangDepth Map Denoising via CDT-Based Joint Bilateral FilterAndreas Koschan and Mongi AbidiHuman Performance Capture Using Multiple Handheld KinectsYebin Liu, Genzhi Ye, Yangang Wang, Qionghai Dai and Christian TheobaltHuman Centered 3D Home Applications via Low-Cost RGBD CamerasZhenbao Liu, Shuhui Bu and Junwei HanMatching of 3D Objects Based on 3D CurvesChristian Feinen, Joanna Czajkowska, Marcin Grzegorzek and Longin Jan LateckiUsing Sparse Optical Flow for Two-Phase Gas Flow Capturing with Multiple KinectsKai Berger, Marc Kastner, Yannic Schroeder and Stefan GuthePart III: Detection, Segmentation and TrackingRGB-D Sensor-Based Computer Vision Assistive Technology for Visually Impaired PersonsYingli TianRGB-D Human Identification and Tracking in a Smart EnvironmentJungong Han and Junwei HanPart IV: Learning-Based RecognitionFeature Descriptors for Depth-Based Hand Gesture RecognitionFabio Dominio, Giulio Marin, Mauro Piazza and Pietro ZanuttighHand Parsing and Gesture Recognition with a Commodity Depth CameraHui Liang and Junsong YuanLearning Fast Hand Pose RecognitionEyal Krupka, Alon Vinnikov, Ben Klein, Aharon Bar Hillel, Daniel Freedman, Simon Stachniak and Cem KeskinRealtime Hand-Gesture Recognition Using RGB-D SensorYuan Yao, Fan Zhang and Yun Fu