Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSoft Clustering Based Exposition to Multiple Dictionary Bag of WordsK. S. Sujatha, B. VinodObject classification is a highly important area of computer vision and has many applications including robotics, searching images, face recognition, aiding visually impaired people, censoring images and many more. A new common method of classification that uses features is the Bag of Words approach. In this method a codebook of visual words is created using various clustering methods. For increasing … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 12 · 20 Dec 2012 · 6,389 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMedical Image Classification Using Genetic Optimized Elman NetworkT. Baranidharan, D. K. GhoshProblem statement: Advancements in the internet and digital images have resulted in a huge database of images. Most of the current search engines found in the web depends only on images that can be retrieved using metadata, which generates a lot of unwanted results in the results got. Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) system is the utilization of computer vision techniques … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 1 · 24 Nov 2011 · 7,717 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractQuaternion Photometric Stereo for Rotation Invariant Surface Texture ClassificationBalakrishnan Sathyabama, Srinivan Raju, Abhaikumar VaradhanProblem statement: The escalating growth of computer vision applications has increased the need for faster and more accurate image analysis algorithms. One application of image analysis that has been studied for a long time is texture analysis. The majority of existing texture analysis methods makes the explicit or implicit assumption that texture images are acquired from the same viewpoint. This … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 10 · 20 Aug 2011 · 6,499 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAn Efficient Age Estimation System based on Multi Linear Principal Component AnalysisV. Tamil Selvi, K. VaniProblem statement: Human age estimation is an active research topic in computer vision. A vital characteristic in establishing identity of the person is the age. Age estimation from face images continues to be an extremely challenging task compared to other cognition problems. Age is a crucial factor in ascertaining the identity of a person. Age is estimated from the human … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 10 · 4 Aug 2011 · 6,480 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractContent Based Image Retrieval using Novel Gaussian Fuzzy Feed Forward-Neural NetworkC. Ramesh Babu Durai, V. DuraisamyProblem statement: With extensive digitization of images, diagrams and paintings, traditional keyword based search has been found to be inefficient for retrieval of the required data. Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) system responds to image queries as input and relies on image content, using techniques from computer vision and image processing to interpret and understand it, while using techniques from information … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 7 · 28 Jun 2011 · 7,326 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAccurate Orthogonal Circular Moment Invariants of Gray-Level ImagesKhalid Mohamed HosnyProblem statement: Orthogonal circular moments of gray level images such as Zernike, pseudo Zernike and Fourier-Mellin moments are widely used in different applications of image processing, pattern recognition and computer vision. Computational processes of these moments and their translation and scale invariants still an open area of research. Approach: a unified methodology is presented for efficient and accurate computation of … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 5 · 7 May 2011 · 7,787 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractHuman Behavior Classification Using Multi-Class Relevance Vector MachineB. Yogameena, S. Veera Lakshmi, M. Archana, S. Raju AbhaikumarProblem statement: In computer vision and robotics, one of the typical tasks is to identify specific objects in an image and to determine each object’s position and orientation relative to coordinate system. This study presented a Multi-class Relevance Vector machine (RVM) classification algorithm which classifies different human poses from a single stationary camera for video surveillance applications. Approach: First the … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 6, Issue 9 · 30 Sep 2010 · 7,390 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSkin Color Detection Model Using Neural Networks and its Performance EvaluationK. K. Bhoyar, O. G. KakdeProblem statement: Skin color detection is used as a preliminary step in numerous computer vision applications like face detection, nudity recognition, hand gesture detection and person identification. In this study we present a pixel based skin color classification approach, for detecting skin pixels and non skin pixels in color images, using a novel neural network symmetric classifier. The neural classifiers … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 6, Issue 9 · 30 Sep 2010 · 8,058 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSolving Square Jigsaw Puzzles Using Dynamic Programming and the Hungarian ProcedureNaif AlajlanProblem statement: To design, implement, and test an algorithm for solving the square jigsaw puzzle problem, which has many applications in image processing, pattern recognition, and computer vision such as restoration of archeological artifacts and image descrambling. Approach: The algorithm used the gray level profiles of border pixels for local matching of the puzzle pieces, which was performed using dynamic … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 11 · 30 Nov 2009 · 7,690 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractOptimized Set of RST Moment InvariantsKhalid M. HosnyMoment invariants are widely used in image processing, pattern recognition and computer vision. Several methods and algorithms have been proposed for fast and efficient calculation of moment's invariants where numerical approximation errors are involved in most of these methods. In this paper, an optimized set of moment invariants with respect to rotation, scaling and translation is presented. An accurate method … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 6 · 30 Jun 2008 · 7,069 accessesView PDFCite