Computer Vision for Human-Machine Interaction

by Edited by Roberto Cipolla , Alex Pentland

• ISBN13: 9780521622530
• ISBN10: 0521622530
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-07-13
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Recent advances in the field of computer vision are leading to novel and radical changes in the way we interact with computers. It will soon be possible to enable a computer linked to a video camera to detect the presence of users, track faces, arms and hands in real time, and analyze expressions and gestures. The implications for interface design are immense and are expected to have major repercussions for all areas where computers are used, from the work place to recreation. This book collects ideas and algorithms from the world's leading scientists, offering a glimpse of the radical changes around the corner that will alter the way we interact with computers in the near future.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Out of Sight, Out of Mind	vii	(2)
N. Negroponte
Preface	ix
Part one: New Interfaces and Novel Applications	1	(110)
1 Smart Rooms: Machine Understanding of Human Behavior	3	(20)
A.P. Pentland
2 GestureComputer -- History, Design and Applications	23	(30)
C. Maggioni
B. Kammerer
3 Human Reader: A Vision-Based Man-Machine Interface	53	(30)
K. Mase
4 Visual Sensing of Humans for Active Public Interfaces	83	(14)
K. Waters
J. Rehg
M. Loughlin
S.B. Kang
D. Terzopoulos
5 A Human-Robot Interface using Pointing with Uncalibrated Stereo Vision	97	(14)
R. Cipolla
N.J. Hollinghurst
Part two: Tracking Human Action	111	(78)
6 Tracking Faces	113	(10)
A.H. Gee
R. Cipolla
7 Towards Automated, Real-time, Facial Animation	123	(12)
D. Bascle
A. Blake
J. Morris
8 Interfacing through Visual Pointers	135	(20)
C. Colombo
A. Del Bimbo
S. De Magistris
9 Monocular Tracking of the Human Arm in 3D	155	(16)
E. Di Bernardo
L. Goncalves
P. Perona
10 Looking at People in Action -- An Overview	171	(18)
Y. Yacoob
L. Davis
M. Black
D. Gavrila
T. Horprasert
C. Morimoto
Part three: Gesture Recognition and Interpretation	189	(124)
11 A Framework for Gesture Generation and Interpretation	191	(26)
J. Cassell
12 Model-Based Interpretation of Faces and Hand Gestures	217	(18)
C.J. Taylor
A. Lanitis
T.F. Cootes
G. Edwards
T. Ahmad
13 Recognition of Hand Signs from Complex Backgrounds	235	(32)
J.J. Weng
Y. Cui
14 Probabilistic Models of Verbal and Body Gestures	267	(24)
C. Bregler
S.M. Omohundro
M. Covell
M. Slaney
S. Ahmad
D.A. Forsyth
J.A. Feldman
15 Looking at Human Gestures	291	(22)
M. Yachida
Y. Iwai
Acknowledgements	313	(4)
Bibliography	317	(28)
List of contributors	345