视频图像中维吾尔文字的识别研究

提出了从复杂背景视频图像中提取文字并识别的一套算法,利用自适应迭代算法提取视频中维吾尔文字,针对维吾尔文字的一些特点,利用合适的预处理方法保留维吾尔文字中的各种点及特殊笔画,同时有效地消除了复杂背景带来的噪声。考虑维吾尔文字书写的特点,利用滑动窗口法提取文字特征避免了文字分割,将产生的特征向量输入到隐马尔可夫模型（Hidden Morkov Model）中进行训练和识别。     

Effective technique for the recognition of offline Arabic handwritten words using hidden Markov models

In this paper, we present a novel segmentation-free Arabic handwriting recognition system based on hidden Markov model (HMM). Two main contributions are introduced: a new technique for dividing the image into nonuniform horizontal segments to extract the features and a new technique for solving the problems of the skewing of characters by fusing multiple HMMs. Moreover, two enhancements are introduced: the pre-processing method and feature extraction using concavity space. The proposed system first pre-processes the input image by setting the thickness of the input word to three pixels and fixing the spacing between the different parts of the word. The input image is divided into constant number of nonuniform horizontal segments depending on the distribution of the foreground pixels. A set of robust features representing the gradient of the foreground pixels is extracted using sliding windows. The input image is decomposed into several images representing the vertical, horizontal, left diagonal and right diagonal edges in the image. A set of robust features representing the densities of the foreground pixels in the various edge images is extracted using sliding windows. The proposed system builds character HMM models and learns word HMM models using embedded training. Besides the vertical sliding window, two slanted sliding windows are used to extract the features. Three different HMMs are used: one for the vertical sliding window and two for the slanted windows. A fusion scheme is used to combine the three HMMs. The proposed system is very promising and outperforms all the other Arabic handwriting recognition systems reported in the literature.     

基于边缘检测的图像分割方法及其在机器鱼中的应用

针对仿生机器鱼在目标识别、追踪任务中的需求，结合基于阈值的图像分割算法和基于Sobel算子的边缘检测技术，给出了一种基于目标图像阈值自适应调整策略的图像分割方法．克服了基于固定阈值的图像分割算法不能适应环境光照变化的缺点．该方法应用于仿生机器鱼的水下目标识别任务中，实验结果表明了该方法是有效的．     

高性能的车牌识别系统

描述了一个车辆牌照识别系统.该系统首先利用车辆位置传感器和图像采集卡来自动获取车辆图像并传输至计算机,然后识别车牌字符.结合网络技术,特定车牌信息和车辆图像可以很方便地从远端检索到.文中介绍了该系统的结构及工作流程,以及两种字符的识别方法:基于PCA-LSM的有限中文字符识别方法和基于结构特征分析的字母及数字字符识别方法.在实际应用环境下,该系统的日间整体识别率超过97%,夜间整体识别率超过95%.     

A data mining approach to face detection

In this paper, we propose a novel face detection method based on the MAFIA algorithm. Our proposed method consists of two phases, namely, training and detection. In the training phase, we first apply Sobel's edge detection operator, morphological operator, and thresholding to each training image, and transform it into an edge image. Next, we use the MAFIA algorithm to mine the maximal frequent patterns from those edge images and obtain the positive feature pattern. Similarly, we can obtain the negative feature pattern from the complements of edge images. Based on the feature patterns mined, we construct a face detector to prune non-face candidates. In the detection phase, we apply a sliding window to the testing image in different scales. For each sliding window, if the slide window passes the face detector, it is considered as a human face. The proposed method can automatically find the feature patterns that capture most of facial features. By using the feature patterns to construct a face detector, the proposed method is robust to races, illumination, and facial expressions. The experimental results show that the proposed method has outstanding performance in the MIT-CMU dataset and comparable performance in the BioID dataset in terms of false positive and detection rate.     

车辆牌照定位算法研究

车牌定位是车牌自动识别系统中的一个关键问题。提出了一种简单高效的车牌定位算法。在分析车牌图像的特征后，先利用一系列图像处理，然后进行模糊模板匹配，最后对匹配到的车辆牌照候选区分别加以验证，即得到确切的车辆牌照子图像区域，大量实验数据和现场测试证明，车辆牌照图像定位准确率达96％，取得了很好的系统性能和实效。     

基于PCNN的多尺度对比度塔图像融合算法

基于脉冲耦合神经网络(PCNN)的基本原理,提出了一种新型的图像融合算法。新算法在对源图像进行多尺度对比度金字塔分解的基础上,将多尺度对比度金字塔作为PCNN的输入,利用PCNN的全局耦合特性和脉冲同步特性进行对比度选择以实现图像融合。新算法利用了源图像的全局特征,符合人的视觉神经系统的生理学特性,实验结果表明了新型融合算法的有效性。     

Combining Entropy Optimization and Sobel Operator for Medical Image Fusion

Fusing medical images is a topic of interest in processing medical images. This is achieved to through fusing information from multimodality images for the purpose of increasing the clinical diagnosis accuracy. This fusion aims to improve the image quality and preserve the specific features. The methods of medical image fusion generally use knowledge in many different fields such as clinical medicine, computer vision, digital imaging, machine learning, pattern recognition to fuse different medical images. There are two main approaches in fusing image, including spatial domain approach and transform domain approachs. This paper proposes a new algorithm to fusion multimodal images. This algorithm is based on Entropy optimization and the Sobel operator. Wavelet transform is used to split the input images into components over the low and high frequency domains. Then, two fusion rules are used for obtaining the fusing images. The first rule, based on the Sobel operator, is used for high frequency components. The second rule, based on Entropy optimization by using Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm, is used for low frequency components. Proposed algorithm is implemented on the images related to central nervous system diseases. The experimental results of the paper show that the proposed algorithm is better than some recent methods in term of brightness level, the contrast, the entropy, the gradient and visual information fidelity for fusion (VIFF), Feature Mutual Information (FMI) indices.     

Blind single image super resolution with low computational complexity

This paper proposes a single image super resolution algorithm with the aim of satisfying three desirable characteristics, namely, high quality of the produced images, adaptability to image contents and unknown blurring conditions used to generate given input images, and low computational complexity. After the given input image is up-scaled using a conventional reconstruction operator, the missing high frequency components estimated from lower resolution versions of the input image are added for improved quality and, moreover, the amount of the high frequency components to be added is adaptively determined. No computationally intensive operation is involved in the whole process, which makes the method computationally cheap. Experimental results show that the proposed method yields good subjective and objective image quality consistently across different blurring conditions and contents, and operates fast in comparison to existing state-of-the-art algorithms. In addition, it is also demonstrated that the proposed method can be used in combination with the existing algorithms in order to improve further their performance in terms of image quality.

     

The quotient image: class-based re-rendering and recognition withvarying illuminations

The paper addresses the problem of “class-based” image-based recognition and rendering with varying illumination. The rendering problem is defined as follows: Given a single input image of an object and a sample of images with varying illumination conditions of other objects of the same general class, re-render the input image to simulate new illumination conditions. The class-based recognition problem is similarly defined: Given a single image of an object in a database of images of other objects, some of them multiply sampled under varying illumination, identify (match) any novel image of that object under varying illumination with the single image of that object in the database. We focus on Lambertian surface classes and, in particular, the class of human faces. The key result in our approach is based on a definition of an illumination invariant signature image which enables an analytic generation of the image space with varying illumination. We show that a small database of objects-in our experiments as few as two objects-is sufficient for generating the image space with varying illumination of any new object of the class from a single input image of that object. In many cases, the recognition results outperform by far conventional methods and the re-rendering is of remarkable quality considering the size of the database of example images and the mild preprocess required for making the algorithm work     

可变光照条件下的人脸图像识别

对于人脸图像识别中光照变化的影响,传统的解决方法是对待识别图像进行光照补偿,先使它成为标准光照条件下的图像,然后和模板图像匹配来进行识别。为了提高在光照条件大范围变化时,人脸图像的识别率,提出了一种新的可变光照条件下的人脸图像识别方法。该方法首先利用在9个基本光照方向下分别获得的9幅图像来构成人脸光照特征空间,再通过这个光照特征空间,将图像库中的人脸图像变换成与待识别图像具有相同光照条件的图像,并将其作为模板图像;然后利用特征脸方法进行识别。实验结果表明,这种方法不仅能够有效地解决人脸识别中由于光照变化影响所造成的识别率下降的问题,而且对于光照条件大范围变化的情况,也可以得到比较高的正确识别率。     

基于Uniform LBP和DMMA的单样本人脸识别

在单样本人脸识别系统中,为了获得更好的人脸面部特征,提出了一种融合Uniform LBP特征和多流形判别分析（Discriminative Multi-Manifold Analysis,DMMA）的特征提取方法。对每幅人脸图像进行分块构成一个子集。使用统一局部二值模式（Uniform LBP）算子提取每个子集中图像的直方图,每个子集中的直方图形成一个统计流形,应用DMMA算法获得人脸图像的低维特征。采用基于重建的流形-流形间的距离识别未知的人脸图像。在AR数据库和ORL数据库上实验结果表明,该算法的识别性能优于一般的DMMA算法。     

强噪声车牌图像中的字符识别

当字符图像受到噪声污染，甚至发生缺损、污染时，会增加车牌识别系统（LPR）准确识别的难度。在图像处理方面，提出了一种改进的全局动态二值化法，即有效减弱了光照不均的影响。又保证了较快的处理速度。此外，直接对二值图像进行噪声滤除比灰度图像的噪声滤除响应速度更快。在文字识别方面，将处理好的字符图像经过模板匹配进行初次分类，然后将图像分成4个子区域并赋予不同的权值。通过特征区权值模板进行精确判别，以提高车牌字符的整体识别率。实验数据分析表明，该识别方法有很强的抗噪声能力，且识别速度较快。     

A novel framework for automatic 3D face recognition using quality assessment

The quality of biometric samples plays an important role in biometric authentication systems because it has a direct impact on verification or identification performance. In this paper, we present a novel 3D face recognition system which performs quality assessment on input images prior to recognition. More specifically, a reject option is provided to allow the system operator to eliminate the incoming images of poor quality, e.g. failure acquisition of 3D image, exaggerated facial expressions, etc.. Furthermore, an automated approach for preprocessing is presented to reduce the number of failure cases in that stage. The experimental results show that the 3D face recognition performance is significantly improved by taking the quality of 3D facial images into account. The proposed system achieves the verification rate of 97.09% at the False Acceptance Rate (FAR) of 0.1% on the FRGC v2.0 data set.     

一种基于边缘特征的海岸线检测方法

针对遥感图像中灰度特征的不稳定性，尤其是SAR（合成孔径雷达）图像中水陆灰度的弱对比性，提出一种利用相对稳定的边缘特征进行海岸线检测的新方法。该方法首先用Roberts算子提取海岸区域图像的梯度，并进行自动阈值分割，进而用轮廓跟踪的方法得到海岸线的粗略位置。借鉴主动轮廓的思想，设计一种轮廓逼近的方法，根据遥感图像的梯度强度对粗略的海岸线进行调整，最终得到精确的海岸线。实验表明这种方法在检测精度和抑制海域内干扰等方面都能达到令人满意的效果。     

Face recognition under varying illumination

To eliminate the effects of illumination variation, the conventional approaches firstly produce a compensation-based face image under standard illumination from the input image and then match the image with the face templates in a database. This method is not inapplicable to the input image with large illumination variation. Therefore, a novel method for varying illumination conditions is proposed. Firstly, the quotient image method is improved. Then, the nine basis images of each subject are generated by the improved quotient image method. Thirdly, one new image of each subject under the same lighting conditions with an input image is synthesized by the corresponding basis images. Finally, the synthetic images and the input image are projected to PCA plane to fulfill the recognition task. The experimental results show that the proposed approach can eliminate the effects of illumination variation and have a high recognition rate in the illumination conditions with remarkable changes.     

基于图像分块与特征融合的户外图像天气识别

在视频监控及智能交通等领域,雾、雨、雪等恶劣天气会严重影响视频图像能见度,因此快速识别出当前的天气情况,并自适应地对监控视频进行清晰化处理极为重要.针对传统天气识别方法效果差以及天气图像数据集缺乏的问题,构建了一个多类别天气图像分块数据集,并提出了一种基于图像分块与特征融合的天气识别算法.该算法基于传统方法提取平均梯度...     

车牌识别系统研究与实现

车牌识别(LPR)系统是智能交通系统中的重要组成部分,该系统分为车牌定位、字符切分和字符识别3个模块。文中基于数学形态学方法和边缘特征分析来进行车牌定位,接着进行二值化、引入多指标联合评价函数判断反色等处理,然后基于连通体分析的方法切分字符。实验表明该系统设计方法是可行的。     

基于颜色和纹理分析的车牌定位方法

针对复杂背景的车牌定位问题，提出了一种颜色和纹理分析相结合的车牌定位算法。该算法采用基于适合彩色图象相似性比较的HSV颜色模型，首先在颜色空间进行距离和相似度计算；然后对输入图象进行颜色分割，只有满足车牌颜色特性的区域，才进入下一步的处理；最后再利用纹理及结构特征对分割出的颜色区域进行分析和进一步判断，并确定车牌区域。该方法不同于大多数的车牌定位方法，它不仅对车牌的大小、汽车在图象中的位置以及图象背景的限制较少，而且，综合特征定位要比单一特征定位更符合人的视觉要求，因而定位效果更好，应用范围更广。