Emerging Topics in Computer Vision and Its Applications

Download or read book Emerging Topics in Computer Vision and Its Applications written by C. H. Chen and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2012 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives a comprehensive overview of the most advanced theories, methodologies and applications in computer vision. Particularly, it gives an extensive coverage of 3D and robotic vision problems. Example chapters featured are Fourier methods for 3D surface modeling and analysis, use of constraints for calibration-free 3D Euclidean reconstruction, novel photogeometric methods for capturing static and dynamic objects, performance evaluation of robot localization methods in outdoor terrains, integrating 3D vision with force/tactile sensors, tracking via in-floor sensing, self-calibration of camera networks, etc. Some unique applications of computer vision in marine fishery, biomedical issues, driver assistance, are also highlighted.