Keywords

computer vision, pattern recognition, object detection

Abstract

Detecting curved objects against cluttered backgrounds is a hard problem in computer vision. We present new low-level and mid-level features to function in these environments. The low-level features are fast to compute, because they employ an integral image approach, which makes them especially useful in real-time applications. The mid-level features are built from low-level features, and are optimized for curved object detection. The usefulness of these features is tested by designing an object detection algorithm using these features. Object detection is accomplished by transforming the mid-level features into weak classifiers, which then produce a strong classifier using AdaBoost. The resulting strong classifier is then tested on the problem of detecting heads with shoulders. On a database of over 500 images of people, cropped to contain head and shoulders, and with a diverse set of backgrounds, the detection rate is 90% while the false positive rate on a database of 500 negative images is less than 2%.

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Graduation Date

2008

Advisor

daVitoria Lobo, Niels J.

Degree

Master of Science (M.S.)

College

College of Engineering and Computer Science

Department

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Degree Program

Computer Science

Format

application/pdf

Identifier

CFE0002102

URL

http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0002102

Language

English

Release Date

June 2008

Length of Campus-only Access

None

Access Status

Masters Thesis (Open Access)

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