Time-Varying Image Processing and Moving Object Recognition, 4 (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Time-Varying Image Processing and Moving Object Recognition, 4 4
Copyright Page 5
CONTENTS 10
SECTION A: DIGITAL PROCESSING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES 16
Chapter A.1 "On 3-D Space-time Interpolation and Data Compression of Digital Image Sequences Using Low-order 3-D IIR Filters" 18
Chapter A.2 "Flicker Reduction in Old Film Sequences" (Invited) 24
Chapter A.3 "Multichannel Filters in Television Image Processing" 34
SECTION B: PATTERN RECOGNITION 40
Chapter B.1 "Blotch and Scratch Detection in Image Sequences based on Rank Ordered Differences" (Invited) 42
Chapter B.2 "Feature Matching by Optimization using Environmental Constraints" 51
Chapter B.3 "System Identification for Fuzzy Controllers" 57
SECTION C: COMPUTER VISION 64
Chapter C.1 "Computer Vision for Autonomous Navigation: from Research to Applications" 66
Chapter C.2 "An Optimal Estimator of Camera Motion by a Non-Stationary Image Model" 72
Chapter C.3 "A Simple Cue-Based Camera Calibration Method for Digital Production of Moving Images" 78
Chapter C.4 "Exploration of the Environment with Optical Sensors Mounted on a Mobile Robot" 84
SECTION D: IMAGE CODING AND TRANSMISSION 92
Chapter D.1 "Time-Varying Image Processing for 3D Model-Based Video Coding" (Invited) 94
Chapter D.2 "A New Arbitrary Shape DCT for Object-Based Image Coding" 102
Chapter D.3 "Picture Coding Using Splines" 108
Chapter D.4 "A 10 kb/s Video Coding Technique Based on Spatial Transformation" 114
Chapter D.5 "Image Communications Projects in ACTS" (Invited) 120
Chapter D.6 "Conveying Multimedia Services within the MPEG-2 Transport Stream" 130
Chapter D.7 "A Subband Video Transmission Coding System for ATM Network" 136
Chapter D.8 "A High Efficiency Coding Method" 142
Chapter D.9 "A Sequence Analysis System for Video Databases" 148
Chapter D.10 "Subjective Image Quality Estimation in Subband Coding: Methodology and Human Visual System Application" 154
SECTION E: REMOTE SENSING DATA AND IMAGE PROCESSING 160
Chapter E.1 "Neural Networks for Multi-Temporal and Multi-Sensor Data Fusion in Land Cover Classification" 162
Chapter E.2 "Influence of Quantization Errors on SST Computation Based on AVHRR Images" 168
Chapter E.3 "Study of Ecological Condition Based upon the Remote Sensing Data and GIS" 174
Chapter E.4 "PEICRE PROJECT: a Practical Application of Remote Sensing Techniques for Environmental Recover and Preservation" 180
Chapter E.5 "A Wavelet Classification Chain for Rain Pattern Tracking from Meteorological Radar Data" 186
Chapter E.6 "Frequency Locked Loop System for Doppler Centroid Tracking and Automatized Raw Data Correction in Spotlight Real-Time SAR Processors" 191
Chapter E.7 "Use of Clutter Maps in the High Resolution Radar Surveillance of Airport Surface Movements" 199
Chapter E.8 "Simulation of Sequences of Radar Images for Airport Surveillance Applications" 205
Chapter E.9 "Data Fusion and Non Linear Processing of E.L.F. Signal for the Detection of Tethered Satellite System" 212
SECTION F: DIGITAL PROCESSING OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGES 218
Chapter F.1 "A Simple Algorithm for Automatic Alignment of Ocular Fundus Images" 220
Chapter F.2 "Automatic Vertebrae Recognition throughout a Videofluoroscopic Sequence for Intervertebral Kinematics Study" 228
Chapter F.3 "An Evaluation of the Auditory Cortex Response to Simple Non-Speech Stimuli through Functional MRI" 234
SECTION G: MOTION ESTIMATION 240
Chapter G.1 "Temporal Prediction of Video Sequences Using a Region-Based Image Warping Technique" (Invited) 242
Chapter G.2 "High Performance Gesture Recognition Using Probabilistic Neural Networks and Hidden Markov Models" 248
Chapter G.3 "Image Segmentation Using Motion Estimation" 253
Chapter G.4 "A Phase Correlation Technique for Estimating Planar Rotations" 259
Chapter G.5 "Tracking by Cooccurrence Matrix" 265
Chapter G.6 "Robust Pose Estimation by Marker Identification in Image Sequences" 271
Chapter G.7 "Markov Random Field Image Motion Estimation Using Mean Field Theory" 277
Chapter G.8 "Moving Object Detection in Image Sequences Using Texture Features" 283
Chapter G.9 "Determining Velocity Vector Fields from Sequential Images Representing a Salt-Water Oscillator" 289
SECTION H: TRACKING AND RECOGNITION OF MOVING OBJECTS 296
Chapter H.1 "'Long-Memory' Matching of Interacting Complex Objects from Real Image Sequences" 298
Chapter H.2 "Spatial and Temporal Grouping for Obstacle Detection in a Sequence of Road Images" 304
Chapter H.3 "Attitude of a Vehicle Moving on a Structured Road" 310
Chapter H.4 "An Algorithm for Tracking Pedestrians at Road Crossing" 316
SECTION I: APPLICATION TO CULTURAL HERITAGE 322
Chapter 1.1 "Cultural Heritage: The Example of the Consortium Alinari 2000-SOM" 324
Chapter 1.2 "Color Certification" 328
Chapter 1.3 "Image Retrieval by Contents with Deformable User-Drawn Templates" 334
Chapter 1.4 "Synthesis of Virtual Views of Non-Lambertian Surface through Shading-Driven Interpolation and Stereo-Matched Contours" 340
AUTHOR INDEX 346