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Author Carles Fernandez; Pau Baiget; Xavier Roca; Jordi Gonzalez edit  openurl
  Title Exploiting Natural Language Generation in Scene Interpretation Type Book Chapter
  Year 2009 Publication Human–Centric Interfaces for Ambient Intelligence Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 4 Issue Pages 71–93  
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  Publisher Elsevier Science and Tech Place of Publication Editor  
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  Notes ISE Approved no  
  Call Number ISE @ ise @ FBR2009 Serial 1212  
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Author Ivan Huerta; Michael Holte; Thomas B. Moeslund; Jordi Gonzalez edit  doi
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  Title Detection and Removal of Chromatic Moving Shadows in Surveillance Scenarios Type Conference Article
  Year 2009 Publication 12th International Conference on Computer Vision Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 1499 - 1506  
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  Abstract Segmentation in the surveillance domain has to deal with shadows to avoid distortions when detecting moving objects. Most segmentation approaches dealing with shadow detection are typically restricted to penumbra shadows. Therefore, such techniques cannot cope well with umbra shadows. Consequently, umbra shadows are usually detected as part of moving objects. In this paper we present a novel technique based on gradient and colour models for separating chromatic moving cast shadows from detected moving objects. Firstly, both a chromatic invariant colour cone model and an invariant gradient model are built to perform automatic segmentation while detecting potential shadows. In a second step, regions corresponding to potential shadows are grouped by considering “a bluish effect” and an edge partitioning. Lastly, (i) temporal similarities between textures and (ii) spatial similarities between chrominance angle and brightness distortions are analysed for all potential shadow regions in order to finally identify umbra shadows. Unlike other approaches, our method does not make any a-priori assumptions about camera location, surface geometries, surface textures, shapes and types of shadows, objects, and background. Experimental results show the performance and accuracy of our approach in different shadowed materials and illumination conditions.  
  Address Kyoto, Japan  
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  Series Volume (down) Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 1550-5499 ISBN 978-1-4244-4420-5 Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference ICCV  
  Notes Approved no  
  Call Number ISE @ ise @ HHM2009 Serial 1213  
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Author Marco Pedersoli; Jordi Gonzalez; Juan J. Villanueva edit  doi
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  Title High-Speed Human Detection Using a Multiresolution Cascade of Histograms of Oriented Gradients Type Conference Article
  Year 2009 Publication 4th Iberian Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 5524 Issue Pages  
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  Abstract This paper presents a new method for human detection based on a multiresolution cascade of Histograms of Oriented Gradients (HOG) that can highly reduce the computational cost of the detection search without affecting accuracy. The method consists of a cascade of sliding window detectors. Each detector is a Support Vector Machine (SVM) composed by features at different resolution, from coarse for the first level to fine for the last one.
Considering that the spatial stride of the sliding window search is affected by the HOG features size, unlike previous methods based on Adaboost cascades, we can adopt a spatial stride inversely proportional to the features resolution. This produces that the speed-up of the cascade is not only due to the low number of features that need to be computed in the first levels, but also to the lower number of detection windows that needs to be evaluated.
Experimental results shows that our method permits a detection rate comparable with the state of the art, but at the same time a gain in the speed of the detection search of 10-20 times depending on the cascade configuration.
 
  Address Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal  
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  Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg Place of Publication Editor  
  Language Summary Language Original Title  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title LNCS  
  Series Volume (down) Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0302-9743 ISBN 978-3-642-02171-8 Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference IbPRIA  
  Notes ISE Approved no  
  Call Number ISE @ ise @ PGV2009 Serial 1214  
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Author Bhaskar Chakraborty; Andrew Bagdanov; Jordi Gonzalez edit  doi
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  Title Towards Real-Time Human Action Recognition Type Conference Article
  Year 2009 Publication 4th Iberian Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 5524 Issue Pages  
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  Abstract This work presents a novel approach to human detection based action-recognition in real-time. To realize this goal our method first detects humans in different poses using a correlation-based approach. Recognition of actions is done afterward based on the change of the angular values subtended by various body parts. Real-time human detection and action recognition are very challenging, and most state-of-the-art approaches employ complex feature extraction and classification techniques, which ultimately becomes a handicap for real-time recognition. Our correlation-based method, on the other hand, is computationally efficient and uses very simple gradient-based features. For action recognition angular features of body parts are extracted using a skeleton technique. Results for action recognition are comparable with the present state-of-the-art.  
  Address Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal  
  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg Place of Publication Editor  
  Language Summary Language Original Title  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title LNCS  
  Series Volume (down) Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0302-9743 ISBN 978-3-642-02171-8 Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference IbPRIA  
  Notes ISE Approved no  
  Call Number DAG @ dag @ CBG2009 Serial 1215  
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Author Murad Al Haj; Andrew Bagdanov; Jordi Gonzalez; Xavier Roca edit  doi
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  Title Robust and Efficient Multipose Face Detection Using Skin Color Segmentation Type Conference Article
  Year 2009 Publication 4th Iberian Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 5524 Issue Pages  
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  Abstract In this paper we describe an efficient technique for detecting faces in arbitrary images and video sequences. The approach is based on segmentation of images or video frames into skin-colored blobs using a pixel-based heuristic. Scale and translation invariant features are then computed from these segmented blobs which are used to perform statistical discrimination between face and non-face classes. We train and evaluate our method on a standard, publicly available database of face images and analyze its performance over a range of statistical pattern classifiers. The generalization of our approach is illustrated by testing on an independent sequence of frames containing many faces and non-faces. These experiments indicate that our proposed approach obtains false positive rates comparable to more complex, state-of-the-art techniques, and that it generalizes better to new data. Furthermore, the use of skin blobs and invariant features requires fewer training samples since significantly fewer non-face candidate regions must be considered when compared to AdaBoost-based approaches.  
  Address Springer Berlin Heidelberg  
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  Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg Place of Publication Editor  
  Language Summary Language Original Title  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title LNCS  
  Series Volume (down) Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0302-9743 ISBN 978-3-642-02171-8 Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference IbPRIA  
  Notes ISE Approved no  
  Call Number DAG @ dag @ ABG2009 Serial 1216  
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Author D. Jayagopi; Bogdan Raducanu; D. Gatica-Perez edit  doi
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  Title Characterizing conversational group dynamics using nonverbal behaviour Type Conference Article
  Year 2009 Publication 10th IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 370–373  
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  Abstract This paper addresses the novel problem of characterizing conversational group dynamics. It is well documented in social psychology that depending on the objectives a group, the dynamics are different. For example, a competitive meeting has a different objective from that of a collaborative meeting. We propose a method to characterize group dynamics based on the joint description of a group members' aggregated acoustical nonverbal behaviour to classify two meeting datasets (one being cooperative-type and the other being competitive-type). We use 4.5 hours of real behavioural multi-party data and show that our methodology can achieve a classification rate of upto 100%.  
  Address New York, USA  
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  ISSN 1945-7871 ISBN 978-1-4244-4290-4 Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference ICME  
  Notes OR;MV Approved no  
  Call Number BCNPCL @ bcnpcl @ JRG2009 Serial 1217  
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Author Fadi Dornaika; Bogdan Raducanu edit  doi
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  Title Three-Dimensional Face Pose Detection and Tracking Using Monocular Videos: Tool and Application Type Journal Article
  Year 2009 Publication IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics part B Abbreviated Journal TSMCB  
  Volume 39 Issue 4 Pages 935–944  
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  Abstract Recently, we have proposed a real-time tracker that simultaneously tracks the 3-D head pose and facial actions in monocular video sequences that can be provided by low quality cameras. This paper has two main contributions. First, we propose an automatic 3-D face pose initialization scheme for the real-time tracker by adopting a 2-D face detector and an eigenface system. Second, we use the proposed methods-the initialization and tracking-for enhancing the human-machine interaction functionality of an AIBO robot. More precisely, we show how the orientation of the robot's camera (or any active vision system) can be controlled through the estimation of the user's head pose. Applications based on head-pose imitation such as telepresence, virtual reality, and video games can directly exploit the proposed techniques. Experiments on real videos confirm the robustness and usefulness of the proposed methods.  
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  Notes OR;MV Approved no  
  Call Number BCNPCL @ bcnpcl @ DoR2009a Serial 1218  
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Author Miquel Ferrer; Ernest Valveny; F. Serratosa; I. Bardaji; Horst Bunke edit  doi
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  Title Graph-based k-means clustering: A comparison of the set versus the generalized median graph Type Conference Article
  Year 2009 Publication 13th International Conference on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 5702 Issue Pages 342–350  
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  Abstract In this paper we propose the application of the generalized median graph in a graph-based k-means clustering algorithm. In the graph-based k-means algorithm, the centers of the clusters have been traditionally represented using the set median graph. We propose an approximate method for the generalized median graph computation that allows to use it to represent the centers of the clusters. Experiments on three databases show that using the generalized median graph as the clusters representative yields better results than the set median graph.  
  Address Münster, Germany  
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  Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg Place of Publication Editor  
  Language Summary Language Original Title  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title LNCS  
  Series Volume (down) Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0302-9743 ISBN 978-3-642-03766-5 Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference CAIP  
  Notes DAG Approved no  
  Call Number DAG @ dag @ FVS2009d Serial 1219  
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Author Oriol Ramos Terrades; Ernest Valveny; Salvatore Tabbone edit  doi
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  Title Optimal Classifier Fusion in a Non-Bayesian Probabilistic Framework Type Journal Article
  Year 2009 Publication IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Abbreviated Journal TPAMI  
  Volume 31 Issue 9 Pages 1630–1644  
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  Abstract The combination of the output of classifiers has been one of the strategies used to improve classification rates in general purpose classification systems. Some of the most common approaches can be explained using the Bayes' formula. In this paper, we tackle the problem of the combination of classifiers using a non-Bayesian probabilistic framework. This approach permits us to derive two linear combination rules that minimize misclassification rates under some constraints on the distribution of classifiers. In order to show the validity of this approach we have compared it with other popular combination rules from a theoretical viewpoint using a synthetic data set, and experimentally using two standard databases: the MNIST handwritten digit database and the GREC symbol database. Results on the synthetic data set show the validity of the theoretical approach. Indeed, results on real data show that the proposed methods outperform other common combination schemes.  
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  ISSN 0162-8828 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes DAG Approved no  
  Call Number DAG @ dag @ RVT2009 Serial 1220  
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Author Ricard Coll; Alicia Fornes; Josep Llados edit  doi
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  Title Graphological Analysis of Handwritten Text Documents for Human Resources Recruitment Type Conference Article
  Year 2009 Publication 10th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 1081–1085  
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  Abstract The use of graphology in recruitment processes has become a popular tool in many human resources companies. This paper presents a model that links features from handwritten images to a number of personality characteristics used to measure applicant aptitudes for the job in a particular hiring scenario. In particular we propose a model of measuring active personality and leadership of the writer. Graphological features that define such a profile are measured in terms of document and script attributes like layout configuration, letter size, shape, slant and skew angle of lines, etc. After the extraction, data is classified using a neural network. An experimental framework with real samples has been constructed to illustrate the performance of the approach.  
  Address Barcelona, Spain  
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  Series Volume (down) Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 1520-5363 ISBN 978-1-4244-4500-4 Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference ICDAR  
  Notes DAG Approved no  
  Call Number DAG @ dag @ CFL2009 Serial 1221  
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Author Alicia Fornes; Josep Llados; Gemma Sanchez; Horst Bunke edit  isbn
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  Title Symbol-independent writer identification in old handwritten music scores Type Conference Article
  Year 2009 Publication In proceedings of 8th IAPR International Workshop on Graphics Recognition Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 186–197  
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  Address La Rochelle, France  
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  Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg Place of Publication Editor  
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  Series Volume (down) Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0302-9743 ISBN 978-3-642-13727-3 Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference GREC  
  Notes DAG Approved no  
  Call Number DAG @ dag @ FLS2009a Serial 1222  
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Author Alicia Fornes; Josep Llados; Gemma Sanchez; Horst Bunke edit  doi
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  Title On the use of textural features for writer identification in old handwritten music scores Type Conference Article
  Year 2009 Publication 10th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 996 - 1000  
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  Abstract Writer identification consists in determining the writer of a piece of handwriting from a set of writers. In this paper we present a system for writer identification in old handwritten music scores which uses only music notation to determine the author. The steps of the proposed system are the following. First of all, the music sheet is preprocessed for obtaining a music score without the staff lines. Afterwards, four different methods for generating texture images from music symbols are applied. Every approach uses a different spatial variation when combining the music symbols to generate the textures. Finally, Gabor filters and Grey-scale Co-ocurrence matrices are used to obtain the features. The classification is performed using a k-NN classifier based on Euclidean distance. The proposed method has been tested on a database of old music scores from the 17th to 19th centuries, achieving encouraging identification rates.  
  Address Barcelona  
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  Series Volume (down) Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 1520-5363 ISBN 978-1-4244-4500-4 Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference ICDAR  
  Notes DAG Approved no  
  Call Number DAG @ dag @ FLS2009b Serial 1223  
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Author Agnes Borras; Josep Llados edit  isbn
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  Title Corest: A measure of color and space stability to detect salient regions according to human criteria Type Conference Article
  Year 2009 Publication 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 204-209  
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  Address Lisboa, Portugal  
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  Series Volume (down) Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN ISBN 978-989-8111-69-2 Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference VISAPP  
  Notes DAG Approved no  
  Call Number DAG @ dag @ BoL2009 Serial 1225  
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Author Sergio Escalera; R. M. Martinez; Jordi Vitria; Petia Radeva; Maria Teresa Anguera edit  doi
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  Title Dominance Detection in Face-to-face Conversations Type Conference Article
  Year 2009 Publication 2nd IEEE Workshop on CVPR for Human communicative Behavior analysis Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 97–102  
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  Abstract Dominance is referred to the level of influence a person has in a conversation. Dominance is an important research area in social psychology, but the problem of its automatic estimation is a very recent topic in the contexts of social and wearable computing. In this paper, we focus on dominance detection from visual cues. We estimate the correlation among observers by categorizing the dominant people in a set of face-to-face conversations. Different dominance indicators from gestural communication are defined, manually annotated, and compared to the observers opinion. Moreover, the considered indicators are automatically extracted from video sequences and learnt by using binary classifiers. Results from the three analysis shows a high correlation and allows the categorization of dominant people in public discussion video sequences.  
  Address Miami, USA  
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  Series Volume (down) Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 2160-7508 ISBN 978-1-4244-3994-2 Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference CVPR  
  Notes HuPBA; OR; MILAB;MV Approved no  
  Call Number BCNPCL @ bcnpcl @ EMV2009 Serial 1227  
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Author Francesco Ciompi; Oriol Pujol; E Fernandez-Nofrerias; J. Mauri; Petia Radeva edit  doi
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  Title ECOC Random Fields for Lumen Segmentation in Radial Artery IVUS Sequences Type Conference Article
  Year 2009 Publication 12th International Conference on Medical Image and Computer Assisted Intervention Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 5762 Issue II Pages  
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  Abstract The measure of lumen volume on radial arteries can be used to evaluate the vessel response to different vasodilators. In this paper, we present a framework for automatic lumen segmentation in longitudinal cut images of radial artery from Intravascular ultrasound sequences. The segmentation is tackled as a classification problem where the contextual information is exploited by means of Conditional Random Fields (CRFs). A multi-class classification framework is proposed, and inference is achieved by combining binary CRFs according to the Error-Correcting-Output-Code technique. The results are validated against manually segmented sequences. Finally, the method is compared with other state-of-the-art classifiers.  
  Address London, UK  
  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg Place of Publication Editor  
  Language Summary Language Original Title  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title LNCS  
  Series Volume (down) Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0302-9743 ISBN 978-3-642-04270-6 Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference MICCAI  
  Notes MILAB;HuPBA Approved no  
  Call Number BCNPCL @ bcnpcl @ CPF2009 Serial 1228  
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