In this work it is described a framework for classifying face images using Adaboost and domain-partitioning based classifiers. The most interesting aspect of this framework is the capability of building classification systems with high accuracy in dynamical environments, which achieve, at the same time, high processing and training speed. We apply this framework to the specific problem of gende...

Detection of unusual objects amongst a highly textured background is a difficult problem, especially when the texture is manifest in the temporal dimension as well. Outdoor scenes involving waving trees or moving water are examples of such a scenario, but are nevertheless frequently encountered in real world vision applications. By defining a simple but rotationally sensitive Local Binary Patte...

Osteoporosis can be identified by looking at 2D x-ray images of the bone. The high degree of similarity between images of a healthy bone and a diseased one makes classification a challenge. A good bone texture characterization technique is essential for identifying osteoporosis cases. Standard texture feature extraction techniques like Local Binary Pattern (LBP), Gray Level Cooccurrence Matrix ...

In this paper we apply the Local Binary Pattern on Three Orthogonal Planes (LBP-TOP) descriptor to the field of human action recognition. A video sequence is described as a collection of spatial-temporal words after the detection of space-time interest points and the description of the area around them. Our contribution has been in the description part, showing LBP-TOP to be a promising descrip...

This letter introduces the LOOP binary descriptor (local optimal oriented pattern) that encodes rotation invariance into the main formulation itself. This makes any post processing stage for rotation invariance redundant and improves on both accuracy and time complexity. We consider fine-grained lepidoptera (moth/butterfly) species recognition as the representative problem since it involves rep...

This paper presents a novel approach for texture classification and relevance with generalizing the well-known local binary patterns (LBP).

This paper proposes an agent-based model for providing personalized services at specific locations. We describe the concept of LBP-agents, point out benefits of the model, and examine implementation and software infrastructural

Ship detection is an important application of optical remote sensing image processing. Sea-land segmentation is the key step in ship detection. Traditional sea-land segment methods only based on the gray-level information of an image to choose a gray threshold to segment the image; however, it is very difficult to establish a self-adapting mechanism to select a suitable threshold for different ...

Gender categorization, based on the analysis of facial appearance, can be useful in a large set of applications. In this paper we investigate the gender classification problem from a non-conventional perspective. In particular, the analysis will aim to determine the factors critically affecting the accuracy of available technologies, better explaining differences between face-based identificati...

Local primitives are useful in the analysis, recognition and retrieval of document and patent images. In this paper, local primitives are classified in 4 and 8-directional spaces at optimally detected junction and end points by using a distance based approach. Local primitives are quantized by using a variant of Local Binary Patterns. Spatial relationships between local primitives are establish...