Pattern Recognition: 23rd DAGM Symposium, Munich, Germany, September 12-14, 2001. Proceedings

Image Analysis I.- Model-Based Image Segmentation Using local Self-Adapting Separation Criteria.- SIMBA - Search Images by Appearance.- Texture Defect Detection Using Invariant Textural Features.- Poster.- Segmentation of Spontaneously Splitting Figures into Overlapping Layers.- Writer Adaptation for Online Handwriting Recognition.- Blood Vessel Detection in Retinal Images by Shape-Based Multi-Threshold Probing.- Vehicle Detection in Aerial Images Using Generic Features, Grouping, and Context.- Reconstruction of Image Structure in Presence of Specular Reflections.- 3D-Gathering & Visualization.- Spatio-temporal Analysis of Human Faces Using Multi-Resolution Subdivision Surfaces.- 3D Anisotropic Diffusion Filtering for Enhancing Noisy Actin Filament Fluorescence Images.- A Point Set Registration Algorithm Using a Motion Model Based on Thin-Plate Splines and Point Clustering.- Poster.- Optimal Camera Orientation from Points and Straight Lines.- Points, Lines, and Planes and Their Optimal Estimation.- A Probabilistic Approach to Simultaneous Segmentation, Object Recognition, 3D Localization, and Tracking Using Stereo.- Improving the Robustness in Extracting 3D Point Landmarks Based on Deformable Models.- Efficient 3D Vertex Detection in Range Images Acquired with a Laser Sensor.- Image Processing.- Scale Adaptive Filtering Derived from the Laplace Equation.- One-Sided Stability of Medial Axis Transform.- Poster.- Robust Line Detection in Historical Church Registers.- Similarity Measures for Occlusion, Clutter, and Illumination Invariant Object Recognition.- Affine Point Pattern Matching.- Image Sequence Analysis.- Surface Expansion from Range Data Sequences.- Illumination-invariant Change Detection Using a Statistical Colinearity Criterion.- Memorizing Visual Knowledge for Assembly Process Monitoring.- Poster.- Wavelet Subspace Method for Real-Time Face Tracking.- Reliable Estimates of the Sea Surface Heat Flux from Image Sequences.- Real-Time Motion Based Vehicle Segmentation in Traffic Lanes.- Detection and Tracking of Moving Objects for Mosaic Image Generation.- Acquiring Robust Representations for Recognition from Image Sequences.- Image Sequence Analysis of Satellite NO2 Concentration Maps.- Root Growth Measurements in Object Coordinates.- Classification.- On Fusion of Multiple Views for Active Object Recognition.- Probabilistic Discriminative Kernel Classifiers for Multi-Class Problems.- Appearance-Based Statistical Object Recognition by Heterogeneous Background and Occlusions.- Combining Independent Component Analysis and Self-Organizing Maps for Cell Image Classification.- Poster.- Nonlinear Shape Statistics via Kernel Spaces.- Normalization in Support Vector Machines.- Solving Multi-Class Pattern Recognition Problems with Tree-Structured Support Vector Machines.- Facial Expression Recognition with Pseudo-3D Hidden Markov Models.- Active Vision.- Towards Online Pose Measurement for Robots.- Optimal Camera Parameter Selection for State Estimation with Applications in Object Recognition.- View Planning for Unknown Indoor Scenes Based on a Cost Benefit Analysis.- Cooperative Probabilistic State Estimation for Vision-Based Autonomous Soccer Robots.- Poster.- A New Contour-Based Approach to Object Recognition for Assembly Line Robots.- Where Is the Hole Punch? Object Localization Capabilities on a Specific Bureau Task.- Image Analysis II.- Phenomenology-Based Segmentation of InSAR Data for Building Detection.- Convex Relaxations for Binary Image Partitioning and Perceptual Grouping.- Evaluation of Convex Optimization Techniques for the Weighted Graph-Matching Problem in Computer Vision.- Learning Shape Models from Examples.- 3D-Reconstruction.- Shape from 2D Edge Gradients.- Robust Obstacle Detection from Stereoscopic Image Sequences Using Kalman Filtering.- 3D Model Retrieval with Spherical Harmonics and Moments.- Poster.- Least Squares Orthogonal Distance Fitting of Implicit Curves and Surfaces.- Segmentation of Tubular Structures in 3D Images Using a Combination of the Hough Transform and a Kalman Filter.- Pros and Cons of Euclidean Fitting.- Interaction Virtual with Real Worlds.- Placing Arbitrary Objects in a Real Scene Using a Color Cube for Pose Estimation.- Detecting, Tracking, and Interpretation of a Pointing Gesture by an Overhead View Camera.- Poster.- Recognition of the German Visemes Using Multiple Feature Matching.- Invited Talk.- Medical & Industrial Augmented Reality: Challenges for Real-Time Vision, Computer Graphics and Mobile Computing.