Perceptual Organization for Generic Object Descriptions

In this paper, we take the view that the key purpose of perceptual organization is to help detect, describe and recognize generic objects in the environment. This viewpoint helps clarify the role of shape models and the interactions of the higher levels of vision with perceptual organization. The paper then describes a hierarchical hypothesize and verify paradigm for realizing perceptual organization systems. The methodology is illustrated by examples of several systems. Finally role of Bayesian reasoning and machine learning in perceptual grouping is discussed.

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