@conference {12696,
	title = {Role of shape and kinematics in human movement analysis},
	booktitle = {Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2004. CVPR 2004. Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE Computer Society Conference on},
	volume = {1},
	year = {2004},
	month = {2004/07/02/june},
	pages = {I-730 - I-737 Vol.1 - I-730 - I-737 Vol.1},
	abstract = {Human gait and activity analysis from video is presently attracting a lot of attention in the computer vision community. In this paper we analyze the role of two of the most important cues in human motion-shape and kinematics. We present an experimental framework whereby it is possible to evaluate the relative importance of these two cues in computer vision based recognition algorithms. In the process, we propose a new gait recognition algorithm by computing the distance between two sequences of shapes that lie on a spherical manifold. In our experiments, shape is represented using Kendall{\textquoteright}s definition of shape. Kinematics is represented using a Linear Dynamical system We place particular emphasis on human gait. Our conclusions show that shape plays a role which is more significant than kinematics in current automated gait based human identification algorithms. As a natural extension we study the role of shape and kinematics in activity recognition. Our experiments indicate that we require models that contain both shape and kinematics in order to perform accurate activity classification. These conclusions also allow us to explain the relative performance of many existing methods in computer-based human activity modeling.},
	keywords = {activity, algorithm;, algorithms;, analysis;, autoregressive, average, based, classification;, community;, Computer, definition;, dynamical, extraction;, feature, Gait, hidden, human, identification, image, Kendall, linear, manifold;, Markov, modeling;, models;, MOTION, Movement, moving, processes;, recognition, sequences;, SHAPE, spherical, system;, VISION, vision;},
	doi = {10.1109/CVPR.2004.1315104},
	author = {Veeraraghavan,A. and Chowdhury, A.R. and Chellapa, Rama}
}
@conference {13240,
	title = {Exemplar-based tracking and recognition of arm gestures},
	booktitle = {Image and Signal Processing and Analysis, 2003. ISPA 2003. Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on},
	volume = {2},
	year = {2003},
	month = {2003/09//},
	pages = {656 - 661 Vol.2 - 656 - 661 Vol.2},
	abstract = {This paper presents a probabilistic exemplar-based framework for recognizing gestures. The approach is based on representing each gesture as a sequence of learned body poses. The gestures are recognized through a probabilistic framework for matching these body poses and for imposing temporal constrains between different poses. Matching individual poses to image data is performed using a probabilistic formulation for edge matching to obtain a likelihood measurement for each individual pose. The paper introduces a correspondence-free weighted matching scheme for edge templates that emphasize discriminating features in the matching. The weighting does not require establishing correspondences between the different pose models. The probabilistic framework also imposes temporal constrains between different pose through a learned hidden Markov model (HMM) of each gesture.},
	keywords = {arm, constrains;, correspondence-free, edge, exemplar-based, framework;, gesture, hidden, HMM;, image, logic;, Markov, MATCHING, matching;, model;, models;, probabilistic, recognition;, scheme;, segmentation;, temporal, tracking;, weighted},
	doi = {10.1109/ISPA.2003.1296358},
	author = {Elgammal,A. and Shet,V. and Yacoob,Yaser and Davis, Larry S.}
}
@conference {12720,
	title = {A hidden Markov model based framework for recognition of humans from gait sequences},
	booktitle = {Image Processing, 2003. ICIP 2003. Proceedings. 2003 International Conference on},
	volume = {2},
	year = {2003},
	month = {2003/09//},
	pages = {II - 93-6 vol.3 - II - 93-6 vol.3},
	abstract = {In this paper we propose a generic framework based on hidden Markov models (HMMs) for recognition of individuals from their gait. The HMM framework is suitable, because the gait of an individual can be visualized as his adopting postures from a set, in a sequence which has an underlying structured probabilistic nature. The postures that the individual adopts can be regarded as the states of the HMM and are typical to that individual and provide a means of discrimination. The framework assumes that, during gait, the individual transitions between N discrete postures or states but it is not dependent on the particular feature vector used to represent the gait information contained in the postures. The framework, thus, provides flexibility in the selection of the feature vector. The statistical nature of the HMM lends robustness to the model. In this paper we use the binarized background-subtracted image as the feature vector and use different distance metrics, such as those based on the L<sub>1</sub> and L<sub>2</sub> norms of the vector difference, and the normalized inner product of the vectors, to measure the similarity between feature vectors. The results we obtain are better than the baseline recognition rates reported before.},
	keywords = {analysis;, background-subtracted, binarized, discrete, distance, feature, Gait, hidden, human, image, image;, Markov, metrics;, model;, models;, postures;, recognition;, sequences;, vector;},
	doi = {10.1109/ICIP.2003.1246624},
	author = {Sundaresan,Aravind and RoyChowdhury,Amit and Chellapa, Rama}
}
@conference {13247,
	title = {Learning dynamics for exemplar-based gesture recognition},
	booktitle = {Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE Computer Society Conference on},
	volume = {1},
	year = {2003},
	month = {2003/06//},
	pages = {I-571 - I-578 vol.1 - I-571 - I-578 vol.1},
	abstract = {This paper addresses the problem of capturing the dynamics for exemplar-based recognition systems. Traditional HMM provides a probabilistic tool to capture system dynamics and in exemplar paradigm, HMM states are typically coupled with the exemplars. Alternatively, we propose a non-parametric HMM approach that uses a discrete HMM with arbitrary states (decoupled from exemplars) to capture the dynamics over a large exemplar space where a nonparametric estimation approach is used to model the exemplar distribution. This reduces the need for lengthy and non-optimal training of the HMM observation model. We used the proposed approach for view-based recognition of gestures. The approach is based on representing each gesture as a sequence of learned body poses (exemplars). The gestures are recognized through a probabilistic framework for matching these body poses and for imposing temporal constraints between different poses using the proposed non-parametric HMM.},
	keywords = {arbitrary, body, by, Computer, constraint;, detection;, discrete, distribution, dynamics;, edge, estimation;, example;, exemplar, exemplar-based, extraction;, feature, framework;, gesture, gesture;, hidden, HMM;, human, image, learning, Markov, matching;, model;, models;, motion;, nonparametric, pose, probabilistic, recognition;, sequence;, space;, state;, statistics;, system, temporal, tool;, view-based, vision;},
	doi = {10.1109/CVPR.2003.1211405},
	author = {Elgammal,A. and Shet,V. and Yacoob,Yaser and Davis, Larry S.}
}
@conference {13245,
	title = {Scalable image-based multi-camera visual surveillance system},
	booktitle = {Proceedings. IEEE Conference on Advanced Video and Signal Based Surveillance, 2003.},
	year = {2003},
	month = {2003/07//},
	pages = {205 - 212},
	abstract = {We describe the design of a scalable and wide coverage visual surveillance system. Scalability (the ability to add and remove cameras easily during system operation with minimal overhead and system degradation) is achieved by utilizing only image-based information for camera control. We show that when a pan-tilt-zoom camera pans and tilts, a given image point moves in a circular and a linear trajectory, respectively. We create a scene model using a plan view of the scene. The scene model makes it easy for us to handle occlusion prediction and schedule video acquisition tasks subject to visibility constraints. We describe a maximum weight matching algorithm to assign cameras to tasks that meet the visibility constraints. The system is illustrated both through simulations and real video from a 6-camera configuration.},
	keywords = {ACQUISITION, algorithm;, camera;, constraints;, feature, hidden, image-based, MATCHING, maximum, multi-camera, occlusion, pan-tilt-zoom, PLAN, prediction;, processing;, removal;, scalable, scheduling;, signal, Surveillance, surveillance;, system;, task, video, view;, visibility, visual, weight},
	doi = {10.1109/AVSS.2003.1217923},
	author = {Lim,Ser-Nam and Davis, Larry S. and Elgammal,A.}
}
@conference {13566,
	title = {Hidden loop recovery for handwriting recognition},
	booktitle = {Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition, 2002. Proceedings. Eighth International Workshop on},
	year = {2002},
	month = {2002///},
	pages = {375 - 380},
	abstract = {One significant challenge in the recognition of off-line handwriting is in the interpretation of loop structures. Although this information is readily available in online representation, close proximity of strokes often merges their centers making them difficult to identify. In this paper a novel approach to the recovery of hidden loops in off-line scanned document images is presented. The proposed algorithm seeks blobs that resemble truncated ellipses. We use a sophisticated form analysis method based on mutual distance measurements between the two sides of a symmetric shape. The experimental results are compared with the ground truth of the online representations of each off-line word image. More than 86\% percent of the meaningful loops are handled correctly.},
	keywords = {analysis;, character, contour, cursive, detection;, distance, edge, ellipses;, form, handwritten, hidden, loop, measurements;, mutual, partitioning;, recognition;, recovery;, SHAPE, shape;, sophisticated, strokes;, symmetric, truncated, word},
	doi = {10.1109/IWFHR.2002.1030939},
	author = {David Doermann and Intrator,N. and Rivin,E. and Steinherz,T.}
}
