Departmental Papers (CIS)
Date of this Version
2007
Document Type
Conference Paper
Recommended Citation
Timothee Cour and Jianbo Shi, "Recognizing objects by piecing together the Segmentation Puzzle", . January 2007.
Abstract
We present an algorithm that recognizes objects of a given category using a small number of hand segmented images as references. Our method first over segments an input image into superpixels, and then finds a shortlist of optimal combinations of superpixels that best fit one of template parts, under affine transformations. Second, we develop a contextual interpretation of the parts, gluing image segments using top-down fiducial points, and checking overall shape similarity. In contrast to previous work, the search for candidate superpixel combinations is not exponential in the number of segments, and in fact leads to a very efficient detection scheme. Both the storage and the detection of templates only require space and time proportional to the length of the template boundary, allowing us to store potentially millions of templates, and to detect a template anywhere in a large image in roughly 0.01 seconds. We apply our algorithm on the Weizmann horse database, and show our method is comparable to the state of the art while offering a simpler and more efficient alternative compared to previous work.
Date Posted: 16 July 2012
Comments
Timothee Cour and Jianbo Shi,IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2007
Digital Object Identifier : 10.1109/CVPR.2007.383051
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