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IRIS Projects
Video Demonstrations and Selected Publications

Gesture Recognition

• Hand gesture recognition system (Daniel Heckenberg)
• Letter gesture recognition (Nianjun Liu)

Selected Publications

• Liu, Nianjun and Davis, Richard I. A. and Lovell, Brian C. and Kootsookos, Peter J. (2004) Effect of Initial HMM Choices in Multiple Sequence Training for Gesture Recognition. In Proceedings International Conference on Information Technology, 5-7 April 1, pages 608-613, Las Vegas.
• Liu, Nianjun and Lovell, Brian C. (2003) Gesture Classification Using Hidden Markov Models and Viterbi Path Counting. In Sun, C. and Talbot, H. and Ourselin, S. and Adriaansen, T., Eds. Proceedings Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Appications, 10-12 December 1, pages 273-282, Sydney.
• Liu, Nianjun and Lovell, Brian C. and Kootsookos, Peter J. (2003) Evaluation of HMM Training Algorithms for Letter Hand Gesture Recognition. In Proceedings IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology, 14-17 December 1(1), pages WA4-7, Darmstadt.
• Lovell, Brian C. and Heckenberg, Daniel (2002) Low-Cost Real-Time Gesture Recognition. In Proceedings ACCV2002, 22-25 January, 2002, pages 336-341.
• Liu, Nianjun and Lovell, Brian C. (2001) MMX-Accelerated Real-Time Hand Tracking System. In Proceedings IVCNZ 2001, 26-28 November, 2001, pages 381-385, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Virtual Tourism and Visualization

• 3D virtual tour of UQ campus (Margot Tidey) jointly with Urban Landscape Lab
• 3D virtual tour of lamington plateau (Margot Tidey) jointly with Urban Landscape Lab
• Virtual tour of ITEE (Brian Lovell and Margot Tidey) (use with IE or Netscape 6.2)

Sports Analysis

• Cricket ball tracking  Java 3D application (Vaughan Clarkson)
• Golfer head tracking with Condensation algorithm (Andrew Smith)
• Demonstration video of golfer tracking with training advice (Andrew Smith)
• Tracking golfer in 3D using articulated model (Andrew Smith)

Selected Publications

• Smith, Andrew W. B. and Lovell, Brian C. (2003) Autonomous Sports Training from Visual Cues. In Lovell, Brian C. and Campbell, Duncan A. and Fookes, Clinton B. and Maeder, Anthony J., Eds. Proceedings Australian and New Zealand Intelligent Information Systems, 10-12 December 1(1), pages 279-284, Sydney.

Video Coding

• Image stabilization for rotating cameras (Shaokang Chen)
• Low bit-rate coding for videoconferencing (Ben Appleton)
• 32kbps video
• 11kbps video
• 600bps audio (LPC)

Tracking

• Real time Hausdorff tracking (David Vignon and Robert Andrews)
  • Text tracking
  • Hand tracking
  • Skier tracking
  • Walking Man tracking
• Object detection and tracking using vector quantisation (Christian Walder)
• Multiple object detection and tracking using vector quantisation (Christian Walder)
• Detecting pedestrians and bicycles with customised Viola Jones detectors (Florian Seitner)
• Pedestrians
• More pedestrians
• Pedestrians and bicycles

Selected Publications

• Vignon, D. and Lovell, Brian C. and Andrews, Robert J. (2002) General Purpose Real-Time Object Tracking using Hausdorff Transforms. In Proceedings IPMU2002, pages 1-6, Annency, France.
• Walder, Christian J. and Lovell, Brian C. (2002) Face and Object Recognition and Detection Using Colour Vector Quantisation. In Chandran, V, Eds. Proceedings Workshop on Signal Processing and its Applications, December 17-18 1(1), pages 27-30, Brisbane.
• Chen, Shaokang and Lovell, Brian C. (2001) Real-Time MMX-Accelerated Image Stabilization System. In Proceedings IVCNZ2001, 26-28 November, 2001, pages 163-168, Dunedin, New Zealand.
• Liu, Nianjun and Lovell, Brian C. (2001) MMX-Accelerated Real-Time Hand Tracking System. In Proceedings IVCNZ 2001, 26-28 November, 2001, pages 381-385, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Vehicle and Traffic Applications

• Real-Time numberplate detection using fast marching algorithm and Level Sets (Jenna Appleton)
• Hierarchical Object Detection - Traffic Signs (Craig Northway)
• Hierarchical Traffic Sign Detection - on the road (Craig Northway)
• Hierarchical Object Detection - Letters  NY  HV (Craig Northway)
• Real-time numberplate recognition (Vincent Teo and Jenna Appleton)
• (long version) Real-time numberplate recognition (Vincent Teo and Jenna Appleton)
• Numberplate detection on Dutch plates in parking station (Vincent Teo)

Medical Applications of Level Set Segmentation

• MRI beating heart image segmentation using geodesic level sets (Ben Appleton)
• Segmentation of single lung using level sets (Ben Appleton)
• 3D volumetric segmentation of lung using level sets (Ben Appleton)
• 3D volumetric segmentation of hippocampus from MRI images (David McKinnon and Ben Appleton)

Selected Publications

• Hinrichs, Enrico and Appleton, Ben and Lovell, Brian C. and Galloway, Graham John (2003) Autonomous Direct 3D Segmentation of Articular Knee Cartilage. In Lovell, Brian C. and Campbell, Duncan A. and Fookes, Clinton B. and Maeder, Anthony J., Eds. Proceedings Australian and New Zealand Intelligent Information Systems, 10-12 December 1(1), pages 417-420, Sydney.

3D Multi View Reconstruction

• 3D face reconstruction from stereo images (Alex Wang)
• Efficient Methods for 3D Reconstruction from Multiple Images - PhD Thesis Webpage (Carlos Leung)
• Multi-view 3D reconstruction (Carlos Leung and Ben Appleton)
• Texture mapped 3D reconstruction (Carlos Leung)
• Embedded voxel colouring (Carlos Leung and Ben Appleton)

Selected Publications

• Leung, Carlos W. Y. and Appleton, Ben and Sun, Changming (2003) Embedded Voxel Colouring. In Sun, Changming and Talbot, Hugues and Ourselin, Sebastien and Adriaansen, Tony, Eds. Proceedings Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications, 10 December, 2003 2, pages 623-632, Sydney.
• Leung, Carlos and Lovell, Brian C. (2003) 3D Reconstruction through Segmentation of Multi-View Image Sequences. In Lovell, Brian C. and Maeder, Anthony J., Eds. Proceedings Workshop on Digital Image Computing, 7 February, 2003 1(1), pages 87-92, Brisbane.
• McKinnon, David N. and Lovell, Brian C. (2003) Towards Closed Form Solutions to the Multiview Constraints of Curves and Surfaces. In Sun, C. and Talbot, H. and Ourselin, S. and Adriaansen, T., Eds. Proceedings Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Appications, 10- 12 December, pages 519-528, Sydney.
• McKinnon, David and Jones, Barry and Lovell, Brian C. (2003) A Closed Form Solution to the Reconstruction and Multi-View Constraints of the Degree d Apparent Contour. In Lovell, Brian C. and Maeder, Anthony J., Eds. Proceedings Workshop on Digital Image Computing, 7 February, 2003 1(1), pages 145-148, Brisbane.
• McKinnon, David and Jones, Barry and Lovell, Brian C. (2003) Polytopes, Feasible Regions and Occlusions in the n-view Reconstruction Problem. In Lovell, Brian C. and Maeder, Anthony J., Eds. Proceedings Workshop on Digital Image Computing, 7 February, 2003 1(1), pages 77-82, Brisbane.

Hidden Markov Models

Selected Publications

• Liu, Nianjun and Davis, Richard I. A. and Lovell, Brian C. and Kootsookos, Peter J. (2004) Effect of Initial HMM Choices in Multiple Sequence Training for Gesture Recognition. In Proceedings International Conference on Information Technology, 5-7 April 1, pages 608-613, Las Vegas.
• Davis, Richard I. A. and Lovell, Brian C. (2003) Comparing and Evaluating HMM Ensemble Training Algorithms Using Train and Test and Condition Number Criteria. Pattern Analysis and Applications(6):327-336.
• Davis, Richard I. A. and Lovell, Brian C. (2003) Improved Ensemble Training for Hidden Markov Models using Random Relative Node Permutations. In Lovell, Brian C. and Maeder, Anthony J., Eds. Proceedings Workshop on Digital Image Computing, 7 February, 2003 1(1), pages 83-86, Brisbane.
• Liu, Nianjun and Lovell, Brian C. (2003) Gesture Classification Using Hidden Markov Models and Viterbi Path Counting. In Sun, C. and Talbot, H. and Ourselin, S. and Adriaansen, T., Eds. Proceedings Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Appications, 10-12 December 1, pages 273-282, Sydney.
• Liu, Nianjun and Lovell, Brian C. and Kootsookos, Peter J. (2003) Evaluation of HMM Training Algorithms for Letter Hand Gesture Recognition. In Proceedings IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology, 14-17 December 1(1), pages WA4-7, Darmstadt.
• Lovell, Brian C. (2003) Hidden Markov Models for Spatio-Temporal Pattern Recognition and Image Segmentation. In Mukherjee, Dipti Prasad and Pal, Srimanta, Eds. Proceedings International Conference on Advances in Pattern Recognition, 10-13 December 1(1), pages 60-65, Calcutta.
• Walder, Christian J. and Kootsookos, Peter J. and Lovell, Brian C. (2003) Towards a Maximum Entropy Method for Estimating HMM Parameters. In Lovell, Brian C. and Maeder, Anthony J, Eds. Proceedings Workshop on Digital Image Computing, February 7, 2003 1(1), pages 45-49, Brisbane.
• Davis, Richard I. A. and Lovell, Brian C. and Caelli, Terry (2002) Improved Estimation of Hidden Markov Model Parameters from Multiple Observation Sequences. In Kasturi, R. and Laurendeau, D. and Suen, C., Eds. Proceedings International Conference on Pattern Recognition, August 11-14 II, pages 168-171, Quebec City, Canada.
• Davis, Richard I. A. and Walder, Christian J. and Lovell, Brian C. (2002) Improved Classification Using Hidden Markov Averaging From Multiple Observation Sequences. In Proceedings WOSPA 2002, December 17-18, pages 89-93, Brisbane.

Face Recognition and Detection

• Face Detection Using Viola Jones Algorithm (Ting Shan)
• Multi Person Real Time Face Recognition (Ting Shan)
• Illumination Invariant Face Recognition (Shaokang Chen)
• Expression Invariant Face Recognition (Shaokang Chen)
• Illumination Invariant Face Recognition over Asian Face Database (Shaokang Chen)
• Expression Invariant Face Recognition over Asian Face Database (Shaokang Chen)

Selected Publications

• Lovell, Brian C. and Chen, Shaokang (2005) Robust Face Recognition for Data Mining , in Wang, John, Eds. Encyclopedia of Data Warehousing and Mining, pages 965-972. Idea Group.
• Shan, Ting and Lovell, Brian C. and Chen, Shaokang (2005) Person Location Service on the Planetary Sensor Network. In Lovell, Brian C. and Maeder, Anthony J., Eds. APRS Workshop on Digital Image Computing, 21 February, 2005 1(1), pages 151-156, Brisbane
• Chen, Shaokang and Lovell, Brian C. (2003) Face Recognition with One Sample Image per Class. In Lovell, Brian C. and Campbell, Duncan A. and Fookes, Clinton B. and Maeder, Anthony J., Eds. Proceedings Australian and New Zealand Intelligent Information Systems, 10-12 December 1(1), pages 83-88, Sydney.
• Chen, Shaokang and Lovell, Brian C. and Sai, Sun (2002) Face Recognition with APCA in Variant Illuminations. In Chandran, V., Eds. Proceedings Workshop on Signal Processing and its Applications, 17-18 December 1(1), pages 9-12, Brisbane.

Mobile Phone Applications

• Mobile Phone Bar Code Reader (Melissa Brown)