Computer Vision and Action Recognition A Guide for Image Processing and Computer Vision Community for Action Understanding /

• Main Author: Ahad, Md. Atiqur Rahman (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Paris : Atlantis Press, 2011.
• Series: Atlantis Ambient and Pervasive Intelligence, 5
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer graphics.; Image processing.; Pattern recognition.; Computer-aided engineering.; Computer Science.; Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics.; Image Processing and Computer Vision.; Pattern Recognition.; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design.

Human action analyses and recognition are challenging problems due to large variations in human motion and appearance, camera viewpoint and environment settings. The field of action and activity representation and recognition is relatively old, yet not well-understood by the students and research co...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Low-level Image Processing for Action Representations
• Action Representation Approaches
• MHI – A Global-based Generic Approach
• Shape Representation and Feature Vector Analysis
• Action Datasets.-Challenges Ahead.