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Author Andrew Nolan; Daniel Serrano; Aura Hernandez-Sabate; Daniel Ponsa; Antonio Lopez
Title Obstacle mapping module for quadrotors on outdoor Search and Rescue operations Type Conference Article
Year 2013 Publication (up) International Micro Air Vehicle Conference and Flight Competition Abbreviated Journal
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Keywords UAV
Abstract Obstacle avoidance remains a challenging task for Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAV), due to their limited payload capacity to carry advanced sensors. Unlike larger vehicles, MAV can only carry light weight sensors, for instance a camera, which is our main assumption in this work. We explore passive monocular depth estimation and propose a novel method Position Aided Depth Estimation
(PADE). We analyse PADE performance and compare it against the extensively used Time To Collision (TTC). We evaluate the accuracy, robustness to noise and speed of three Optical Flow (OF) techniques, combined with both depth estimation methods. Our results show PADE is more accurate than TTC at depths between 0-12 meters and is less sensitive to noise. Our findings highlight the potential application of PADE for MAV to perform safe autonomous navigation in
unknown and unstructured environments.
Address Toulouse; France; September 2013
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Area Expedition Conference IMAV
Notes ADAS; 600.054; 600.057;IAM Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ NSH2013 Serial 2371
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Author A. M. Here; B. C. Lopez; Debora Gil; J. J. Camarero; Jordi Martinez-Vilalta
Title A new software to analyse wood anatomical features in conifer species Type Conference Article
Year 2013 Publication (up) International Symposium on Wood Structure in Plant Biology and Ecology Abbreviated Journal
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Abstract International Symposium on Wood Structure in Plant Biology and Ecology
Address Naples; Italy; March 2013
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Area Expedition Conference WSE
Notes IAM Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ HLG2013 Serial 2303
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Author Enric Marti; Ferran Poveda; Antoni Gurgui; Jaume Rocarias; Debora Gil; Aura Hernandez-Sabate
Title Una experiencia de estructura, funcionamiento y evaluación de la asignatura de graficos por computador con metodologia de aprendizaje basado en proyectos Type Miscellaneous
Year 2013 Publication (up) IV Congreso Internacional UNIVEST Abbreviated Journal
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Abstract IV Congreso Internacional UNIVEST
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Notes IAM; ADAS Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ MPG2013b Serial 2384
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Author Enric Marti; Ferran Poveda; Antoni Gurgui; Jaume Rocarias; Debora Gil
Title Una propuesta de seguimiento, tutorías on line y evaluación en la metodología de Aprendizaje Basado en Proyectos Type Miscellaneous
Year 2013 Publication (up) IV Congreso Internacional UNIVEST Abbreviated Journal
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Abstract Poster
Address Girona
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Area Expedition Conference UNIVEST
Notes IAM Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ MPG2013a Serial 2304
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Author Mariella Dimiccoli; Benoît Girard; Alain Berthoz; Daniel Bennequin
Title Striola Magica: a functional explanation of otolith organs Type Journal Article
Year 2013 Publication (up) Journal of Computational Neuroscience Abbreviated Journal JCN
Volume 35 Issue 2 Pages 125-154
Keywords Otolith organs ;Striola; Vestibular pathway
Abstract Otolith end organs of vertebrates sense linear accelerations of the head and gravitation. The hair cells on their epithelia are responsible for transduction. In mammals, the striola, parallel to the line where hair cells reverse their polarization, is a narrow region centered on a curve with curvature and torsion. It has been shown that the striolar region is functionally different from the rest, being involved in a phasic vestibular pathway. We propose a mathematical and computational model that explains the necessity of this amazing geometry for the striola to be able to carry out its function. Our hypothesis, related to the biophysics of the hair cells and to the physiology of their afferent neurons, is that striolar afferents collect information from several type I hair cells to detect the jerk in a large domain of acceleration directions. This predicts a mean number of two calyces for afferent neurons, as measured in rodents. The domain of acceleration directions sensed by our striolar model is compatible with the experimental results obtained on monkeys considering all afferents. Therefore, the main result of our study is that phasic and tonic vestibular afferents cover the same geometrical fields, but at different dynamical and frequency domains.
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Publisher Springer US Place of Publication Editor
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ISSN 1573-6873. 2013 ISBN Medium
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Notes MILAB Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @DBG2013 Serial 2787
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Author Naveen Onkarappa; Angel Sappa
Title A Novel Space Variant Image Representation Type Journal Article
Year 2013 Publication (up) Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision Abbreviated Journal JMIV
Volume 47 Issue 1-2 Pages 48-59
Keywords Space-variant representation; Log-polar mapping; Onboard vision applications
Abstract Traditionally, in machine vision images are represented using cartesian coordinates with uniform sampling along the axes. On the contrary, biological vision systems represent images using polar coordinates with non-uniform sampling. For various advantages provided by space-variant representations many researchers are interested in space-variant computer vision. In this direction the current work proposes a novel and simple space variant representation of images. The proposed representation is compared with the classical log-polar mapping. The log-polar representation is motivated by biological vision having the characteristic of higher resolution at the fovea and reduced resolution at the periphery. On the contrary to the log-polar, the proposed new representation has higher resolution at the periphery and lower resolution at the fovea. Our proposal is proved to be a better representation in navigational scenarios such as driver assistance systems and robotics. The experimental results involve analysis of optical flow fields computed on both proposed and log-polar representations. Additionally, an egomotion estimation application is also shown as an illustrative example. The experimental analysis comprises results from synthetic as well as real sequences.
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Publisher Springer US Place of Publication Editor
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ISSN 0924-9907 ISBN Medium
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Notes ADAS; 600.055; 605.203; 601.215 Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ OnS2013a Serial 2243
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Author Jordi Roca; C. Alejandro Parraga; Maria Vanrell
Title Chromatic settings and the structural color constancy index Type Journal Article
Year 2013 Publication (up) Journal of Vision Abbreviated Journal JV
Volume 13 Issue 4-3 Pages 1-26
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Abstract Color constancy is usually measured by achromatic setting, asymmetric matching, or color naming paradigms, whose results are interpreted in terms of indexes and models that arguably do not capture the full complexity of the phenomenon. Here we propose a new paradigm, chromatic setting, which allows a more comprehensive characterization of color constancy through the measurement of multiple points in color space under immersive adaptation. We demonstrated its feasibility by assessing the consistency of subjects' responses over time. The paradigm was applied to two-dimensional (2-D) Mondrian stimuli under three different illuminants, and the results were used to fit a set of linear color constancy models. The use of multiple colors improved the precision of more complex linear models compared to the popular diagonal model computed from gray. Our results show that a diagonal plus translation matrix that models mechanisms other than cone gain might be best suited to explain the phenomenon. Additionally, we calculated a number of color constancy indices for several points in color space, and our results suggest that interrelations among colors are not as uniform as previously believed. To account for this variability, we developed a new structural color constancy index that takes into account the magnitude and orientation of the chromatic shift in addition to the interrelations among colors and memory effects.
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Notes CIC; 600.052; 600.051; 605.203 Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ RPV2013 Serial 2288
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Author Juan Ramon Terven Salinas; Joaquin Salas; Bogdan Raducanu
Title Estado del Arte en Sistemas de Vision Artificial para Personas Invidentes Type Journal
Year 2013 Publication (up) Komputer Sapiens Abbreviated Journal KS
Volume 1 Issue Pages 20-25
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Notes OR;MV Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ TSR2013 Serial 2231
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Author Bogdan Raducanu; Fadi Dornaika
Title Texture-independent recognition of facial expressions in image snapshots and videos Type Journal Article
Year 2013 Publication (up) Machine Vision and Applications Abbreviated Journal MVA
Volume 24 Issue 4 Pages 811-820
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Abstract This paper addresses the static and dynamic recognition of basic facial expressions. It has two main contributions. First, we introduce a view- and texture-independent scheme that exploits facial action parameters estimated by an appearance-based 3D face tracker. We represent the learned facial actions associated with different facial expressions by time series. Second, we compare this dynamic scheme with a static one based on analyzing individual snapshots and show that the former performs better than the latter. We provide evaluations of performance using three subspace learning techniques: linear discriminant analysis, non-parametric discriminant analysis and support vector machines.
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Publisher Springer-Verlag Place of Publication Editor
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ISSN 0932-8092 ISBN Medium
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Notes OR; 600.046; 605.203;MV Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ RaD2013 Serial 2230
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Author Sergio Vera; Debora Gil; Agnes Borras; Marius George Linguraru; Miguel Angel Gonzalez Ballester
Title Geometric Steerable Medial Maps Type Journal Article
Year 2013 Publication (up) Machine Vision and Applications Abbreviated Journal MVA
Volume 24 Issue 6 Pages 1255-1266
Keywords Medial Representations ,Medial Manifolds Comparation , Surface , Reconstruction
Abstract In order to provide more intuitive and easily interpretable representations of complex shapes/organs, medial manifolds should reach a compromise between simplicity in geometry and capability for restoring the anatomy/shape of the organ/volume. Existing morphological methods show excellent results when applied to 2D objects, but their quality drops across dimensions.
This paper contributes to the computation of medial manifolds in two aspects. First, we provide a standard scheme for the computation of medial manifolds that avoids degenerated medial axis segments. Second, we introduce a continuous operator for accurate and efficient computation of medial structures of arbitrary dimension. We evaluate quantitatively the performance of our method with respect to existing approaches, by applying them to syn- thetic shapes of known medial geometry. We also show its higher performance for medical imaging applications in terms of simplicity of medial structures and capability for reconstructing the anatomical volume.
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Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg Place of Publication Editor Mubarak Shah
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Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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ISSN 0932-8092 ISBN Medium
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Notes IAM; 605.203; 600.060; 600.044 Approved no
Call Number IAM @ iam @ VGB2013 Serial 2192
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Author Ernest Valveny; Oriol Ramos Terrades; Joan Mas; Marçal Rusiñol
Title Interactive Document Retrieval and Classification. Type Book Chapter
Year 2013 Publication (up) Multimodal Interaction in Image and Video Applications Abbreviated Journal
Volume 48 Issue Pages 17-30
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Abstract In this chapter we describe a system for document retrieval and classification following the interactive-predictive framework. In particular, the system addresses two different scenarios of document analysis: document classification based on visual appearance and logo detection. These two classical problems of document analysis are formulated following the interactive-predictive model, taking the user interaction into account to make easier the process of annotating and labelling the documents. A system implementing this model in a real scenario is presented and analyzed. This system also takes advantage of active learning techniques to speed up the task of labelling the documents.
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Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg Place of Publication Editor Angel Sappa; Jordi Vitria
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ISSN 1868-4394 ISBN 978-3-642-35931-6 Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes DAG Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ VRM2013 Serial 2341
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Author Joost Van de Weijer; Fahad Shahbaz Khan; Marc Masana
Title Interactive Visual and Semantic Image Retrieval Type Book Chapter
Year 2013 Publication (up) Multimodal Interaction in Image and Video Applications Abbreviated Journal
Volume 48 Issue Pages 31-35
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Abstract One direct consequence of recent advances in digital visual data generation and the direct availability of this information through the World-Wide Web, is a urgent demand for efficient image retrieval systems. The objective of image retrieval is to allow users to efficiently browse through this abundance of images. Due to the non-expert nature of the majority of the internet users, such systems should be user friendly, and therefore avoid complex user interfaces. In this chapter we investigate how high-level information provided by recently developed object recognition techniques can improve interactive image retrieval. Wel apply a bagof- word based image representation method to automatically classify images in a number of categories. These additional labels are then applied to improve the image retrieval system. Next to these high-level semantic labels, we also apply a low-level image description to describe the composition and color scheme of the scene. Both descriptions are incorporated in a user feedback image retrieval setting. The main objective is to show that automatic labeling of images with semantic labels can improve image retrieval results.
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Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg Place of Publication Editor Angel Sappa; Jordi Vitria
Language Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1868-4394 ISBN 978-3-642-35931-6 Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes CIC; 605.203; 600.048 Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ WKC2013 Serial 2284
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Author Abel Gonzalez-Garcia; Robert Benavente; Olivier Penacchio; Javier Vazquez; Maria Vanrell; C. Alejandro Parraga
Title Coloresia: An Interactive Colour Perception Device for the Visually Impaired Type Book Chapter
Year 2013 Publication (up) Multimodal Interaction in Image and Video Applications Abbreviated Journal
Volume 48 Issue Pages 47-66
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Abstract A significative percentage of the human population suffer from impairments in their capacity to distinguish or even see colours. For them, everyday tasks like navigating through a train or metro network map becomes demanding. We present a novel technique for extracting colour information from everyday natural stimuli and presenting it to visually impaired users as pleasant, non-invasive sound. This technique was implemented inside a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) portable device. In this implementation, colour information is extracted from the input image and categorised according to how human observers segment the colour space. This information is subsequently converted into sound and sent to the user via speakers or headphones. In the original implementation, it is possible for the user to send its feedback to reconfigure the system, however several features such as these were not implemented because the current technology is limited.We are confident that the full implementation will be possible in the near future as PDA technology improves.
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Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg Place of Publication Editor
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ISSN 1868-4394 ISBN 978-3-642-35931-6 Medium
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Notes CIC; 600.052; 605.203 Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ GBP2013 Serial 2266
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Author Michal Drozdzal; Santiago Segui; Petia Radeva; Carolina Malagelada; Fernando Azpiroz; Jordi Vitria
Title An Application for Efficient Error-Free Labeling of Medical Images Type Book Chapter
Year 2013 Publication (up) Multimodal Interaction in Image and Video Applications Abbreviated Journal
Volume 48 Issue Pages 1-16
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Abstract In this chapter we describe an application for efficient error-free labeling of medical images. In this scenario, the compilation of a complete training set for building a realistic model of a given class of samples is not an easy task, making the process tedious and time consuming. For this reason, there is a need for interactive labeling applications that minimize the effort of the user while providing error-free labeling. We propose a new algorithm that is based on data similarity in feature space. This method actively explores data in order to find the best label-aligned clustering and exploits it to reduce the labeler effort, that is measured by the number of “clicks. Moreover, error-free labeling is guaranteed by the fact that all data and their labels proposals are visually revised by en expert.
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Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg Place of Publication Editor
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ISSN 1868-4394 ISBN 978-3-642-35931-6 Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes MILAB; OR;MV Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ DSR2013 Serial 2235
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Author Angel Sappa; Jordi Vitria
Title Multimodal Interaction in Image and Video Applications Type Book Whole
Year 2013 Publication (up) Multimodal Interaction in Image and Video Applications Abbreviated Journal
Volume 48 Issue Pages
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Abstract Book Series Intelligent Systems Reference Library
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Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg Place of Publication Editor
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Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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ISSN 1868-4394 ISBN 978-3-642-35931-6 Medium
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Notes ADAS; OR;MV Approved no
Call Number Admin @ si @ SaV2013 Serial 2199
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