Table of Contents

• Pen Computing - An OverviewKrishna Nathan. 1
• Research Issues in BiometricsRuud M. Bolle, Nalini K. Ratha, Sharath Pankanti. 2-9
• Automatic On-line Signature VerificationVishvjit S. Nalwa. 10-15
• Integrating Faces and Fingerprints for Personal IdentificationLin Hong, Anil K. Jain. 16-23
• Automated Fingerprint Pattern Classification Error AnalysisWeicheng Shen. 24-31
• A High-Dimensional Indexing Scheme for Scalable Fingerprint-Based IdentificationAndrea Califano, Bob Germain, Scott Colville. 32-39
• Sign of Surface Curvature from Shading Images Using Neural NetworkYuji Iwahori, Masamitsu Murakami, Robert J. Woodham, Naohiro Ishii. 40-47
• On the Classification of Singular Points for the Global Shape from Shading Problem: A Study of the Constraints Imposed by IsophotesTakayuki Okatani, Koichiro Deguchi. 48-55
• Determination of Sign of Gaussian Curvature of Surface Having General Reflectance PropertyTakayuki Okatani, Koichiro Deguchi. 56-63
• Estimating Depth Through the Fusion of Photometric Stereo ImagesJoão L. Fernandes, José R. A. Torreão. 64-71
• Out of the Dark: Using Shadows to Reconstruct 3D SurfacesMichael Daum, Gregory Dudek. 72-79
• Estimation of Reflection Parameters from a Color ImageShoji Tominaga. 80-87
• A Natural Norm for Color ProcessingRon Kimmel. 88-95
• A Color Normalization Algorithm for Image IndexingIn Kyu Park, Il Dong Yun, Sang Uk Lee. 96-103
• Adaptive Color-Image Embeddings for Database NavigationYossi Rubner, Carlo Tomasi, Leonidas J. Guibas. 104-111
• A Large Capacity Steganography Using Color BMP ImagesKoichi Nozaki, Michiharu Niimi, Richard O. Eason, Eiji Kawaguchi. 112-119
• Dynamic Calibration of an Active Vision System to Compute the Ground Plane TransformationFuxing Li, Michael Brady. 120-127
• Identification of 3D Reference Structures for Video-Based LocalizationDarius Burschka, Stefan A. Blum. 128-135
• Directing Robots with Visual Primitives for Navigation and Micro-manipulationW. B. Tong, S. K. Tso, S. Lang, G. Z. Lu, Songde Ma. 136-143
• Combining Camera and Laser Radar for ALV NavigationQi Zhang, WeiKang Gu. 144-151
• Stereo Vision-Based Obstacle Detection for Partially Sighted PeopleStephen Se, Michael Brady. 152-159
• Evaluation and Application of Recognition Confidence in OCRXiaofan Lin, Xiaoqing Ding, Youbin Chen, Jinhui Liu, Youshou Wu. 160-167
• A New Nonlinear Shape Normalization Method for Off-line Handwritten Chinese Character RecognitionYoubin Chen, Xiaoqing Ding, Youshou Wu, Ming Chen. 168-175
• A Novel Triangulation Procedure for Thinning Cursive TextStanley S. Ipson, Muhammed Melhi, William Booth. 176-183
• Digital Geometric Methods in Image Analysis and CompressionAri D. Gross, Longin Jan Latecki. 184-191
• Detection and Enhancement of Small Masses via Precision Multiscale AnalysisDongwei Chen, Chun-Ming Chang, Andrew Laine. 192-199
• A Method of Industrial Parts Surface Inspection Based on an Optics ModelNorifumi Katafuchi, Mutsuo Sano, Shuichi Ohara, Masashi Okudaira. 200-207
• Illumination Color from the Blurred Inter-reflection of a Reference NoseMohamed Abdellatif, Yutaka Tanaka, Akio Gofuku, Isaku Nagai. 208-215
• Shape Recovery from One Image under Multiple Light SourcesYing-li Tian, Hung-Tat Tsui, S. Y. Yeung. 216-223
• Spherical and Cylindrical Light Source Models for Shape RecoveryYing-li Tian, Hung-Tat Tsui, S. Y. Yeung. 224-231
• Polyhedral Shape Recovery Based on InterreflectionsJun Yang, Dili Zhang, Noboru Ohnishi, Noboru Sugie. 232-239
• Improved Supervised Color Constancy for Color InspectionXuesheng Bai, Guangyou Xu. 240-247
• Unsupervised Filtering of Munsell SpectraMarkku Hauta-Kasari, W. Wang, Satoru Toyooka, Jussi Parkkinen, R. Lenz. 248-255
• Foveated Vision for Scene ExplorationNaoki Oshiro, Atsushi Nishikawa, Noriaki Maru, Fumio Miyazaki. 256-263
• Evolutionary Methods Applied to Binocular Disparity EstimationCarla L. Pagliari, Tim J. Dennis. 264-271
• Robust Epipolar Geometry Estimation Using Genetic AlgorithmJinxiang Chai, Songde Ma. 272-279
• New Development of Stereo Vision: A Solution of Motion Stereo CorrespondenceMing Xie. 280-287
• Acquisition of Three-Dimensional Information Using Omnidirectional Stereo VisionAtsushi Chaen, Kazumasa Yamazawa, Naokazu Yokoya, Haruo Takemura. 288-295
• Error Analysis in Stereo VisionR. S. Ramakrishna, B. Vaidyanathan. 296-304
• Detecting Targets in SAR Images: A Machine Learning ApproachQi Zhang, Zoran Duric, Ryszard S. Michalski. 305-312
• Precise Matching by Robust Estimation of Deformation and Local CoherenceZhong-Dan Lan, Roger Mohr, Long Quan. 313-320
• Active Viewpoint Control for Shape from Occluding ContoursTakashi Akutsu, Kenichi Arakawa, Hiroshi Murase. 321-328
• Point Selection: A New Comparison Scheme for Size Functions (With an Application to Monogram Recognition)Massimo Ferri, Patrizio Frosini, Alberto Lovato, Chiara Zambelli. 329-337
• Sketch Up: Towards Qualitative Shape Data ManagementCostantino Collina, Massimo Ferri, Patrizio Frosini, Eleonora Porcellini. 338-345
• Robust Matching and Hierarchical Recognition of 2-D Shapes Using "Chain of Circles"Jae-Moon Chung, Noboru Ohnishi. 346-353
• Finding the Center of Rotational Symmetry from Noisy FormsHyoungseop Kim, Nachi Motomura, Seiji Ishikawa. 354-361
• Recognition in Wavelet-Compressed ImageryWei Hu, W. Brent Seales. 362-369
• Fast Image Template and Dictionary Matching AlgorithmsSung-Hyuk Cha. 370-377
• Recognition of Planar Shapes Using Algebraic Invariants from Higher Degree Implicit PolynominalsSatish Kaveti, Eam Khwang Teoh, Han Wang. 378-385
• Object Recognition and Orientation via Zernike MomentsSamer M. Abdallah, Eduardo Mario Nebot, David C. Rye. 386-393
• A Study of Zernike Moment ComputingSimon X. Liao, Miroslaw Pawlak. 394-401
• Query Expansion by Raw Image Features and Text Annotations in Image RetrievalKok F. Lai, Hong Zhou, Syin Chan. 402-409
• Montage: An Image Database for the Fashion, Textile, and Clothing Industry in Hong KongTak-Kan Lau, Irwin King. 410-417
• Auto Cameraman Via Collaborative Sensing AgentsQian Huang, Yuntao Cui, Supun Samarasekera, Michael Greiffenhagen. 418-425
• Dynamic Adaptive Data Structures for Semantic Analysis and Synthesis of Video InformationV. V. Alexandrov, E. V. Laikov, B. E. Frenkel. 426-433
• Recognition of Simple Curved Surfaces from 3D Surface DataAlan M. McIvor, Peter T. Waltenberg. 434-441
• A Recursive Fitting-and-Splitting Algorithm for 3-D Object Modeling Based on SuperquadricsHongbin Zha, Tsuyoshi Hoshide, Tsutomu Hasegawa. 442-449
• Learning and Recognizing 3D Objects by Using Partial Planar Curve Matching MethodJin Jia, Keiichi Abe. 450-457
• Contour Matching Technique for 3D Object Recognition Using Kalman FilterMadasu Hanmandlu, Shantaram Vasikarla. 458-465
• Kalman Filter Based Matching Technique for 3D Object RecognitionMadasu Hanmandlu, Shantaram Vasikarla. 466-473
• A Generating Method for 3-dimensional Knitting Cloth ShapesTatsushi Funahashi, Tsuyoshi Miyazaki, Masashi Yamada, Hirohisa Seki, Hidenori Itoh. 474-481
• A Fast Mesh Deformation Method to Build Spherical Representation Models of 3D ObjectsAntonio Adán, Carlos Cerrada, Vicente B. Feliu. 482-489
• Semi-automatic 3D Object Digitizing System Using Range ImagesChristian Schütz, Timothée Jost, Heinz Hügli. 490-497
• Image Guided Surgical SystemsW. Eric L. Grimson. 498
• Technical Evaluation of Biometric SystemsBrigitte Wirtz. 499-506
• Face Recognition from Sequences Using Models of IdentityStephen J. McKenna, Shaogang Gong. 507-514
• Enhancing Human Face Detection Using Motion and Active ContoursKin Choong Yow, Roberto Cipolla. 515-522
• Learning Identity and Behaviour with Neural NetworksA. Jonathan Howell, Hilary Buxton. 523-530
• Open Sesame! Speech, Password or Key to Secure Your Door?Stéphane H. Maes, Homayoon S. M. Beigi. 531-541
• A Unified Framework for Image-Derived InvariantsYuan-Fang Wang, Ronald-Bryan O. Alferez. 542-549
• Stereo Correspondences in Scale SpaceChristian Menard. 550-557
• Fast Stereo Matching in Compressed VideoMichael S. Brown, W. Brent Seales. 558-565
• Robust Total least Squares Based Optic Flow ComputationAlireza Bab-Hadiashar, David Suter. 566-573
• Image Processing via the Beltrami OperatorRon Kimmel, Ravi Malladi, Nir A. Sochen. 574-581
• Efficient Contour Extraction in Color ImagesAldo Cumani. 582-589
• Color Edge Detection Using Orthogonal PolynominalsR. Krishnamoorthi, Pushpak Bhattacharyya. 590-597
• Fast and Robust Segmentation of Natural Color ScenesVolker Rehrmann, Lutz Priese. 598-606
• Segmentation and Tracking Using Color Mixture ModelsYogesh Raja, Stephen J. McKenna, Shaogang Gong. 607-614
• Object Tracking Using Adaptive Color Mixture ModelsStephen J. McKenna, Yogesh Raja, Shaogang Gong. 615-622
• A Learning Approach to Fixating on 3D Targets with Active CamerasNarayan Srinivasa, Narendra Ahuja. 623-631
• Automatic Detection and Tracking of Human Heads Using an Active Stereo Vision SystemCheng-Yuan Tang, Yi-Ping Hung, Zen Chen. 632-639
• Front Propagation and Level-Set Approach for Geodesic Active StereovisionRachid Deriche, Christophe Bouvin, Olivier D. Faugeras. 640-647
• A Bayes Nets-Based Prediction/Verification Scheme for Active Visual ReconstructionÉric Marchand, François Chaumette. 648-655
• Actively Building Models with VIRTUEJochen Lang, Michael R. M. Jenkin. 656-663
• Using RBF Networks to Map GWT Ridge Images to PoseAlexandra Psarrou, Jonathan Turner. 664-671
• 3-D Pose Estimation and Model Refinement of an Articulated Object from a Monocular Image SequenceNobutaka Shimada, Yoshiaki Shirai, Yoshinori Kuno, Jun Miura. 672-679
• Face Synthesis with Arbitrary Pose and Expression from Several Images - An Integration of Image-Based and Model-Based ApproachesYasuhiro Mukaigawa, Yuichi Nakamura, Yuichi Ohta. 680-687
• Live Facial Expression Generation Based on Mixed RealityHiromi Tanaka, Akira Ishizawa, Hiroaki Adachi. 688-697
• Real-Time Tracking of Human Hands from a Sign-Language Image SequenceKazuyuki Imagawa, Shan Lu, Seiji Igi. 698-705
• The Model-Based Dynamic Hand Posture Identification Using Genetic AlgorithmCheng-Chang Lien, Chung-Lin Huang. 706-713
• Parallel Implementation of Fractal Image Compression Using Multiple Digital Signal ProcessorsS. K. Chow, M. Gillies, S. L. Chan. 714-721
• Comparison of Mean Field Annealing and Multiresolution Analysis in Missing Data EstimationHairong Qi, Wesley E. Snyder, Griff L. Bilbro. 722-729
• Segmentation of MRF Based Image Using Hierarchical Genetic AlgorithmJin Wook Kim, Eun Yi Kim, Se Hyun Park, Hang Joon Kim. 730-737
• Motion Compensated Color Video Classification Using Markov Random FieldsZoltan Kato, Ting-Chuen Pong, John Chung-Mong Lee. 738-745
• Edge-Preserving Smoothing by Convex MinimizationStan Z. Li, Y.-H. Huang, J. S. Fu, Kap Luk Chan. 746-753