Parameterized Modeling and Recognition of Activities

Yaser Yacoob, Michael J. Black
1999 Computer Vision and Image Understanding  
A f r a m e w o r k f o r m o d e l i n g a n d recognition o f t e mporal activities is proposed. T h e m o d e l i n g o f s e t s of e x e m p l a r activities is achieved by p a r a m e t e r i zi n g t h e i r r e p r e s e n t a t i o n in t h e f o r m o f p r i n c i p a l c o m p o n e n t s . R e c o g n i t i o n o f spatio-temporal varia n t s of modeled activities is achieved b y p a r a m et e r i z i n g t h e ,search in t h e space of admissible transf o r m a t i o n s t h a t
more » ... h e activities c a n undergo. E x p e r im e n t s o n recognition of articulated a n d deformable object m o t i o n f r o m i m a g e m o t i o n p a r a m e t e r s are presented.
doi:10.1006/cviu.1998.0726 fatcat:xmmtucbovnd3pk4c26im3xinfi