In a variety of practical situations such as reverse engineering of boundary representation
from depth maps of scanned objects, range data analysis, model-based recognition and …

The goal in computer vision systems is to analyze data collected from the environment and
derive an interpretation to complete a specified task. Vision system tasks may be divided into …

This paper describes a general purpose, representation independent method for the
accurate and computationally efficient registration of 3-D shapes including free-form curves …

Viewpoint independent recognition of free-form objects and their segmentation in the
presence of clutter and occlusions is a challenging task. We present a novel 3D model …

Techniques are provided for searching on three dimensional (3D) objects across large,
distributed repositories of 3D mod els. 3D shapes are created for input to a search system; …

This paper presents a new approach for multi-view object class detection. Appearance and
geometry are treated as separate learning tasks with different training data. Our approach …

A database of mechanical components is an important issue for some manufacturing
activities such as cost estimation, process planning, and design by case-based reasoning. In …

This paper presents a 3D approach to multi-view object class detection. Most existing
approaches recognize object classes for a particular viewpoint or combine classifiers for a …

This paper describes a Bayesian framework for performing relational graph matching by
discrete relaxation. Our basic aim is to draw on this framework to provide a comparative …

This paper presents an approach for retrieving and matching similar designs in a database
of mechanical components. The retrieval and matching process is based on the geometric …