Final Program MVA'98 IAPR Workshop on Machine Vision Applications November 17-19, 1998 Fujitsu Makuhari Systems Laboratory, Chiba, Japan Tuesday, November 17, 1998 8:30- Registration 9:00- 9:20 Opening Session, Announcement of 10th Anniversary Award 9:20-11:00 Session 1: Image Media 11:00-11:20 Coffee Break 11:20-13:00 Session 2: Intelligent Transportation Systems & Navigation 13:00-14:00 Lunch 14:00-15:30 Session 3: Poster Session 1 15:30-16:20 Session 4: Invited Talk 1 Machine Vision for Intelligent Robots Prof. Rainer Bischoff & Volker Graefe* Institute of Measurement Science, Bundeswehr University Munich 16:20-18:00 Session 5: Factory Automation Wednesday, November 18, 1998 9:00-10:20 Session 6: Feature Extraction 10:20-10:35 Coffee Break 10:35-12:15 Session 7: Geographic Information System 12:15-13:15 Lunch 13:15-14:45 Session 8: Poster Session 2 14:45-15:35 Session 9: Invited Talk 2 Recent Trend of Development and Application in Range Imaging Prof. Seiji Inokuchi Osaka University 15:35-17:15 Session 10: Recognition and Reconstruction 17:15-18:30 3D Dome Theater 18:40-20:40 Banquet, 10th Anniversary Award Presentation Thursday, November 19, 1998 9:00-10:40 Session 11: Architecture 10:40-10:50 Coffee Break 10:50-12:30 Session 12: Motion 12:30-13:30 Lunch 13:30-15:00 Session 13: Poster Session 3 15:00-15:50 Session 14: Invited Talk 3 3D Model Acquisition from Uncalibrated Images Dr. Roberto Cipolla University of Cambridge 15:50-17:20 Session 15: Face, Gesture and Signature Session 1: Image Media 9:20-11:00, Tuesday, November 17, 1998 1-1 Enhanced Vision for the Teleoperator of an All-Terrain Fast Mobile Robot C.Tavanti* and J.Devars** *GIAT Industries, **Univ. of Paris 6, France 1-2 Feature-Based Image Mosaicing N.Chiba, H.Kano, M.Higashihara, M.Yasuda and M.Osumi Sanyo Electric Co.,Ltd., Japan 1-3 Randomized Adaptive Algorithms for Mosaicing Systems F.Nielsen Sony Computer Science Laboratory Inc., Japan 1-4 Oriented Hausdorff Similarity Measure for Object Matching D-G.Sim and R-H.Park Sogang Univ., Korea 1-5 Acquiring a Radiance Distribution to Superimpose Virtual Objects onto a Real Scene I.Sato, Y.Sato and K.Ikeuchi Univ. of Tokyo, Japan Session 2: Intelligent Transportation Systems & Navigation 11:20-13:00, Tuesday, November 17, 1998 2-1 A Video-based System Methodology for Detecting Red Light Runners A.H.S.Lai and N.H.C.Yung Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 2-2 A Novel Lane Model for Lane Boundary Detection Y.Wang, D.Shen, E.K.Teoh and H.Wang Nanyang Technological Univ., Singapore 2-3 Detection of the Front Vehicle from the Stereoscopic Image Using Hierarchy Process N.Tsunashima and M.Nakajima Keio Univ., Japan 2-4 Integrated Vision/Control System for Autonomous Planetary Rovers T.Huntsberger, T.Kubota and J.Rose Univ. of South Carolina, USA 2-5 Autonomous Robot Navigation by Active Visual Motion Analysis and Understanding S.S.Park and A.Sowmya Univ. of New South Wales, Australia Session 3: Poster Session 1 14:00-15:30, Tuesday, November 17, 1998 3-1 Generation and Update of 3D-City Models from Maps and Elevation Data U.Stilla, R.Geibel and E.Repasi Research Institute for Processing and Pattern Recognition, Germany 3-2 Clustering of Learning Images and Generation of Multiple Prototypes for Object Recognition J.Jia and K.Abe Shizuoka Univ., Japan 3-3 Generation of Missing Medical Slices Using Morphing Technology A.E.Hassanien, H.Karam, H.Akter, and M.Nakajima Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan 3-4 Handwritten Chinese Character Segmentation Using Local Potential Threshold and Minimum Potential Search M.Anegawa*, H.Kuroda*, S.Miyahara*, K.Tsuruhara**, A.Nakamura*** *Nagasaki Univ., **Nitsuko Corporation, ***Kumamoto Institute of Technology, Japan 3-5 An Efficient Matching Algorithm for Segment-Based Stereo Vision Using Dynamic Programming Technique T.Ueshiba*, Y.Kawai*, Y.Sumi* F.Tomita*, and Y.Ishiyama** *Electrotechnical Laboratory, **Stanley Electric Co.,Ltd., Japan 3-6 Improved Disparity Estimation by Matching with an Adaptive Window E.Izquierdo M. Univ. of Essex, UK 3-7 On a High-Speed Hough Transform Algorithm MRHT K.Kato*, T.Endo**, K.Murakami***, T.Toriu** and H.Koshimizu**** *Gifu Univ., **Fijitsu Laboratories Ltd., ***Aichi Pref. Uinv., ****Chukyo Univ.,Japan 3-8 A System for Extracting Aesthetic Information from Architectural Drawings K.Terzidis Univ. of California at Los Angeles, USA 3-9 An Approach to Vehicle Recognition Using Supervised Learning T.Kato and Y.Ninomiya Toyota central R&D Labs., Inc., Japan 3-10 A Method of Robust Seam Feature Detection from Profiles for Robotic Sealing K.Arakawa*, T.Kakizaki* and S.Omyo** *NTT Human Interface Laboratories, **Honda Engineering Co.,Ltd., Japan 3-11 Color Cell Image Segmentation Using Pyramidal Constraint Satisfaction Neural Network F.Kurugollu*, and B.Sankur** *TUBITAK Marmara Research Center, **Bogazici Univ., Turkey 3-12 New Design and Implementation of On-Sensor-Compression T.Hamamoto*, Y.Ohtsuka** and K.Aizawa** *Science Univ. of Tokyo, **Univ. of Tokyo, Japan 3-13 Contour-Based Person Localizaion by 3D Neural Fields and Steerable Filters A.Corradini, U-D.Braumann, H-J.Boehme and H-M.Gross Technical Univ. of Ilmenau, Germany 3-14 A Novel Application of Real-Time Face Tracking and Microphones Array to Pick up Human Voice Remotely and Clearly H.Mizoguchi, T.Shigehara, M.Yokoyama and T.Mishima Saitama Univ., Japan 3-15 Automatic Seal Verification by Calculating Distance Between 2D and 3D Patterns T.Horiuchi* and N.Yamaguchi** *Iwate Prefectural Univ., **Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan 3-16 Detection of Curvilinear Structures Using the Euclidean Distance Transform J-H.Jang and K-S.Hong POSTECH, Korea 3-17 Book Recognition from Color Images of Book Shelves Y.Akiyama and M.Ito Kogakuin Univ., Japan 3-18 Proposal of Query by Short-Time Action Descriptions in a Scene H.Miyamori*, T.Echigo** and S.Iisaku* *Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, **IBM Research, Japan 3-19 A Computed Imaging System Using Wavelets Sampling Model H.Du*, N.Tayama*, M.Daibo*, T.Hasegawa** and K.Seki* *Iwate Univ., **Iwate Industrial Univ., Japan 3-20 Stable Gesture Verification in Eigen Space S.Hiratsuka*, K.Ohba**, S.Kajikawa***, H.Inooka* and K.Tanie** *Tohoku Univ., **Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, ***Miyagi National Collage of Technology, Japan 3-21 Genetic Hough Transform for Curves Detection Y.D.Wang* and N.Funakubo** *Media Drive Corporation, **Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology, Japan 3-22 Automatic Reconstruction of 3D Human Face from CT and Color Photographs A.M.Haider and T.Kaneko Toyohashi Univ. of Technology, Japan 3-23 Optimum Design Parameters of the Classifiers for Omni-Font Machine-Printed Numeral Recognition Based on the Minimum Classification Error Criterion K.Marukawa, K.Nakashima, H.Shinjo Y.Shima and H.Fujisawa Hitachi, Ltd., Japan 3-24 Single Lens Stereo with a Biprism D.H.Lee*, I.S.Kweon** and P.Cipolla** *KAIST, **Univ. of Cambridge, Korea 3-25 Parallel Vision Computing on a Network of Workstation Clusters J.You, A.Sattar and L.Vlavic Griffith Univ.,Australia 3-26 Gradient Estimation in Uncertain Data F.de Jong, L.J.van Vliet and P.P.Jonker Delft Univ. of Technology, Netherlands 3-28 A System for Automated Generation of Deformed Maps H.Honda*, K.Yamamori**, K.Kajita**, and J.Hasegawa* *Chukyo Univ., **Oki Technosystems Laboratory, Inc., Japan 3-29 A Crack Detection Method in Road Surface Images Using Morphology N.Tanaka and K.Uematsu Kobe Univ. of Mercantile Marine, Japan 3-30 A Hierarchical Method of Recognizing Plant Species by Leaf Shapes C.Im*, H.Nishida** and T.L.Kunii*** *Univ. of Tokyo, **Ricoh Co.,Ltd., ***Hosei Univ., Japan 3-32 Fuzzy Logic Based Satellite Image Classification: Generation of Fuzzy Membership Function and Rule from Training Set W.Park and H-K.Lee Institute of Sci. and Tech, Korea Session 5: Factory Automation 16:20-18:00, Tuesday, November 17, 1998 5-1 Hybrid Defect Detection Method Based on Shape Measurement and Feature Extraction for Complex Patterns H.H.Kobayashi, Y.Hara, H.Doi, K.Takai and A.Sumiya Hitachi Ltd., Japan 5-2 Fast Search Algorithms for IC Printed Mark Quality Inspection M-C.Chang*, H-Y.Chen** and C-S.Fuh* *National Taiwan Univ., **Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan 5-3 Feature Extraction for Electronic Equipment Manufacturing P.Marino, M.A.Dominguez Univ. of Vigo, Spain 5-4 A Way to Exploit Highlights in Metallic Environment for Pipes Localization C.Awanzino*, L.Letellier**, J.M.Lavest*, M.Dhome* and C.Faye*** *Univ. Blaise Pascal, **CEA-LETI, ***ENSEA-ETIS, France 5-5 Integrated Techniques for Self-Organisation, Sampling, Habituation, and Motion-Tracking in Visual Robotics Applications M.W.Peters and A.Sowmya Univ. of New South Wales, Australia Session 6: Feature Extraction 9:00-10:20, Wednesday, November 18, 1998 6-1 Contour Tracer for a Fast and Precise Edge-Line Extraction C.Robl, Dr-Ing.G.Farber Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany 6-2 Gray Level Corner Detection H.Wang, Z.Zheng and E.K. Teoh Nanyang Technological Univ., Singapore 6-3 Flexible Features in Texture with Similarity J.Kuan, D.Joyce and P.Lewis Univ. of Southampton, UK 6-4 A Practical Method to Recognize a Flat Object Using a Combination of Intenstity Profiles Y.Okamoto and E.Tanaka Toshiba Corporation, Japan Session 7: Geographic Information System 10:35-12:15, Wednesday, November 18, 1998 7-1 A Map-Based Approach to Extracting Object Information from Aerial Images Y.Ogawa, K.Iwamura and S.Kakumoto Hitachi, Ltd., Japan 7-2 Modeling of Urban Scenes by Aerial Photographs and Simply Reconstructed Buildings K.Kamei*, W.Hoy**, T.Tamada*, K.Seo* *Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, **Univ. of British Columbia, Japan 7-3 3D Reconstruction of Buildings and Vegetation from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Images M.Kirscht and C.Rinke Universitat Hannover, Germany 7-4 Reconstruction Textured Urban 3D Model by Fusing Ground-Based Laser Range Image and CCD Image H.Zhao, R.Shibasaki Univ. of Tokyo, Japan 7-5 Image Sequence Retrieval for Forecasting Weather Radar Echo Pattern K.Otsuka*, T.Horikoshi* and S.Suzuki** *NTT Human Inter face Laboratories, **NTT Multimedia Business Department, Japan Session 8: Poster Session 2 13:15-14:45, Wednesday, November 18, 1998 8-1 Automatic Judgement of Spinal Deformity from Moire Images Employing Asymmetry of Local Centroids Location H.S.Kim*, K.Ishida*, S.Ishikawa* and Y.Ohtsuka** *Kyushu Institute of Technology, **National Sanatorium Chiba Higashi Hospital, Japan 8-2 Cracks and Displacement Feature Extraction of the Concrete Block Surface S-H.Cho, K.Hisatomi and S.Hashimoto Waseda Univ., Japan 8-3 Automatic Prostate Cancer Grading System Based on 3-D Histo-Pathological Images P.S.U.Adiga and B.B.Chaudhuri Indian Statistical Institute, India 8-4 Real time visual servoing around a complex Object F.Berry, P.Martinet and J.Gallice Universite Blaise Pascal de Clermont Ferrand, France 8-5 2-D Non-Separable Wavelet Bases for Texture Classification with Genetic Feature Selection B.Y.Liao*, J.S.Pan*, J.W.Wang**, and L.Hon* *National Kaohsiung Institute of Technology, **National Cheng Kung Univ., Taiwan 8-6 Improvement in Accuracy of Respiration Pattern Detection on Visual Sensing System Y.Miyake*, K.Ishihara*, H.Shinmori*, H.Otsuka*, H.Nakai**, M.Watanabe**, K.Takada***, K.Yamashita**** and T.Araki**** *Ehime Univ., **Toshiba, ***Toshiba Eng., ****Osaka Univ.,Japan 8-7 Localization Based on the Gradient Information for DEM matching D-G.Sim, and R-H.Park Sogang Univ., Korea 8-8 An Efficient Technique for Motion Recovery Based on Multiple Views J.K.Tan, S.Kawabata and S.Ishikawa Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan 8-9 Auto-Calibration of a Rotating and Zooming Camera Y.Seo and K-S.Hong Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology, Korea 8-10 Seafloor Texture Classification with a Multiscale Discriminant Analysis on High Resolution Sonar Images J.Lemoyne, C.Collet French Naval Academy, France 8-11 An Extended Geometric Approach in Active Vision to Detect and Eliminate Specularity in Shiny Colored Objects P.Gunaratne and Y.Sato Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan 8-12 Detection of Crowds of People by Use of Wavelet Features and Parameter Free Statistical Models D.Faulhaber, H.Niemann and P.Weierich Bavarian Research Center for Knowledge Based Systems(Forwiss), Germany 8-13 Orientation and Scale Invariant Text Region Extraction in WWW Images T.Park, D.Kim and K.Chung Soongsil Univ., Korea 8-14 A New Approach to Minimize the Energy of Deformable Contours E.de la Fuente, F.M.Trespaderne and J.R.Peran Univ. of Valladolid, Spain 8-15 Extraction of Character Strings from House Maps T.Simasaki and T.Watanabe Nagoya Univ., Japan 8-16 Acquiring 3D Model of Object by Motion-Stereo C.Wang and K.Sakaue ETL, Japan 8-17 A Morphological Approach to Fish Discrimination Y.Nagashima*, T.Ishimatsu** *Sasebo National College of Technology, **Nagasaki Univ., Japan 8-18 Texture Image Segmentation Using Wavelet Filters and Cellular Neural Network G.Liu and S.Oe Univ. of Tokushima, Japan 8-19 Detection of Building Cahges from Aerial Imageries Through Information Fusion W.Lu, T.Doihara and Y.Matsumoto Asia Air Survey Co.,Ltd., Japan 8-21 Mobile Motion-Tracking System for Rescue Work at Destroyed Buildings T.Matsumoto and Y.Kitagawa Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Industrial Research, Japan 8-22 Error Sources and Error Reduction in Gradient-Based Method with Local Optimization A.Osa, L.Zhang and H.Miike Yamaguchi Univ., Japan 8-23 Cooperative Relaxation Algorithm of Range Images Using Surface Curvatures E-J.Lee*, K-H.Hyun**, G. Min***, K-R. Kwon**** and I-G.Jeong***** *Tongmyong Univ. of Information Technology, **Youngsan Univ., ***KBS, ****Pusan Univ. of Foreign Studies, *****Yecheon Junior College, Korea 8-24 Intensity Calibration for Stereo Images Based on Segment Correspondence Y.Kawai and F.Tomita Electrotechnical Laboratory, Japan 8-25 Robust Extraction of 3D Structures by Fusion of Intensity-Based and Contour-Based Junction Features M.Mokhtari, A.Bubel and R.Bergevin Laval Univ., Canada 8-26 The Automatic Detection and Recognition of Objective Parts in Real-World Building Image J.Haomin and M.Sakauchi Univ. of Tokyo, Japan 8-27 Model Management in the System Generating Vision Inspections M.Krcmar and P.Kodl Rockwell Automation Ltd., Czech Republic 8-28 Smart Ultrasonic Vision System for Mobile Robots R.Kazys, L.Mazeika, R.Sliteris and L.Svilainis Kaunas Univ. of Technology, Lithuania 8-29 Neural Network Based Handwritten Character Recognition for Conflict Resolution K.V.Prema and N.V.S.Reddy Univ. of BDT College of Engineering, India 8-30 Recognizing Buildings in Urban Scene of Distant View P.Liu, K.Ikeuchi and M.Sakauchi Univ. of Tokyo, Japan Session 10: Recognition and Reconstruction 15:35-17:15, Wednesday, November 18, 1998 10-1 Adaptive Color Structured Light D.Caspi, N.Kiryati and J.Shamir Tel Aviv Univ., Israel 10-2 Successive Pose Clustering for Steroscopic Object Recognition T.Shakunaga and T.Ohno Okayama Univ., Japan 10-3 Facet Matching from an Uncalibrated Pair of Images L.Theiler and H.Chabbi Univ. of Fribourg, Switzerland 10-4 3D Fundus Shape Reconstruction and Display From Stereo Fundus Images K.Deguchi, D.Kawamata, K.Mizutani, H.Hontani and K.Wakabayashi Univ. of Tokyo, Japan 10-5 3D Reconstruction of Skin Surface from Image Sequence T.Yamada, H.Saito and S. Ozawa Keio Univ., Japan Session 11: Architecture 9:00-10:40, Thursday, November 19, 1998 11-1 A New Image Sensor with Space Variant Sampling Control on a Focal Plane Y.Ohtsuka, T.Hamamoto, K.Aizawa and M.Hatori Univ. of Tokyo, Japan 11-2 A Light Adaptive 4000 Pixels Analog Silicon Retina for Edge Extraction and Motion Detection G.Sicard*, G.Bouvier* and A.Lelah** *Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, **Centre National d'Etudes des Telecommunications, France 11-3 On the Synthesis of a Controller for Handling Borders in Systolic Architectures for 1-D Discrete Wavelet Transform M.Ferretti and D.Rizzo DIS-Univ. of Pavia, Italy 11-4 Design and Realisation of a Parallel Systolic Architecture Dedicated to Aerial Image Matching E.E.Pissaloux*, F.Le Coat*, P.Bonnin, **A.Tissot***, F.Durbin**** and T.Garie*** *Universite de Paris, **Universite Paris 13, ***DRIF/DCRE/SEM, France 11-5 High Speed 3D Reconstruction by Video Image Pipeline Processing and Division of Spatio-Temporal Space Y.Kameda, T.Taoda, M.Minoh Kyoto Univ., Japan Session 12: Motion 10:50-12:30, Thursday, November 19, 1998 12-1 Pointwise"Flow" from a Variational Principle H.P.Trivedi Defence Evaluation & research agency, UK 12-2 Visual Feature Tracking with Automatic Motion Model Switching P.Tissainayagam and D.Suter, Monash Univ. Australia 12-3 Optical Flow-Based Person Tracking by Multiple Cameras H.Tsutsui, J.Miura and Y.Shirai Osaka Univ., Japan 12-4 Moving Object Detection from MPEG Coded Picture S.Mitsumoto, H.Yuasa and H.Zen Tokyo Univ. of Mercantile Marine, Japan 12-5 Optimal Homography Computation with a Reliability Measure K.Kanatani Gunma Univ., Japan Session 13: Poster Session 3 13:30-15:00, Thursday, November 19, 1998 13-1 A Comparison of Linear Processor Arrays for Image Processing M.van der Molen and P.Jonker Delft Univ. of Technology, Netherland 13-2 Segmentation of Neurons Using Mathematical Morphology A.V.Dias*, C.W.Picanco-Diniz*, S.Gorcon** *Federal Univ. of Para, **Federal Univ. of Sao Carlos, Brazil 13-3 Segmentation of Handwritten Kanji Numerals Integrating Peripheral Information by Bayesian Rule T.Kagehiro, M.Koga, H.Sako and H.Fujisawa Hitachi,Ltd., Japan 13-4 Selection/Substitution of Visual Features for Object Tracking A.Pasqual, K.Aizawa and M.Hatori Univ. of Tokyo, Japan 13-5 An Interface for Visualizing Feature Space in Image Retrieval Y.Musha*, A.Hiroike*, Y.Mori **and A.Sugimoto* *Hitachi Ltd, **RWCP, Japan 13-6 A Novel Multilevel Thresholding Method Based on Finding the Consistent Peak of Correlation Function M.Sezgin*, R.Tacaltin** *Tubitak Marmara Research Center, **Istanbul Technical Univ., Turkey 13-7 Automatic Evaluation of the Appearance of Seam Puckers on Suits Using Fractal Dimensions T.Aibara and T.Mabuchi Hiroshima Institute of Technology, Japan 13-8 Offset Vertical Stereo System for Real-Time Range-Finding to Preceding Vehicles N.Miyazaki*, M.Shiohara*, T.Itoh* and S.Fukuyama** *FUJITSU Laboratories Ltd, **FUJITSU Ten Limited, Japan 13-9 Reconstruction of Measurement Matrices for Recovering Shape and Motion from Long Image Sequences Y-J.Huang and H.Nishida Ricoh Co.Ltd, Japan 13-10 A Driver Behaviour Evaluation System A.B.Martinez, J.P.Arboleda Universitat Politecnica de Cataluna, Spain 13-11 Fast Prototyping of Image Processing Applications Using Functional Skeletons on a MIMD-DM Architecture D.Ginhac, J.Serot and J.P.Derutin Universite Blaise Pascal de Clermont Ferrand, France 13-12 Image-based Control of Robot and Target Object Motions by Eigen Space Method I.Takahashi and K.Deguchi Univ. of Tokyo, Japan 13-13 XR-US Data Fusion for Non-Destructive Evaluation of Steel Components M.Ancis, A.Campus, D.D.Giusto and F.Tintrup Univ. of Cagliari, Italy 13-14 Matching of 3D Graphs for Human Motion Analysis C.Yaniz and J.Rocha Univ. of the Balearic Islands, Spain 13-15 An Algorithm for Reducing Text Line Candidates of Incorrect Orientation H.Goto and H.Aso Tohoku Univ., Japan 13-16 Curve Extraction Using Genetic Algorithm Based on Closeness and Continuity in Perceptive Grouping Factors F.Saitoh Iwate Prefectural Univ., Japan 13-17 A Slanted Ellipse Detection by a Circle Detecting Hough Transform Using a Pair of Arcs Y.Asayama and M.Shiono Okayama Univ. of Science, Japan 13-18 A Method of Counting the Passing People by Using the Method of the Template Matching K.Terada and N.Kurokawa University of Tokushima, Japan 13-19 Hierarchical Dictionary Constructing Method for the Parametric Eigenspace Method T.Abe* and T.Nakamura** *Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Hokuriku, **NTT Software Laboratories, Japan 13-20 Average Grain Size Determination Using Mathematical Morphology and Texture Analysis H.Rautio and O.Silven Infotech Oulu, Finland 13-21 A Range Finder by Using a Rotary Cubic Mirror K.Terada*, D.Yoshida * and J.Yamaguchi** *Univ.of Tokushima, **Sogo Security Service Co.,Ltd, Japan 13-22 Enhancement of 3D Information Acquisition from 2D Spatio-Temporal Image C.Li, K.Ikeuchi and M.Sakauchi Univ. of Tokyo, Japan 13-23 Recognition of 3-D Object Shape and Forward Moving Distance by Monocular Motion Stereo for Mobile Robot Y.Suga and N.Ohmori Keio Univ., Japan 13-24 3-D Objects Mapping Using Model and Image Based Approach T.Shoji, E.Iwanari and Y.Okada Ryukoku Univ., Japan 13-25 Relaxation Algorithm for Detection of Face Outline and Eye Locations H-J.Lee, D-G.Sim and R-H.Park Sogang Univ., Korea 13-26 Thin Film Magnetic Head Wafer Inspection Technique Using Geometrical Feature Based Image Comparison A.Shimoda, H.Iwata, Y.Shibata and H.Ikeda Hitachi Ltd., Japan 13-27 Design and Implementation of Real Time System for Object Detection and Classification on Parallel Virtual Machine T.L.Mengko, T.Adiono, H.Setyawan, R.Setiadarma and D.A.Hudiansyah Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia 13-28 Localization of Objects in Noisy Scenes for Robotics Applications Using Wigner Distribution V.G.Vaidya and R.Kaushal Siemens Information Systems Ltd., India 13-29 Vehicle Identification System by Automated Korean License Plate Reading Y-K.Choi*, T-H.Cho** *LG Industrial Systems R&D Center, **Korea Univ. of Technology, Korea 13-30 Model Driven 3-D Shape Reconstruction by Matching Synthesized Images with Actual Images H.Matsui*, Y.Nomura **and S.Fujii*** *Nagoya Uniy., **Mie Univ., ***Dido Institute of Technology, Japan 13-31 A Competitive Learning Algorithm for Color-Based Image Retrieval M.Aitkbir, M.Jbilou and R.Benslimane Universite Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Morroco 13-32 Registration of Complex Free-Form Objects from 3D Image Edge Using the Hausdorff Distance A.Escobar and D.Laurendeau Laval Univ., Canada Session 15: Face, Gesture and Signature 15:50-17:20, Thursday, November 19, 1998 15-1 Online Gesture Recognition Using Predicative Statistical Feature Extraction and Multivariate Analysis B.Raytchev*, O.Hasgawa** and N.Otsu* *Tsukuba Univ., **ETL, Japan 15-2 Vision-based Interpretation of Hand Gestures by Modeling Appearance Changes in Image Sequences Y.Zhu, Y.Huang, G.Xu, H.Ren and Z.Wen Tsinghua Univ., China 15-3 Learning Models of Animal Behaviour for a Robotic Sheepdog N.Sumpter*, A.J.Bulpitt*, R.Vaughan**, R.D.Tillett** and R.D.Boyle* *Univ. of Leeds, **Silsoe Reserch Institute, UK 15-4 Illumination Invariant Face Recognition Using Photometric Stereo S.C.Kee*, S.U.Lee *and K.M.Lee** *Seoul National Univ., **Hong-IK Univ., Korea