| 3-1 | New System Implementation on SIMD Processor for Reliable Fingerprint Singularity Detection by Singular Candidate Method | 30 |
| Daisuke Tomizawa, Yuta Hasegawa, Tomohiko Ohtsuka and Hiroyuki Aoki, Japan |  |
| 3-2 | Detection of Abnormal Objects in a Scene Based on Local Features | 34 |
| Junya Kobayashi and Keiichi Yamada, Japan | |
| 3-3 | Real-Time Uncharacteristic-Part Tracking Based on Points Tracking | 38 |
| Norimichi Ukita, Akira Makino and Masatsugu Kidode, Japan | |
| 3-4 | Automatic Extraction of Layer Structure for Retina in OCT Image Using Morphological Operation and Active Net | 42 |
| Ai Yamakawa, Shinji Tsuruoka, Hiroharu Kawanaka, Fumio Okuyama and Toshiki Yagi, Japan | |
| 3-5 | Human Behavior Analysis Using Multiple 2D Features and Multicategory Support Vector Machine | 46 |
| Hao-Cheng Mo, Jin-Jang Leou and Cheng-Shian Lin, Taiwan | |
| 3-6 | Exploitation of 3D Information for Directing Visual Attention and Object Recognition | 50 |
| Oytun Akman and Pieter Jonker, Netherlands | |
| 3-7 | Inter Mode Decision Algorithm For Advanced Video Coding | 54 |
| Fang-Hsuan Cheng and Yea-Shuan Huang, Taiwan | |
| 3-8 | Large-Scale Stereo for Improvement of 3D Measurement Accuracy in Gaze-Observation | 58 |
| Masafumi Nakagawa, Yoshihiro Kawai and Fumiaki Tomita, Japan | |
| 3-9 | An Active Appearance Model with a Derivative-Free Optimization | 62 |
| Jixia Zhang, Franck Davoine and Chunhong Pan, China | |
| 3-10 | Image Forgery Detection Based on Quantization Table Estimation | 66 |
| Guo-Shiang Lin, Min-Kuan Chang and You-lin Chen, Taiwan | |
| 3-11 | A Binarization Method for Crack Detection in a Road Surface Image with the Fractal Dimension | 70 |
| Hiromi Yoshida and Naoki Tanaka, Japan | |
| 3-12 | Building a Multi-Touch Display Based on Computer Vision Techniques | 74 |
| Damien Michel, Antonis Argyros, Dimitris Grammenos, Xenophon Zabulis and Thomas Sarmis, Greece | |
| 3-13 | Synchronization of Full-View Image and GPS Data for Route Map Building | 78 |
| Ying Hai, Shigang Li and Yuto Mizuno, Japan | |
| 3-14 | Study of Early Screening Method of Dementia and Its Systemization | 82 |
| Youhei Kondou, Mikiko Kawasumi, Osami Yamamoto, Muneo Yamada, Shin Yamamoto and Tomoaki Nakanno, Japan | |
| 3-15 | Face Blurring for Privacy in Street-level Geoviewers Combining Face, Body and Skin Detectors | 86 |
| Alexandre Devaux, Nicolas Paparoditis, Frédéric Precioso and Bertrand Cannelle, France | |
| 3-16 | Vision-Based Real-Time Monitoring on the Behavior of Fish School | 90 |
| Boon Fong Chew, How-Lung Eng and Myo Thida, Singapore | |
| 3-17 | Design and Evaluation of Features That Best Define Text in Complex Scene Images | 94 |
| Navid Mavaddat, Tae-Kyun Kim and Roberto Cipolla, Australia | |
| 3-18 | OCR Based Thresholding | 98 |
| Yves Rangoni, Faisal Shafait and Thomas M. Breuel, Germany | |
| 3-19 | A 3.2 kHz, Stereo Sensing Module Using Two Profile Sensors | 102 |
| Yoshinori Matsui, Munenori Takumi, Haruyoshi Toyoda, Naohisa Mukozaka, Atsushi Ihori, Yukinobu Sugiyama and Seiichiro Mizuno, Japan | |
| 3-20 | Video-Based Face Recognition Using a Probabilistic Graphical Model | 106 |
| Yi-Chia Chan, Cheng-Chieh Chiang, Kai-Ming Wang and Greg C. Lee, Taiwan | |
| 3-21 | A Comparative Study of Hierarchical Matching Algorithms for Face Recognition | 110 |
| Hajar Momeni, Mohammad T. Sadeghi and Hamid R. Abutalebi, Iran | |
| 3-22 | 1,000-fps Visual Feedback Control of an Active Vision System over a High-Load Network | 114 |
| Daisuke Wako, Shingo Kagami and Koichi Hashimoto, Japan | |
| 3-23 | Image Based View Localization System Retrieving from a Panorama Database by SURF | 118 |
| Naoyuki Yazawa, Hideaki Uchiyama, Hideo Saito, Myriam Servières and Guillaume Moreau, Japan | |
| 3-24 | Hand Shape Recognition Based on Kernel Orthogonal Mutual Subspace Method | 122 |
| Yasuhiro Ohkawa and Kazuhiro Fukui, Japan | |
| 3-25 | Application of Co-Occurrence Frequency Image | 126 |
| Takayuki Fujiwara, Hiroyasu Koshimizu and Manabu Hashimoto, Japan | |
| 3-26 | Improved Matching Accuracy in Traffic Sign Recognition by Using Different Feature Subspaces | 130 |
| Arihito Ihara, Hironobu Fujiyoshi, Masanari Takagi, Hiroaki Kumon and Yukimasa Tamatsu, Japan | |
| 3-27 | Object Pose Estimation Using Patch-Duplet/SIFT Hybrids | 134 |
| Fredrik Viksten, Sweden | |
| 8-1 | Video Watermarking Algorithm Based on Pseudo 3D DCT and Quantization Index Modulation | 207 |
| Hui-Yu Huang, Cheng-Han Yang and Wen-Hsing Hsu, Taiwan | |
| 8-2 | Overlap Vehicle Detection by Tracking Horizontal Lines | 211 |
| Kazunori Onoguchi, Japan | |
| 8-3 | Measuring Conicity from Shape Boundaries | 215 |
| Milos Stojmenovic and Amiya Nayak, Canada | |
| 8-4 | Image Based Search System Using Hierarchical Object Category Recognition Technique | 219 |
| Takuya Minagawa and Hideo Saito, Japan | |
| 8-5 | Improvement of Particle Filtering for Intersection of Targets with Similar Patterns | 223 |
| Naoki Enda, Shinji Fukui, Yuji Iwahori and Robert J. Woodham, Japan | |
| 8-6 | Voting Based Video Classification Using Clustering and Learning | 227 |
| Kei Kikuchi and Seiji Hotta, Japan | |
| 8-7 | Algorithmic Considerations for Real-Time Stereo Vision Applications | 231 |
| Kristian Ambrosch, Christian Zinner and Wilfried Kubinger, Austria | |
| 8-8 | Behavior Recognition with HMM and Feature Analysis using a Wide-view Camera and a PTZ camera | 235 |
| Norimichi Ukita, Akihito Kotera and Masatsugu Kidode, Japan | |
| 8-9 | A Hardware Accelerator with Variable Pixel Representation & Skip Mode Prediction for Feature Point Detection Part of SIFT Algorithm | 239 |
| Jingbang Qiu, Tianci Huang, Yiqing Huang and Takeshi Ikenaga, Japan | |
| 8-10 | Segmentation of Femoral Head from CT after Femoral Neck Fracture | 243 |
| Jan Horáček, Lukáš Maršálek, Martin Horák, Philipp Slusallek and Josef Pelikán, Czech Republic | |
| 8-11 | Medial Features for Superpixel Segmentation | 248 |
| David Engel, Luciano Spinello, Rudolph Triebel, Roland Siegwart, Heinrich H. Bülthoff and Cristóbal Curio, Germany | |
| 8-12 | Face Recognition by Combining Complementary Matchings of Single Image and Sequential Images | 253 |
| Yea-Shuan Huang, Wei-Cheng Liu and Fang-Hsuan Cheng, Taiwan | |
| 8-13 | Recognition of Lung Cancers on CT Using 3-D Object Models of Different Classes | 257 |
| Hotaka Takizawa, Shinji Yamamoto and Tsuyoshi Shiina, Japan | |
| 8-14 | Model-Based 3D Object Tracking with Online Texture Update | 261 |
| Keisuke Tateno, Daisuke Kotake and Shinji Uchiyama, Japan | |
| 8-15 | On a Technique for Evaluating Performance of Wipers Based on Forward Visibility | 265 |
| Takashi Kitayama, Masatoshi Sakai, Takashi Kato, Muneo Yamada, Tomoaki Nakano, Shin Yamamoto, Osami Yamamoto, Masahiko Yamanishi and Hiroshi Matsumoto, Japan | |
| 8-16 | A Multicamera Vision System Supporting the Development of Wide-Area Exertainment Applications | 269 |
| Xenophon Zabulis, Thomas Sarmis, Dimitris Grammenos and Antonis A. Argyros, Greece | |
| 8-17 | Multiple-Person Tracking for a Mobile Robot Using Stereo | 273 |
| Junji Satake and Jun Miura, Japan | |
| 8-18 | Automatic Analysis of Fish Behaviors and Abnormality Detection | 278 |
| Myo Thida, How-Lung Eng and Boon Fong Chew, Singapore | |
| 8-19 | Video Retrieval System Using Handwriting Sketch | 283 |
| Akihiro Sekura and Masashi Toda, Japan | |
| 8-20 | Linear 3-D Object Pose Estimation with Dense Sample Images –Discussions about Limitation of Parameter Estimation Ability by the Linear Regressions– | 287 |
| Toshiyuki Amano and Toru Tamaki, Japan | |
| 8-21 | Predicting Attainable Region of Vehicle Using Trajectory Clustering | 291 |
| Noritaka Sekiyama, Jien Kato and Toyohide Watanabe, Japan | |
| 8-22 | A Sensor Based Navigation Algorithm for Moving Obstacles Assuring Convergence Property | 295 |
| Masaaki Tomita and Motoji Yamamoto, Japan | |
| 8-23 | Static Estimation of the Meteorological Visibility Distance in Night Fog with Imagery | 300 |
| Romain Gallen, Nicolas Hautière and Eric Dumont, France | |
| 8-24 | Machine Vision for Excess Gluing Inspection in Spindle Motor Assembly | 304 |
| Varunyou Buddhachan and Pakorn Kaewtrakulpong, Thailand | |
| 8-25 | Chromosome Image Recognition with Local Band Patterns | 308 |
| Toru Abe, Chieko Hamada and Tetsuo Kinoshita, Japan | |
| 8-26 | Comparison of Conventional US and Spatial Compound Imaging in Diagnostic Performances of Computer Aided Diagnosis System | 312 |
| Wei-Chih Shen, Ruey-Feng Chang and Woo Kyung Moon, Taiwan | |
| 8-27 | Worker Behavior and Intension Modeling in Production Process | 316 |
| Takuma Funahashi, Takayuki Hoshino, Naoya Tokuda, Takayuki Fujiwara and Hiroyasu Koshimizu, Japan | |
| 8-28 | Investigation of OCT Images Descriptions on the Base of Representational MDL Principle | 320 |
| Igor Gurov and Alexey Potapov, Russia | |
| 8-29 | Feature Level Clustering of Large Biometric Database | 324 |
| Hunny Mehrotra, Dakshina R. Kisku, V. Bhawani Radhika, Banshidhar Majhi and Phalguni Gupta, India | |
| 8-30 | 3D Porous Media Liquid-Solid Interaction Simulation Using SPH Modeling and Tomographic Images | 328 |
| Alfonso Gastelum Strozzi, Jorge Marquez, Flavio Trujillo, Celine Duwig, Blanca Prado, Pavan Gamage and Patrice Delmas, New Zealand | |
| 13-1 | Probabilistic-Based Semantic Image Feature Using Visual Words | 386 |
| Cheng-Chieh Chiang, Jia-Wei Wu and Greg C. Lee, Taiwan | |
| 13-2 | A Block Matching Technique Using Unit Gradient Vectors | 390 |
| Toshiaki Kondo and Waree Kongprawechnon, Thailand | |
| 13-3 | An Easy Technique for Fisheye Camera Calibration | 394 |
| Haijiang Zhu and Fuchao Wu, China | |
| 13-4 | Robust Vision-Based Target Tracking Control System for an Unmanned Helicopter Using Feature Fusion | 398 |
| Feng Lin, Ben M. Chen and Tong H. Lee, Singapore | |
| 13-5 | Robust Background Segmentation Using Background Models for Surveillance Application | 402 |
| Tianci Huang, Jingbang Qiu, Takahiro Sakayori and Takeshi Ikenaga, Japan | |
| 13-6 | Motion Segmentation Using Divisive Graph Cuts | 406 |
| Jong-Sung Kim and Il-Kwon Jeong, South Korea | |
| 13-7 | A Novel Transducer: From Lip Motion to Voice Message | 410 |
| Takeshi Saitoh, Tomoya Kato and Ryosuke Konishi, Japan | |
| 13-8 | Proposal of Exaggeration Method Based on Shape and Positional Relations of Automotive Parts | 414 |
| Hiroshi Fujimoto, Takuma Funahashi, Takayuki Fujiwara and Hiroyasu Koshimizu, Japan | |
| 13-9 | Image Processing Architecture for Real-Time Micro- and Nanohandling Applications | 418 |
| Tim Wortmann, Christian Dahmen, Robert Tunnell and Sergej Fatikow, Germany | |
| 13-10 | Fitting Curves on Riemannian Manifolds Using Energy Minimization | 422 |
| Chafik Samir, Pierre-Antoine Absil, Anuj Srivastava and Eric Klassen, Belgium | |
| 13-11 | Classification of Spectators' State in Video Sequences by Voting of Facial Expressions and Face Directions | 426 |
| Tetsu Matsukawa, Akinori Hidaka and Takio Kurita, Japan | |
| 13-12 | A Hybrid Model for Multiple Object Category Detection and Localization | 431 |
| Dipankar Das, Yoshinori Kobayashi and Yoshinori Kuno, Japan | |
| 13-13 | Unsupervised Material Classification of Printed Circuit Boards Using Dimension-Reduced Spectral Information | 435 |
| Abdelhameed Ibrahim, Shoji Tominaga and Takahiko Horiuchi, Japan | |
| 13-14 | An Optical Video Cryptosystem with Adaptive Steganography | 439 |
| Cheng-Hung Chuang and Guo-Shiang Lin, Taiwan | |
| 13-15 | Development of System for Comprehensively Measuring Driving Ability for Elderly Safe Driving | 443 |
| Toshiaki Kasukabe, Masatake Hiraoka, Osami Yamamoto, Muneo Yamada, Tomoaki Nakano, Shin Yamamoto, Katsumi Matsuda and Mikiko Kawasumi, Japan | |
| 13-16 | Generation of Overhead View Images by Estimating Intrinsic and Extrinsic Camera Parameters of Multiple Fish-Eye Cameras | 447 |
| Ryota Okutsu, Kenji Terabayashi, Yohei Aragaki, Noriko Shimomura and Kazunori Umeda, Japan | |
| 13-17 | Image Processing in Retinal Angiography: Extracting Angiographical Features without the Requirement of Contrast Agents | 451 |
| Tati Rajab Mengko, Astri Handayani, Vanya Vabrina Valindria, Samekta Hadi and Iwan Sovani, Indonesia | |
| 13-18 | A Human Fall Detection System Using an Omni-Directional Camera in Practical Environments for Health Care Applications | 455 |
| Yi-Chang Huang, Shaou-Gang Miaou and Tsung-Yen Liao, Taiwan | |
| 13-19 | Intrinsic Color Acquisition By Active Color Lighting | 459 |
| Hisanaga Fujiwara, Japan | |
| 13-20 | Large Area Video Surveillance System with Handoff Scheme among Multiple Cameras | 463 |
| Cheng-Chang Lien, Yue-Min Jiang and Lih-Guong Jang, Taiwan | |
| 13-21 | Classification of Wet/Dry Area Based on the Mahalanobis Distance of Feature from Time Space Image Analysis | 467 |
| Tomoaki Teshima, Hideo Saito, Masayoshi Shimizu and Akinori Taguchi, Japan | |
| 13-22 | Classification of In-Vivo Endomicroscopic Images of the Alveolar Respiratory System | 471 |
| Caroline Petitjean, Jonathan Benoist, Luc Thiberville, Mathieu Salaün and Laurent Heutte, France | |
| 13-23 | On Face Recognition Using Hierarchical Self-Organized Gabor Features | 475 |
| Saleh Aly, Naoyuki Tsuruta and Rin-ichiro Taniguchi, Japan | |
| 13-24 | Scallop Detection from Gravel-Seabed Images for Fishery Investigation | 479 |
| Koichiro Enomoto, Masashi Toda, Yasuhiro Kuwahara, Masaaki Wada and Katsumori Hatanaka, Japan | |
| 13-25 | Stereo Vision: A Java-Based Online Platform | 483 |
| Minh Nguyen, Georgy Gimel'farb and Patrice Delmas, New Zealand | |
| 13-26 | Lavatube - A Software Framework for Computer Vision Research and Development | 487 |
| Kenji Iwata, Yutaka Satoh and Katsuhiko Sakaue, Japan | |
| 15-1 | Automatic Extraction of Droppers in Catenary Scenes | 497 |
| Caroline Petitjean, Laurent Heutte, Régis Kouadio and Vincent Delcourt, France | |
| 15-2 | Free Space Detection for Autonomous Navigation in Daytime Foggy Weather | 501 |
| Nicolas Hautière, Jean-Philippe Tarel and Didier Aubert, France | |
| 15-3 | An Intelligent Night Vision System for Automobiles | 505 |
| Tsz-Ho Yu, Yiu-Sang Moon, Jiansheng Chen, Hung-Kwan Fung, Hoi-Fung Ko and Ran Wang, Hong Kong | |
| 15-4 | A New Approach for In-Vehicle Camera Traffic Sign Detection and Recognition | 509 |
| Andrzej Ruta, Yongmin Li, Fatih Porikli, Shintaro Watanabe, Hiroshi Kage and Kazuhiko Sumi, United Kingdom | |
| 15-5 | Recognition of Road Markings from In-Vehicle Camera Images by a Generative Learning Method | 514 |
| Masafumi Noda, Tomokazu Takahashi, Daisuke Deguchi, Ichiro Ide, Hiroshi Murase, Yoshiko Kojima and Takashi Naito, Japan | |
| 15-6 | Vision Based Tangent Point Detection Algorithm, Evaluation and Validation | 518 |
| Romain Gallen and Sébastien Glaser, France | |