{"title":"Semantics Sensitive Segmentation and Annotation of Natural Images","authors":"Amina Asghar, N. I. Rao","doi":"10.1109/SITIS.2008.55","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SITIS.2008.55","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we present new perceptual techniques for segmentation and annotation of natural images. The image segmentation approach is a multilevel clustering method based on a new proposed non-parametric clustering algorithm, called adaptive medoidshift (AMS) and normalized cuts (N-cut). The AMS method locally clusters the image color composition by considering their spatial distribution into uniform segments, which are then perceptually group together using N-cut into meaningful semantic sensitive salient regions. The proposed image annotation approach assigns labels at segment and scene level to represent semantic content and concept of image respectively. The low level features are extracted from the obtained salient regions and are used by support vector machine (SVM) classifiers to assign segment labels, which are then used to derive scene labels. This effectively reduces the ¿semantic gap¿ between low level features and high level semantics. Experiments show the effectiveness of proposed algorithms on variety of natural images.","PeriodicalId":202698,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE International Conference on Signal Image Technology and Internet Based Systems","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114659721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"G1-Blend between a Differentiable Superquadric of Revolution and a Plane or a Sphere Using Dupin Cyclides","authors":"Lionel Garnier, S. Foufou, Y. Fougerolle","doi":"10.1109/SITIS.2008.73","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SITIS.2008.73","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, we present a method to perform G1-continuous blends between a differentiable superquadric of revolution and a plane or a sphere using Dupin cyclides. These blends are patches delimited by four lines of curvature. They allow to avoid parameterization problems that may occur when parametric surfaces are used. Rational quadratic Bezier curves are used to approximate the principal circles of the Dupin cyclide blends and thus a complex 3D problem is now reduced to a simpler 2D problem. We present the necessary conditions to be satisfied to create the blending patches and illustrate our approach by a number of superellipsoid/plane and superellipsoid/sphere blending examples.","PeriodicalId":202698,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE International Conference on Signal Image Technology and Internet Based Systems","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114552862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gwanggil Jeon, M. Anisetti, V. Bellandi, E. Damiani, Jechang Jeong, I. Suh
{"title":"Robust Fuzzy Filter for Noise Reduction in Video Deinterlacing","authors":"Gwanggil Jeon, M. Anisetti, V. Bellandi, E. Damiani, Jechang Jeong, I. Suh","doi":"10.1109/SITIS.2008.30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SITIS.2008.30","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the design and evaluation of a robust noise reduction fuzzy filter, and considers its application to video deinterlacing. The proposed fuzzy filter is designed to reduce mixed noise (random and impulse) and to be used in real-time deinterlacing. The proposed algorithm consists of two main processes: an adaptive weighted fuzzy filter and an edge direction based deinterlacer. The proposed filter is easy to implement by applying a weighted membership function to an image within a window to compute the pixel at the center position.","PeriodicalId":202698,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE International Conference on Signal Image Technology and Internet Based Systems","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121869521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Geometric-Based Segmentation of Polarization-Encoded Images","authors":"Samia Ainouz, O. Morel, F. Mériaudeau","doi":"10.1109/SITIS.2008.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SITIS.2008.13","url":null,"abstract":"In the framework of Mueller parameters imaging, polarization-encoded images have sixteen channels. The relevancy of such multidimensional structure comes from the set of physical information they carry about the local nature of the target. The admissibility constraints imposed on these images make awkward their analysis and processing and prevent to explore their richness. This induces the need for a proper tool that allows the analysis and processing of polarization-encoded images. In this paper we address a new method to segment Mueller imaging and use the geometric algebra to represent the polarization formalism and segment polarization-encoded images while respecting their physical meaning. The segmentation task is based on the fuzzy K-mean algorithm.","PeriodicalId":202698,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE International Conference on Signal Image Technology and Internet Based Systems","volume":"151 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121259369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Fingertip Extraction Method and Its Application to Handwritten Alphanumeric Characters Recognition","authors":"Chen-Chiung Hsieh, Ming-Ren Tsai, M. Su","doi":"10.1109/SITIS.2008.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SITIS.2008.17","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the camera is utilized to input characters as it becomes standard equipment in most IT products. The tip of forefinger acts like the pen tip is used to write characters in front of the camera. The finger tip is extracted and the tracked trail is recorded as the handwritten character. A character recognition system based on on-line character model is also developed to verify its practical usage. In experiments, each character is written five times by five individuals. The forefinger tip can be used as an input device and integrated with MS-Windows. The fingertip tracking accuracy is 98.58% and the processing speed could reach 13.2 fps. The character recognition rate is 91.11% if confusing character set is included. It demonstrated the feasibility of proposed finger tip extraction method and its application.","PeriodicalId":202698,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE International Conference on Signal Image Technology and Internet Based Systems","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121337688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Applying Two-Pixel Features to Face Detection","authors":"Ido Nissenboim, D. Keren, M. Werman","doi":"10.1109/SITIS.2008.28","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SITIS.2008.28","url":null,"abstract":"We propose a \"quick rejection\" paradigm which is applied to face detection. The features we use are arguably the simplest possible: a threshold on the difference between the grey levels of two pixels. No negative examples are used for training; instead, we use a simple statistical model of natural images. The resulting features are easy to find, extremely fast to apply, and achieve a good detection rate.","PeriodicalId":202698,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE International Conference on Signal Image Technology and Internet Based Systems","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123176561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vibrotactile Emotions on a Mobile Phone","authors":"S. Réhman, Li Liu","doi":"10.1109/SITIS.2008.72","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SITIS.2008.72","url":null,"abstract":"Vibrotactile sensations to sight and sound cues on mobile handsets make content more realistic, fun and operation more intuitive. An intuitive method to render human facial feature for visually impaired is evaluated for effectiveness. In current system, the vibration of a mobile phone is used to provide emotion information based on human lip¿s shape. Using designed vibration patterns, the users are able to tactually perceive emotion information of others. The evaluation of current system¿s efficiency based on usability guidelines shows almost perfect recognition accuracy of emotions based on facial features.","PeriodicalId":202698,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE International Conference on Signal Image Technology and Internet Based Systems","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121098804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the Transformation of Object Oriented-Based Systems to Component-Based Systems","authors":"H. Mathkour, A. Touir, Hind Hakami, G. Assassa","doi":"10.1109/SITIS.2008.77","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SITIS.2008.77","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this paper is to present a framework that allows the generation of component-based software from object-oriented based software. The generation process is achieved via several steps starting from a transformation of the input software codes to their related UML designs; then creating the corresponding graphs whose nodes are elements such as classes and interfaces and the edges are the relationships between those elements. A clustering technique is then used to create a component for each cluster and regenerate the codes accordingly. The framework is a platform-independent and the intermediate outputs are XML-based files. It allows the using of different thresholds to secure a best solution.","PeriodicalId":202698,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE International Conference on Signal Image Technology and Internet Based Systems","volume":"470 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128666764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nasreddine Aoumeur, Kamel Barkaoui, C. Rautenstrauch
{"title":"On Adaptive and Behavioral Service-Driven Applications: A Rule-Centric Petri Nets Framework","authors":"Nasreddine Aoumeur, Kamel Barkaoui, C. Rautenstrauch","doi":"10.1109/SITIS.2008.84","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SITIS.2008.84","url":null,"abstract":"As service technology is maturing, complex composite services are increasingly requested to satisfy challenging requirements. These include behavioral and adaptability dimensions, where business rules may play potential role due to their knowledge-intensiveness and inherent dynamism and agility. We thus propose a rule-centric conceptual model, as a tailored service-driven Petri nets variant. This founded model intrinsically integrates (intra-and inter-service) business rules governing adaptive and concurrent service behavior. The forwarded approach is progressive and UML-compliant. The validation is performed through symbolic computation by governing Net transitions with true-concurrent rewrite logic-based semantics.","PeriodicalId":202698,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE International Conference on Signal Image Technology and Internet Based Systems","volume":"84 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127133598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Data Routing Algorithms in Extended Lucas Cube Networks","authors":"Ernastuti, Ravi A. Salim, A. Juarna","doi":"10.1109/SITIS.2008.98","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SITIS.2008.98","url":null,"abstract":"We introduce a class of novel interconnection topologies called extended Lucas cube (ELC). The ELC is an induced subgraph of hypercube defined in terms of Fibonacci strings. The hypercube is a powerful network that is able to perform various kinds of parallel computation and simulate many other networks. ELC can serve as a framework for studying degraded hypercube due to faulty nodes or links. Hypercube has a simple routing algorithm. ELC maintains virtually almost all the desirable properties of hypercube. The focus of this paper is on the data communication aspects in the ELC. Data communication is the delivery of message from the source to the destination. Efficient routing and broadcasting messages is a key issue to the performance of parallel and/or distributed systems. An important property of any message routing algorithm is to avoid deadlock. In this paper, we study data routing algorithms in the ELC, namely, unicast, broadcast and multicast algorithms. The unicast algorithm always succeeds in finding a path between them and ensures deadlock free in ELC. The time and traffic steps are used to measure the efficiency of routing algorithms. The unicast algorithm for ELC, which uses a Hamming distance path for any two nodes, is time and traffic optimal. The broadcast algorithm which employs the extended Lucas tree is traffic optimal and near time optimal. Two multicast algorithms are presented; they are based on an extended Lucas tree and a Hamiltonian cycle, respectively.","PeriodicalId":202698,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE International Conference on Signal Image Technology and Internet Based Systems","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126339676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}