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Author Pierluigi Casale; Oriol Pujol; Petia Radeva; Jordi Vitria
Title A First Approach to Activity Recognition Using Topic Models Type Conference Article
Year 2009 Publication 12th International Conference of the Catalan Association for Artificial Intelligence Abbreviated Journal
Volume 202 Issue Pages 74 - 82
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Abstract In this work, we present a first approach to activity patterns discovery by mean of topic models. Using motion data collected with a wearable device we prototype, TheBadge, we analyse raw accelerometer data using Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA), a particular instantiation of topic models. Results show that for particular values of the parameters necessary for applying LDA to a countinous dataset, good accuracies in activity classification can be achieved.
Address (down) Cardona, Spain
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ISSN ISBN 978-1-60750-061-2 Medium
Area Expedition Conference CCIA
Notes OR;MILAB;HuPBA;MV Approved no
Call Number BCNPCL @ bcnpcl @ CPR2009e Serial 1231
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Author Arnau Ramisa; Shrihari Vasudevan; David Aldavert; Ricardo Toledo; Ramon Lopez de Mantaras
Title Evaluation of the SIFT Object Recognition Method in Mobile Robots: Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications Type Conference Article
Year 2009 Publication 12th International Conference of the Catalan Association for Artificial Intelligence Abbreviated Journal
Volume 202 Issue Pages 9-18
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Abstract General object recognition in mobile robots is of primary importance in order to enhance the representation of the environment that robots will use for their reasoning processes. Therefore, we contribute reduce this gap by evaluating the SIFT Object Recognition method in a challenging dataset, focusing on issues relevant to mobile robotics. Resistance of the method to the robotics working conditions was found, but it was limited mainly to well-textured objects.
Address (down) Cardona, Spain
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Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0922-6389 ISBN 978-1-60750-061-2 Medium
Area Expedition Conference CCIA
Notes ADAS Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ RVA2009 Serial 1248
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Author Sergio Escalera; Xavier Baro; Jordi Vitria; Petia Radeva
Title Text Detection in Urban Scenes (video sample) Type Conference Article
Year 2009 Publication 12th International Conference of the Catalan Association for Artificial Intelligence Abbreviated Journal
Volume 202 Issue Pages 35–44
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Abstract Abstract. Text detection in urban scenes is a hard task due to the high variability of text appearance: different text fonts, changes in the point of view, or partial occlusion are just a few problems. Text detection can be specially suited for georeferencing business, navigation, tourist assistance, or to help visual impaired people. In this paper, we propose a general methodology to deal with the problem of text detection in outdoor scenes. The method is based on learning spatial information of gradient based features and Census Transform images using a cascade of classifiers. The method is applied in the context of Mobile Mapping systems, where a mobile vehicle captures urban image sequences. Moreover, a cover data set is presented and tested with the new methodology. The results show high accuracy when detecting multi-linear text regions with high variability of appearance, at same time that it preserves a low false alarm rate compared to classical approaches
Address (down) Cardona (Spain)
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ISSN ISBN 978-1-60750-061-2 Medium
Area Expedition Conference CCIA
Notes OR;MILAB;HuPBA;MV Approved no
Call Number BCNPCL @ bcnpcl @ EBV2009 Serial 1181
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Author Sergio Escalera; Oriol Pujol; Petia Radeva; Jordi Vitria
Title Measuring Interest of Human Dyadic Interactions Type Conference Article
Year 2009 Publication 12th International Conference of the Catalan Association for Artificial Intelligence Abbreviated Journal
Volume 202 Issue Pages 45-54
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Abstract In this paper, we argue that only using behavioural motion information, we are able to predict the interest of observers when looking at face-to-face interactions. We propose a set of movement-related features from body, face, and mouth activity in order to define a set of higher level interaction features, such as stress, activity, speaking engagement, and corporal engagement. Error-Correcting Output Codes framework with an Adaboost base classifier is used to learn to rank the perceived observer's interest in face-to-face interactions. The automatic system shows good correlation between the automatic categorization results and the manual ranking made by the observers. In particular, the learning system shows that stress features have a high predictive power for ranking interest of observers when looking at of face-to-face interactions.
Address (down) Cardona (Spain)
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ISSN ISBN 978-1-60750-061-2 Medium
Area Expedition Conference CCIA
Notes OR;MILAB;HuPBA;MV Approved no
Call Number BCNPCL @ bcnpcl @ EPR2009b Serial 1182
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Author Xavier Baro; Sergio Escalera; Petia Radeva; Jordi Vitria
Title Generic Object Recognition in Urban Image Databases Type Conference Article
Year 2009 Publication 12th International Conference of the Catalan Association for Artificial Intelligence Abbreviated Journal
Volume 202 Issue Pages 27-34
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Abstract In this paper we propose the construction of a visual content layer which describes the visual appearance of geographic locations in a city. We captured, by means of a Mobile Mapping system, a huge set of georeferenced images (>500K) which cover the whole city of Barcelona. For each image, hundreds of region descriptions are computed off-line and described as a hash code. All this information is extracted without an object of reference, which allows to search for any type of objects using their visual appearance. A new Visual Content layer is built over Google Maps, allowing the object recognition information to be organized and fused with other content, like satellite images, street maps, and business locations.
Address (down) Cardona (Spain)
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ISSN ISBN 978-1-60750-061-2 Medium
Area Expedition Conference CCIA
Notes OR;MILAB;HuPBA;MV Approved no
Call Number BCNPCL @ bcnpcl @ VER2009 Serial 1183
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Author Francesco Ciompi; Oriol Pujol; Oriol Rodriguez-Leor; Angel Serrano; J. Mauri; Petia Radeva
Title On in-vitro and in-vivo IVUS data fusion Type Conference Article
Year 2009 Publication 12th International Conference of the Catalan Association for Artificial Intelligence Abbreviated Journal
Volume 202 Issue Pages 147-156
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Abstract The design and the validation of an automatic plaque characterization technique based on Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) usually requires a data ground-truth. The histological analysis of post-mortem coronary arteries is commonly assumed as the state-of-the-art process for the extraction of a reliable data-set of atherosclerotic plaques. Unfortunately, the amount of data provided by this technique is usually few, due to the difficulties in collecting post-mortem cases and phenomena of tissue spoiling during histological analysis. In this paper we tackle the process of fusing in-vivo and in-vitro IVUS data starting with the analysis of recently proposed approaches for the creation of an enhanced IVUS data-set; furthermore, we propose a new approach, named pLDS, based on semi-supervised learning with a data selection criterion. The enhanced data-set obtained by each one of the analyzed approaches is used to train a classifier for tissue characterization purposes. Finally, the discriminative power of each classifier is quantitatively assessed and compared by classifying a data-set of validated in-vitro IVUS data.
Address (down) Cardona (Spain)
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Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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ISSN ISBN 978-1-60750-061-2 Medium
Area Expedition Conference CCIA
Notes MILAB;HuPBA Approved no
Call Number BCNPCL @ bcnpcl @ CPR2009d Serial 1204
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Author Bojana Gajic; Ariel Amato; Ramon Baldrich; Carlo Gatta
Title Bag of Negatives for Siamese Architectures Type Conference Article
Year 2019 Publication 30th British Machine Vision Conference Abbreviated Journal
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Abstract Training a Siamese architecture for re-identification with a large number of identities is a challenging task due to the difficulty of finding relevant negative samples efficiently. In this work we present Bag of Negatives (BoN), a method for accelerated and improved training of Siamese networks that scales well on datasets with a very large number of identities. BoN is an efficient and loss-independent method, able to select a bag of high quality negatives, based on a novel online hashing strategy.
Address (down) Cardiff; United Kingdom; September 2019
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Area Expedition Conference BMVC
Notes CIC; 600.140; 600.118 Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ GAB2019b Serial 3263
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Author Marçal Rusiñol; Lluis Gomez; A. Landman; M. Silva Constenla; Dimosthenis Karatzas
Title Automatic Structured Text Reading for License Plates and Utility Meters Type Conference Article
Year 2019 Publication BMVC Workshop on Visual Artificial Intelligence and Entrepreneurship Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages
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Abstract Reading text in images has attracted interest from computer vision researchers for
many years. Our technology focuses on the extraction of structured text – such as serial
numbers, machine readings, product codes, etc. – so that it is able to center its attention just on the relevant textual elements. It is conceived to work in an end-to-end fashion, bypassing any explicit text segmentation stage. In this paper we present two different industrial use cases where we have applied our automatic structured text reading technology. In the first one, we demonstrate an outstanding performance when reading license plates compared to the current state of the art. In the second one, we present results on our solution for reading utility meters. The technology is commercialized by a recently created spin-off company, and both solutions are at different stages of integration with final clients.
Address (down) Cardiff; UK; September 2019
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Area Expedition Conference BMVC-VAIE19
Notes DAG; 600.129 Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ RGL2019 Serial 3283
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Author Cesar Isaza; Joaquin Salas; Bogdan Raducanu
Title Synthetic ground truth dataset to detect shadow cast by static objects in outdoor Type Conference Article
Year 2012 Publication 1st International Workshop on Visual Interfaces for Ground Truth Collection in Computer Vision Applications Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages art. 11
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Abstract In this paper, we propose a precise synthetic ground truth dataset to study the problem of detection of the shadows cast by static objects in outdoor environments during extended periods of time (days). For our dataset, we have created a virtual scenario using a rendering software. To increase the realism of the simulated environment, we have defined the scenario in a precise geographical location. In our dataset the sun is by far the main illumination source. The sun position during the simulation time takes into consideration factors related to the geographical location, such as the latitude, longitude, elevation above sea level, and precise image capturing day and time. In our simulation the camera remains fixed. The dataset consists of seven days of simulation, from 10:00am to 5:00pm. Images are captured every 10 seconds. The shadows' ground truth is automatically computed by the rendering software.
Address (down) Capri, Italy
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Publisher ACM Place of Publication Editor
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Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN ISBN 978-1-4503-1405-3 Medium
Area Expedition Conference VIGTA
Notes OR;MV Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ ISR2012a Serial 2037
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Author M. Bressan; Jordi Vitria
Title Independent Modes of Variation in Point Distribution Models Type Miscellaneous
Year 2001 Publication In C. Arcelli, L.P. Cordella, G. Sanniti di Baja (Eds.): Visual Form 2001 4tth International Workshop on Visual Visual Form 2001 4tth International Workshop on Visual Form, IWVF4, Proceedings, LNCS 2059, Springer Verlag, 123 Abbreviated Journal
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Address (down) Capri, Italia
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Notes OR;MV Approved no
Call Number BCNPCL @ bcnpcl @ BVi2001 Serial 80
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Author Maedeh Aghaei; Mariella Dimiccoli; Petia Radeva
Title With whom do I interact with? Social interaction detection in egocentric photo-streams Type Conference Article
Year 2016 Publication 23rd International Conference on Pattern Recognition Abbreviated Journal
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Abstract Given a user wearing a low frame rate wearable camera during a day, this work aims to automatically detect the moments when the user gets engaged into a social interaction solely by reviewing the automatically captured photos by the worn camera. The proposed method, inspired by the sociological concept of F-formation, exploits distance and orientation of the appearing individuals -with respect to the user- in the scene from a bird-view perspective. As a result, the interaction pattern over the sequence can be understood as a two-dimensional time series that corresponds to the temporal evolution of the distance and orientation features over time. A Long-Short Term Memory-based Recurrent Neural Network is then trained to classify each time series. Experimental evaluation over a dataset of 30.000 images has shown promising results on the proposed method for social interaction detection in egocentric photo-streams.
Address (down) Cancun; Mexico; December 2016
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Area Expedition Conference ICPR
Notes MILAB Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ADR2016a Serial 2791
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Author Dena Bazazian; Raul Gomez; Anguelos Nicolaou; Lluis Gomez; Dimosthenis Karatzas; Andrew Bagdanov
Title Improving Text Proposals for Scene Images with Fully Convolutional Networks Type Conference Article
Year 2016 Publication 23rd International Conference on Pattern Recognition Workshops Abbreviated Journal
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Abstract Text Proposals have emerged as a class-dependent version of object proposals – efficient approaches to reduce the search space of possible text object locations in an image. Combined with strong word classifiers, text proposals currently yield top state of the art results in end-to-end scene text
recognition. In this paper we propose an improvement over the original Text Proposals algorithm of [1], combining it with Fully Convolutional Networks to improve the ranking of proposals. Results on the ICDAR RRC and the COCO-text datasets show superior performance over current state-of-the-art.
Address (down) Cancun; Mexico; December 2016
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Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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ISSN ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference ICPRW
Notes DAG; LAMP; 600.084 Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ BGN2016 Serial 2823
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Author Hugo Jair Escalante; Victor Ponce; Jun Wan; Michael A. Riegler; Baiyu Chen; Albert Clapes; Sergio Escalera; Isabelle Guyon; Xavier Baro; Pal Halvorsen; Henning Muller; Martha Larson
Title ChaLearn Joint Contest on Multimedia Challenges Beyond Visual Analysis: An Overview Type Conference Article
Year 2016 Publication 23rd International Conference on Pattern Recognition Abbreviated Journal
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Abstract This paper provides an overview of the Joint Contest on Multimedia Challenges Beyond Visual Analysis. We organized an academic competition that focused on four problems that require effective processing of multimodal information in order to be solved. Two tracks were devoted to gesture spotting and recognition from RGB-D video, two fundamental problems for human computer interaction. Another track was devoted to a second round of the first impressions challenge of which the goal was to develop methods to recognize personality traits from
short video clips. For this second round we adopted a novel collaborative-competitive (i.e., coopetition) setting. The fourth track was dedicated to the problem of video recommendation for improving user experience. The challenge was open for about 45 days, and received outstanding participation: almost
200 participants registered to the contest, and 20 teams sent predictions in the final stage. The main goals of the challenge were fulfilled: the state of the art was advanced considerably in the four tracks, with novel solutions to the proposed problems (mostly relying on deep learning). However, further research is still required. The data of the four tracks will be available to
allow researchers to keep making progress in the four tracks.
Address (down) Cancun; Mexico; December 2016
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Area Expedition Conference ICPR
Notes HuPBA; 602.143;MV Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ EPW2016 Serial 2827
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Author Marc Bolaños; Petia Radeva
Title Simultaneous Food Localization and Recognition Type Conference Article
Year 2016 Publication 23rd International Conference on Pattern Recognition Abbreviated Journal
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Abstract CoRR abs/1604.07953
The development of automatic nutrition diaries, which would allow to keep track objectively of everything we eat, could enable a whole new world of possibilities for people concerned about their nutrition patterns. With this purpose, in this paper we propose the first method for simultaneous food localization and recognition. Our method is based on two main steps, which consist in, first, produce a food activation map on the input image (i.e. heat map of probabilities) for generating bounding boxes proposals and, second, recognize each of the food types or food-related objects present in each bounding box. We demonstrate that our proposal, compared to the most similar problem nowadays – object localization, is able to obtain high precision and reasonable recall levels with only a few bounding boxes. Furthermore, we show that it is applicable to both conventional and egocentric images.
Address (down) Cancun; Mexico; December 2016
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Area Expedition Conference ICPR
Notes MILAB; no proj Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ BoR2016 Serial 2834
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Author Maedeh Aghaei; Mariella Dimiccoli; Petia Radeva
Title With Whom Do I Interact? Detecting Social Interactions in Egocentric Photo-streams Type Conference Article
Year 2016 Publication 23rd International Conference on Pattern Recognition Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords
Abstract Given a user wearing a low frame rate wearable camera during a day, this work aims to automatically detect the moments when the user gets engaged into a social interaction solely by reviewing the automatically captured photos by the worn camera. The proposed method, inspired by the sociological concept of F-formation, exploits distance and orientation of the appearing individuals -with respect to the user- in the scene from a bird-view perspective. As a result, the interaction pattern over the sequence can be understood as a two-dimensional time series that corresponds to the temporal evolution of the distance and orientation features over time. A Long-Short Term Memory-based Recurrent Neural Network is then trained to classify each time series. Experimental evaluation over a dataset of 30.000 images has shown promising results on the proposed method for social interaction detection in egocentric photo-streams.
Address (down) Cancun; Mexico; December 2016
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Publisher Place of Publication Editor
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Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
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Area Expedition Conference ICPR
Notes MILAB Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ ADR2016d Serial 2835
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