Automatie object recognition is a multidisciplinary research area using con cepts and tools from mathematics, computing, optics, psychology, pattern recognition, artificial intelligence and various other disciplines. The purpose of this research is to provide a set of coherent paradigms and algorithms for the purpose of designing systems that will ultimately emulate the functions performed by the Human Visual System (HVS). Hence, such systems should have the ability to recognise objects in two or three dimensions independently of their positions, orientations or scales in the image. The HVS is employed for tens of thousands of recognition events each day, ranging from navigation (through the recognition of landmarks or signs), right through to communication (through the recognition of characters or people themselves). Hence, the motivations behind the construction of recognition systems, which have the ability to function in the real world, is unquestionable and would serve industrial (e.g. quality control), military (e.g. automatie target recognition) and community needs (e.g. aiding the visually impaired). Scope, Content and Organisation of this Book This book provides a comprehensive, yet readable foundation to the field of object recognition from which research may be initiated or guided. It repre sents the culmination of research topics that I have either covered personally or in conjunction with my PhD students. These areas include image acqui sition, 3-D object reconstruction, object modelling, and the matching of ob jects, all of which are essential in the construction of an object recognition system.

The only book to consolidate concepts and tools to design and implement an object recognition system Accompanied by a webpage and ftp site from where readers can download codes from each chapter

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PThis volume introduces the fundamental concepts and tools involved in the design and implementation of object recognition systems. Divided into three parts, it first introduces the topic and covers the acquisition of images, then details 3-D object reconstruction, modelling and matching, and finally describes typical recognition systems using case studies. Key features include: Extensive literature surveys of state-of-the-art systems Recognition will be essential reading for research scientists, advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students in computer vision, image processing and pattern classification. It will also be of interest to practitioners working in the field of computer vision./P

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A Introduction and Acquisition Systems.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Stereo Matching and Reconstruction of a Depth Map.- A Summary.- B Database Creation and Modelling for 3-D Object Recognition.- 3. 3-D Object Creation for Recognition.- 4. Object Representation and Feature Matching.- B Summary.- C Vision Systems Case Studies.- 5. Optical Character Recognition.- 6. Recognition by Parts and Part Segmentation Techniques.- 7. 3-D Object Recognition Systems.- C Summary.- Appendices.- A. Vector and Matrix Analysis.- A.1 Preliminaries.- A.1.1 Determinant.- A.1.2 Inversion.- A.2 Derivatives and Integrals of Matrices.- A.3 Vectors and Vector Analysis.- A.4 Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors.- A.5 Quadratic Forms.- B. Principal Component Analysis.- C. Optimisation Fundamentals.- C.1 Fundamental Concepts.- C.2 Linear Least Squares.- C.3 Non-linear Optimisation.- C.4 Direct Search Techniques.- C.4.1 Simplex Method.- C.5 Gradient Methods.- C.5.1 Newton-Raphson Technique.- C.5.2 Davidon-Fletcher-Powell.- C.6 Simulated Annealing.- D. Differential Geometry Basic Principles.- E. Spline Theory.- E.1 Spline Definitions.- F. Detailed Derivation of Registration Equations.- References.