117 research outputs found
Learning and Matching Multi-View Descriptors for Registration of Point Clouds
Critical to the registration of point clouds is the establishment of a set of
accurate correspondences between points in 3D space. The correspondence problem
is generally addressed by the design of discriminative 3D local descriptors on
the one hand, and the development of robust matching strategies on the other
hand. In this work, we first propose a multi-view local descriptor, which is
learned from the images of multiple views, for the description of 3D keypoints.
Then, we develop a robust matching approach, aiming at rejecting outlier
matches based on the efficient inference via belief propagation on the defined
graphical model. We have demonstrated the boost of our approaches to
registration on the public scanning and multi-view stereo datasets. The
superior performance has been verified by the intensive comparisons against a
variety of descriptors and matching methods
Boosting Object Recognition in Point Clouds by Saliency Detection
Object recognition in 3D point clouds is a challenging task, mainly when time
is an important factor to deal with, such as in industrial applications. Local
descriptors are an amenable choice whenever the 6 DoF pose of recognized
objects should also be estimated. However, the pipeline for this kind of
descriptors is highly time-consuming. In this work, we propose an update to the
traditional pipeline, by adding a preliminary filtering stage referred to as
saliency boost. We perform tests on a standard object recognition benchmark by
considering four keypoint detectors and four local descriptors, in order to
compare time and recognition performance between the traditional pipeline and
the boosted one. Results on time show that the boosted pipeline could turn out
up to 5 times faster, with the recognition rate improving in most of the cases
and exhibiting only a slight decrease in the others. These results suggest that
the boosted pipeline can speed-up processing time substantially with limited
impacts or even benefits in recognition accuracy.Comment: International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing (ICIAP)
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Object Registration in Semi-cluttered and Partial-occluded Scenes for Augmented Reality
This paper proposes a stable and accurate object registration pipeline for markerless augmented reality applications. We present two novel algorithms for object recognition and matching to improve the registration accuracy from model to scene transformation via point cloud fusion. Whilst the first algorithm effectively deals with simple scenes with few object occlusions, the second algorithm handles cluttered scenes with partial occlusions for robust real-time object recognition and matching. The computational framework includes a locally supported Gaussian weight function to enable repeatable detection of 3D descriptors. We apply a bilateral filtering and outlier removal to preserve edges of point cloud and remove some interference points in order to increase matching accuracy. Extensive experiments have been carried to compare the proposed algorithms with four most used methods. Results show improved performance of the algorithms in terms of computational speed, camera tracking and object matching errors in semi-cluttered and partial-occluded scenes
Model-free Consensus Maximization for Non-Rigid Shapes
Many computer vision methods use consensus maximization to relate
measurements containing outliers with the correct transformation model. In the
context of rigid shapes, this is typically done using Random Sampling and
Consensus (RANSAC) by estimating an analytical model that agrees with the
largest number of measurements (inliers). However, small parameter models may
not be always available. In this paper, we formulate the model-free consensus
maximization as an Integer Program in a graph using `rules' on measurements. We
then provide a method to solve it optimally using the Branch and Bound (BnB)
paradigm. We focus its application on non-rigid shapes, where we apply the
method to remove outlier 3D correspondences and achieve performance superior to
the state of the art. Our method works with outlier ratio as high as 80\%. We
further derive a similar formulation for 3D template to image matching,
achieving similar or better performance compared to the state of the art.Comment: ECCV1
Entropy-driven liquid-liquid separation in supercooled water
Twenty years ago Poole et al. (Nature 360, 324, 1992) suggested that the
anomalous properties of supercooled water may be caused by a critical point
that terminates a line of liquid-liquid separation of lower-density and
higher-density water. Here we present an explicit thermodynamic model based on
this hypothesis, which describes all available experimental data for
supercooled water with better quality and with fewer adjustable parameters than
any other model suggested so far. Liquid water at low temperatures is viewed as
an 'athermal solution' of two molecular structures with different entropies and
densities. Alternatively to popular models for water, in which the
liquid-liquid separation is driven by energy, the phase separation in the
athermal two-state water is driven by entropy upon increasing the pressure,
while the critical temperature is defined by the 'reaction' equilibrium
constant. In particular, the model predicts the location of density maxima at
the locus of a near-constant fraction (about 0.12) of the lower-density
structure.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures. Version 2 contains an additional supplement with
tables for the mean-field equatio
A Scale Independent Selection Process for 3D Object Recognition in Cluttered Scenes
During the last years a wide range of algorithms
and devices have been made available to easily acquire range
images. The increasing abundance of depth data boosts
the need for reliable and unsupervised analysis techniques,
spanning from part registration to automated segmentation.
In this context, we focus on the recognition of known objects
in cluttered and incomplete 3D scans. Locating and fitting a
model to a scene are very important tasks in many scenarios
such as industrial inspection, scene understanding, medical
imaging and even gaming. For this reason, these problems
have been addressed extensively in the literature. Several
of the proposed methods adopt local descriptor-based
approaches, while a number of hurdles still hinder the use
of global techniques. In this paper we offer a different
perspective on the topic: We adopt an evolutionary selection
algorithm that seeks global agreement among surface points,
while operating at a local level. The approach effectively
extends the scope of local descriptors by actively selecting
correspondences that satisfy global consistency constraints,
allowing us to attack a more challenging scenario where
model and scene have different, unknown scales. This leads
to a novel and very effective pipeline for 3D object recognition,
which is validated with an extensive set of experiment
A case-control study to identify risk factors associated with avian influenza subtype H9N2 on commercial poultry farms in Pakistan
A 1:1 matched case-control study was conducted to identify risk factors for avian influenza subtype H9N2 infection on commercial poultry farms in 16 districts of Punjab, and 1 administrative unit of Pakistan. One hundred and thirty-three laboratory confirmed positive case farms were matched on the date of sample submission with 133 negative control farms. The association between a series of farm-level characteristics and the presence or absence of H9N2 was assessed by univariable analysis. Characteristics associated with H9N2 risk that passed the initial screening were included in a multivariable conditional logistic regression model. Manual and automated approaches were used, which produced similar models. Key risk factors from all approaches included selling of eggs/birds directly to live bird retail stalls, being near case/infected farms, a previous history of infectious bursal disease (IBD) on the farm and having cover on the water storage tanks. The findings of current study are in line with results of many other studies conducted in various countries to identify similar risk factors for AI subtype H9N2 infection. Enhancing protective measures and controlling risks identified in this study could reduce spread of AI subtype H9N2 and other AI viruses between poultry farms in Pakistan
Evidence of a landlocked reproducing population of the marine pejerrey Odontesthes argentinensis (Actinopterygii; Atherinopsidae)
In South America, the order Atheriniformes includes the monophyletic genus<em>Odontesthes</em> with 20 species that inhabit freshwater, estuarine and coastal environments. Pejerrey Odontesthes argentinensis is widely distributed in coastal and estuarineareas of the Atlantic Ocean and is known to foray into estuaries of river systems, particularly in conditions of elevated salinity. However, to our knowledge, a landlockedself-sustaining population has never been recorded. In this study, we examined the pejerrey population of Salada de Pedro Luro Lake (south-east of BuenosAires Province, Argentina) to clarify its taxonomic identity. An integrative taxonomic analysis based on traditional meristic, landmark-based morphometrics and genetictechniques suggests that the Salada de Pedro Luro pejerrey population represents a novel case of physiological and morphological adaptation of a marine pejerrey speciesto a landlocked environment and emphasises the environmental plasticity of this group of fishe
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