Jacques Blanc-Talon Wilfried Philips
Dan Popescu Paul Scheunders (Eds.)



Advanced Concepts
for Intelligent
Vision Systems

8th International Conference, ACIVS 2006
Antwerp, Belgium, September 18-21, 2006
Proceedings




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N oise Reduction and Restoration
D irectional Filtering for Upsampling According to Direction
I nformation of the Base Layer in the JVT/SVC Codec                       1
     Chul Keun Kim, Doug Young Suh, Gwang Hoon Park

A New Fuzzy-Based Wavelet Shrinkage Image Denoising Technique            12
   Stefan Schulte, Bruno Huysmans, Aleksandra Pizurica,
   Etienne E. Kerre, Wilfried Philips

M athematical Models for Restoration of Baroque Paintings                24
   Pantaleön D. Romero, Vicente F. Candela

Motion Blur Concealment of Digital Video Using Invariant Features        35
   Ville Ojansivu, Janne Heikküä

H ybrid Sigma Filter for Processing Images Corrupted by Multiplicative
Noise                                                                    46
   Nikolay Ponomarenko, Vladimir Lukin, Karen Egiazarian,
   Jaakko Astola, Benoit Vozel, Kacem Chehdi

A utomatic Restoration of Old Motion Picture Films Using
S patiotemporal Exemplar-Based Inpainting                                55
    Ali Gangal, Bekir Dizdaroglu

D edicated Hardware for Real-Time Computation of Second-Order
S tatistical Features for High Resolution Images                         67
    Dimitris Bariamis, Dimitris K. Iakovidis, Dimitris Maroulis

Greyscale Image Interpolation Using Mathematical Morphology              78
   Alessandro Ledda, Hiep Q. Luong, Wilfried Philips,
   Valerie De Witte, Etienne E. Kerre

Dilation Matrices for Nonseparable Bidimensional Wavelets                91
   Ana Ruedin

E volutionary Tree-Structured Filter for Impulse Noise Removal           103
    Nemanja I. Petrovic, Vladimir S. Crnojevic
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Perceived Image Quality Measurement of State-of-the-Art Noise
R eduction Scheines                                                      114
    Ewout Vansteenkiste, Dietrich Van der Wehen, Wilfried Philips,
    Etienne Kerre

Multiway Filtering Applied on Hyperspectral Images                       127
  Nadine Renard, Salah Bourennane, Jacques Blanc-Talon


S egmentation
A L inear-Time Approach for Image Segmentation Using Graph-Cut
Measures                                                                 138
   Alexandre X. Falcäo, Paulo A.V. Miranda, Anderson Rocha

T he M M Framework for Image Processing                                  150
    0yvind Ryan

A P roposal Method for Corner Detection with an Orthogonal
T hree-Direction Chain Code                                              161
    Hermilo Sdnchez-Cruz

A C harged Active Contour Based on Electrostatics                        173
   Ronghua Yang, Majid Mirmehdi, Xianghua Xie

Comparison of Statistical and Shape-Based Approaches for Non-rigid
Motion Tracking with Missing Data Using a Particle Filter                185
  Abir El Abed, Severine Dubuisson, Dominique Bereziat

An Active Contour Model Guided by LBP Distributions                      197
   Michaiis A. Savelonas, Dimitris K. Iakovidis, Dimitris E. Maroulis,
   Stavros A. Karkanis

C haracterizing the Lacunarity of Objects and Image Sets and Its Use
as a Technique for the Analysis of Textural Patterns                     208
   Rafael H.C. de Melo, Evelyn de A. Vieira, Aura Conci

A daptive Vision Leveraging Digital Retinas: Extracting Meaningful
Segments                                                                 220
   Nicolas Burrus, Thierry M. Bernard

A Fast Dynamic Border Linking Algorithm for Region Merging               232
   Johan De Bock, Rui Pires, Patrick De Smet,
   Wilfried Philips
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M otion Estimation and Tracking
F ast Sub-pixel Motion Estimation for H.264                                 242
    Hong Yin Lim, Ashraf A. Kassim

T emporal Error Concealment Based on Optical Flow in the H.264/AVC
S tandard                                                                   253
    Donghyung Kim, Jongho Kim, Jechang Jeong

F oreground-to-Ghost Discrimination in Single-Difference
P re-processing                                                             263
    Francesco Archetti, Cristina E. Manfredotti, Vincenzina   Messina,
    Domenico Giorgio Sorrenti

Moving Object Removal Based on Global Feature Registration                 275
  Soon-Yong Park, Jaekyoung Moon, Chang-Joon Park, Inho Lee

Object Tracking Using Discriminative Feature Selection                     287
  Bogdan Kwolek

Color-Based Multiple Agent Tracking for Wireless Image
Sensor Networks                                                            299
   Emre Oto, Frances Lau, Hamid Aghajan

A Fast Motion Vector Search Algorithm for Variable Blocks                  311
   Yung-Lyul Lee, Yung-Ki Lee, Hyun Wook Park

V ideo Processing and Coding
C onstrained Region-Growing and Edge Enhancement Towards
A utomated Semantic Video Object Segmentation                              323
   Li Gao, Jianmin Jiang, Shuyuan Y. Yang

S patio-temporal Composite-Features for Motion Analysis
a nd Segmentation                                                          332
    Raquel Dosil, Xose Manuel Pardo, Xose Ramon Fdez-Vidal,
    Anton Garcia

New Intra Luma Prediction Mode in H.264/AVC Using CoUocated
Weighted Chroma Pixel Value                                                344
  Ik-Hwan Cho, Jung-Ho Lee, Woong-Ho Lee, Dong-Seok Jeong

Fast Mode Decision for H.264/AVC Using Mode Prediction                     354
   Song-Hak Ri, Joern Ostermann
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Performing Deblocking in Video Coding Based on Spatial-Domain
M otion-Compensated Temporal Filtering                                   364
   Adrian Munteanu, Joeri Barbarien, Jan Cornelis, Peter Schelkens

Improving DCT-Based Coders Through Block Oriented Transforms             375
   Antoine Robert, Isabelle Amonou, Beatrice Pesquet-Popescu

Improvement of Conventional Deinterlacing Methods with Extrema
Detection and Interpolation                                              384
   Jeröme Roussel, Pascal Bertolino, Marina Nicolas

A daptive Macroblock Mode Selection for Reducing the Encoder
Complexity in H.264                                                      396
   Donghyung Kim, Jongho Kim, Jechang Jeong

Dynamic Light Field Compression Using Shared Fields and Region
Blocks for Streaming Service                                             406
   Yebin Liu, Qionghai Dai, Wenli Xu, Zhihong Liao

Complexity Scalability in Motion-Compensated Wavelet-Based Video
Coding                                                                   418
   Tom Clerckx, Adrian Munteanu, Jan Cornelis, Peter Schelkens

S patial Error Concealment with Low Complexity
in the H.264 Standard                                                    431
    Donghyung Kim, Seungjong Kim, Jechang Jeong

A R eal-Time Content Adaptation Framework for Exploiting ROI
Scalability in H.264/AVC                                                 442
   Peter Lambert, Davy De Schrijver, Davy Van Deursen,
   Wesley De Neve, Yves Dhondt, Rik Van de Walle

Complexity Reduction Algorithm for Intra Mode Selection in
H.264/AVC Video Coding                                                   454
   Jongho Kim, Donghyung Kim, Jechang Jeong

Simple and Effective Filter to Remove Corner Outlier Artifacts in
Highly Compressed Video                                                  466
   Jongho Kim, Donghyung Kim, Jechang Jeong

C ontent-Based Model Template Adaptation and Real-Time System
for Behavior Interpretation in Sports Video                              474
    Jungong Han, Peter H.N. de With

New Approach to Wireless Video Compression with Low Complexity . . . .   485
   Gangyi Jiang, Zhipeng Jin, Mei Yu, Tae-Young Choi
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Fast Multi-view Disparity Estimation for Multi-view Video Systems        493
   Gangyi Jiang, Mei Yu, Feng Shao, You Yang, Haitao Dong

A ddCanny: Edge Detector for Video Processing                            501
   Luis Anton-Canalis, Mario Herndndez-Tejera,
   Elena Sdnchez-Nielsen

Video-Based Facial Expression Hallucination: A Two-Level Hierarchical
Fusion Approach                                                          513
   Man Zhang, Yueting Zhuang, Fei Wu

Blue Sky Detection for Picture Quality Enhancement                       522
   Bahman Zafarifar, Peter H.N. de With

R equantization Transcoding in Pixel and Frequency Domain for Intra
16x16 in H.264/AVC                                                       533
    Jan De Cook, Stijn Notebaert, Peter Lambert, Davy De Schrijver,
   Rik Van de Walle

M otion-Compensated Deinterlacing Using Edge Information                 545
   Taeuk Jeong, Chulhee Lee

Video Enhancement for Underwater Exploration Using Forward
Looking Sonar                                                            554
   Kio Kim, Nicola Neretti, Nathan Intrator


C amera Calibration, Image Registration and Stereo
   M atching
O ptimal Parameters Selection for Non-parametric Image Registration
M ethods                                                                 564
   Jorge Larrey-Ruiz, Juan Morales-Sdnchez

C amera Calibration from a Single Frame of Planar Pattern                576
   Jianhua Wang, Fanhuai Shi, Jing Zhang, Yuncai Liu

Stereo Matching Using Scanline Disparity Discontinuity
O ptimization                                                            588
   Ho Yub Jung, Kyoung Mu Lee, Sang Uk Lee

A New Stereo Matching Model Using Visibility Constraint Based
on Disparity Consistency                                                 598
   Ju Yong Chang, Kyoung Mu Lee, Sang Uk Lee
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Refine Stereo Correspondence Using Bayesian Network and Dynamic
P rogramming on a Color Based Minimal Span Tree                        610
    Naveed Iqbal Rao, Huijun Di, GuangYou Xu

E stimation of Rotation Parameters from Blurred Image                  620
    Qian Li, Shi-gang Wang

Hierarchical Stereo Matching: From Foreground to Background            632
   Kai Zhang, Yuzhou Wang, Guoping Wang


B iometrics and Security
G abor Feature Based Face Recognition Using Supervised Locality
P reserving Projection                                                 644
    Zhonglong Zheng, Jianmin Zhao, Jie Yang

A lternative Fuzzy Clustering Algorithms with Ll-Norm and Covariance
M atrix                                                                654
    Miin-Shen Yang, Wen-Liang Hung, Tsiung-Iou Chung

A S tatistical Approach for Ownership Identification
of Digital Images                                                      666
    Ching-Sheng Hsu, Shu-Fen Tu, Young-Chang Hou

Rigid and Non-rigid Face Motion Tracking by Aligning Texture Maps
and Stereo-Based 3D Models                                             675
   Fadi Dornaika, Angel D. Sappa

Curve Mapping Based Illumination Adjustment for Face Detection         687
   Xiaoyue Jiang, Tuo Zhao, Rongchun Zhao

Common Image Method(Null Space + 2DPCAs)
for Face Recognition                                                   699
    Hat Jong Seo, Young Kyung Park, Joong Kyu Kim

Discrete Choice Models for Static Facial Expression Recognition        710
   Gianluca Antonini, Matteo Sorci, Michel Bierlaire,
   Jean-Philippe Thiran

Scalable and Channel-Adaptive Unequal Error Protection of Images
w ith LDPC Codes                                                       722
    Adrian Munteanu, Maryse R. Stoufs, Jan Cornelis,
    Peter Schelkens
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R obust Analysis of Silhouettes by Morphological Size Distributions            734
    Olivier Barnich, Sebastien Jodogne, Marc Van Droogenbroeck

E nhanced Watermarking Scheme Based on Texture Analysis                        746
   Ivan 0. Lopes, Celia A.Z. Barcelos, Marcos A. Batista,
   Anselmo M. Silva

A R obust Watermarking Algorithm Using Attack Pattern Analysis                 757
  Dongeun Lee, Taekyung Kim, Seongwon Lee, Joonki Paik

P robability Approximation Using Best-Tree Distribution for Skin
Detection                                                                      767
    Sanaa El Fkihi, Mohamed Daoudi, Driss Aboutajdine

Fusion Method of Fingerprint Quality Evaluation: From the Local
G abor Feature to the Global Spatial-Frequency Structures                      776
   Decong Yu, Lihong Ma, Hanqing Lu, Zhiqing Chen

3D Face Recognition Based on Non-iterative Registration and Single
B-Spline Patch Modelling Techniques                                            786
   Yi Song, Li Bai

A utomatic Denoising of 2D Color Face Images Using Recursive PCA
R econstruction                                                                799
    Hyun Park, Young Shik Moon

Facial Analysis and Synthesis Scheme                                           810
   Ilse Ravyse, Hichem Sahli

M edical Imaging

Detection of Pathological Cells in Phase Contrast Cytological Images . . . .   821
   Marcin Smereka, Grzegorz Glab

Water Flow Based Complex Feature Extraction                                    833
  Xin U Liu, Mark S Nixon

Seeded Region Merging Based on Gradient Vector Flow for Image
Segmentation                                                                   846
   Yuan He, Yupin Luo, Dongcheng Hu

System for Reading Braille Embossed on Beverage Can Lids for
A uthentication                                                                855
    Trine Kirkhus, Jens T Thielemann, Britta Fismen,
   Henrik Schumann-Olsen, Ronald Sivertsen, Mats Carlin
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Leukocyte Segmentation in Blood Smear Images Using Region-Based
Active Contours                                                   867
   Seongeun Eom, Seungjun Kim, Vladimir Shirt, Byungha Ahn

Multiresolution Lossy-to-Lossless Coding of MRI Objects           877
  Habibollah Danyali, Alfred Mertins

A Novel Fuzzy Segmentation Approach for Brain MRI                 887
   Gang Yu, Changguo Wang, Hongmei Zhang, Yuxiang Yang,
   Zhengzhong Bian

E xtrema Temporal Chaining: A New Method for Computing
t he 2D-Displacement Field of the Heart from Tagged MRI           897
    Jean-Pascal Jacob, Corinne Vachier, Jean-Michel Morel,
    Jean-Luc Daire, Jean-Noel Hyacinthe,
    Jean-Paul Vallee

D ata Fusion and Fuzzy Spatial Relationships for Locating
Deep Brain Stimulation Targets in Magnetic Resonance Images       909
    Alice Villeger, Lemlih Ouchchane, Jean-Jacques Lemaire,
    Jean-Yves Boire

R obust Tracking of Migrating Cells Using Four-Color Level Set
S egmentation                                                     920
    Sumit K. Nath, Filiz Bunyak, Kannappan Palaniappan


I mage Retrieval and Image Understanding
R obust Visual Identifier for Cropped Natural Photos              933
   Ik-Hwan Cho, A-Young Cho, Hae-Kwang Kim, Weon-Geun Oh,
   Dong-Seok Jeong

Affine Epipolar Direction from Two Views of a Planar Contour      944
    Maria Alberich-Carraminana, Guillem Alenyä,
    Juan Andrade-Getto, Elisa Martinez, Carme Torras

Toward Visually Inferring the Underlying Causal Mechanism in a
Traffic-Light-Controlled Crossroads                               956
   Joaquin Salas, Sandra Canchola, Pedro Martinez,
   Hugo Jimenez, Reynaldo C. Pless

C omputer Vision Based Travel Aid for the Blind Crossing Roads    966
   Tadayoshi Shioyama
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A Novel Stochastic Attributed Relational Graph Matching Based on
Relation Vector Space Analysis                                            978
   Bo Gun Park, Kyoung Mu Lee, Sang Uk Lee

A New Similarity Measure for Random Signatures: Perceptually
Modified Hausdorff Distance                                               990
  Bo Gun Park, Kyoung Mu Lee, Sang Uk Lee

Tracking of Linear Appearance Models Using Second Order
Minimization                                                             1002
   Jose Gonzalez-Mora, Nicolas Guil, Emilio L. Zapata

Visibility of Point Clouds and Mapping of Unknown Environments           1014
    Yanina Landa, Richard Tsai, Li-Tien Cheng

A djustment for Discrepancies Between ALS Data Strips Using a
C ontour Tree Algorithm                                                  1026
    Dongyeob Han, Jaebin Lee, Yongil Kim, Kiyun Yu

Visual Bootstrapping for Unsupervised Symbol Grounding                   1037
   Josef Kittler, Mikhail Shevchenko, David Windridge

A 3D Model Acquisition System Based on a Sequence of Projected
Level Curves                                                             1047
   Huei- Yung Lin, Ming-Liang Wang, Ping-Hsiu Yu

Scale Invariant Robust Registration of 3D-Point Data and a Triangle
Mesh by Global Optimization                                              1059
   Onay Urfahoglu, Patrick A. Mikulastik, Ivo Stegmann

Fast Hough Transform Based on 3D Image Space Division                    1071
   Witold Zorski

C ontext-Based Scene Recognition Using Bayesian Networks with
Scale-Invariant Feature Transform                                        1080
   Seung-Bin Im, Sung-Bae Cho

A P ortable and Low-Cost E-Learning Video Capture System                 1088
   Richard Yi Da Xu

On Building Omnidirectional Image Signatures Using Haar Invariant
F eatures: Application to the Localization of Robots                     1099
    Cyril Charron, Ouiddad Labbani-Igbida, El Mustapha Mouaddib

A ccurate 3D Structure Measurements from Two Uncalibrated Views . . . . 1111
   Benjamin Albouy, Emilie Koenig, Sylvie Treuillet, Yves Lucas
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A Fast Offline Building Recognition Application on a Mobile
Telephone                                                               1122
   Nikolaj J.C. Groeneweg, Bastiaan de Groot, Arvid H.R. Halma,
   Bernardo R. Quiroga, Maarten Tromp, Frans CA. Groen

A daptive Learning Procedure for a Network of Spiking Neurons and
Visual Pattern Recognition                                              1133
   Simei Gomes Wysoski, Lubica Benuskova, Nikola Kasabov

I nteractive Learning of Scene Context Extractor Using Combination of
Bayesian Network and Logic Network                                      1143
     Keum-Sung Hwang, Sung-Bae Cho


C lassification and Recognition
A daptative Road Lanes Detection and Classification                     1151
   Juan M. Collado, Cristina Hüario, Arturo de la Escalera,
   Jose M. Armingol

An Approach to the Recognition of Informational Trafhc Signs Based
on 2-D Homography and SVMs                                              1163
   Amelio Vdzquez-Reina, Roberto Javier Löpez-Sastre,
   Philip Siegmann, Sergio Lafuente-Arroyo,
   Hilario Gömez-Moreno

On Using a Dissimilarity Representation Method to Solve the Small
Sample Size Problem for Face Recognition                                1174
   Sang-Woon Kim

A Comparison of Nearest Neighbor Search Algorithms for Generic
Object Recognition                                                      1186
   Ferid Bajramovic, Frank Mattern, Nicholas Butko,
   Joachim Denzler

Non Orthogonal Component Analysis: Application to Anomaly
Detection                                                               1198
   Jean-Michel Gaucel, Mireille Guillaume, Salah Bourennane

A Rough Set Approach to Video Genre Classification                      1210
   Wengang Cheng, Chang'an Liu, Xingbo Wang


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