Dataset Evaluation for Multi Vehicle Detection using Vision Based Techniques

Vehicle detection is one of the primal challenges of modern driver-assistance systems owing to the numerous factors, for instance, complicated surroundings, diverse types of vehicles with varied appearance and magnitude, low-resolution videos, fast-moving vehicles. It is utilized for multitudinous applications including traffic surveillance and collision prevention. This paper suggests a Vehicle Detection algorithm developed on Image Processing and Machine Learning. The presented algorithm is predicated on a Support Vector Machine(SVM) Classifier which employs feature vectors extracted via Histogram of Gradients(HOG) approach conducted on a semi-real time basis. A comparison study is presented stating the performance metrics of the algorithm on different datasets.

An approach to partial occlusion using deep metric learning

<span>The human face can be used as an identification and authentication tool in biometric systems. Face recognition in forensics is a challenging task due to the presence of partial occlusion features like wearing a hat, sunglasses, scarf, and beard. In forensics, criminal identification having partial occlusion features is the most difficult task to perform. In this paper, a combination of the histogram of gradients (HOG) with Euclidean distance is proposed. Deep metric learning is the process of measuring the similarity between the samples using optimal distance metrics for learning tasks. In the proposed system, a deep metric learning technique like HOG is used to generate a 128d real feature vector. Euclidean distance is then applied between the feature vectors and a tolerance threshold is set to decide whether it is a match or mismatch. Experiments are carried out on disguised faces in the wild (DFW) dataset collected from IIIT Delhi which consists of 1000 subjects in which 600 subjects were used for testing and the remaining 400 subjects were used for training purposes. The proposed system provides a recognition accuracy of 89.8% and it outperforms compared with other existing methods.</span>

Diagnosis of Pulpitis from Dental Panoramic Radiograph Using Histogram of Gradients with Discrete Wavelet Transform and Multilevel Neural Network Techniques

Radiograph plays the major role of diagnosis, treatment and surgery in the Dental field. There are many types of Intra and extra oral radiographs in which Dental Panoramic Radiograph helps in visualising the full view of the oral cavity. Pulpitis is the dental diseases caused due to the inflammation of the dental pulp from untreated caries, trauma or multiple restorations which leads to Apical Periodontitis. To predict the severity of pulp vitality pulp inflammation has to be evaluated. Radiographs helps the dentist in diagnosing the extent of tooth decay and inflammation. An automatic diagnostic model is proposed using robust algorithms to diagnose pulpits. Dental Panoramic Radiograph is used in the proposed research to diagnose the pulpitis and to classify the normal teeth from the pulpitis. The collected images are pre-processed using Histogram Equalization and filtered using Gaussian and Median filters. Modified K-Means algorithm is applied to segment the bony and teeth area from the oral cavity area. Integral Histogram of Gradients with Discrete Wavelet Transform feature extraction techniques and Multi-Layer Neural Network Classifier is proposed to achieve the accuracy of 91.09% which can be used as an assistive tool by the dentist to diagnose pulpitis.

An Effective Combination of Textures and Wavelet Features for Facial Expression Recognition

In order to explore the accompanying examination goals for facial expression recognition, a proper combination of classification and adequate feature extraction is necessary. If inadequate features are used, even the best classifier could fail to achieve accurate recognition. In this paper, a new fusion technique for human facial expression recognition is used to accurately recognize human facial expressions. A combination of Discrete Wavelet Features (DWT), Local Binary Pattern (LBP), and Histogram of Gradients (HoG) feature extraction techniques was used to investigate six human emotions. K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), Decision Tree (DT), Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP), and Random Forest (RF) were chosen for classification. These algorithms were implemented and tested on the Static Facial Expression in Wild (SWEW) dataset which consists of facial expressions of high accuracy. The proposed algorithm exhibited 87% accuracy which is higher than the accuracy of the individual algorithms.

Extraction of multimodal features from depth and RGB images for recognising hand gestures

In this study, we propose a multimodal feature based framework for recognising hand gestures from RGB and depth images. In addition to the features from the RGB image, the depth image features are explored into constructing the discriminative feature labels of various gestures. Depth maps having powerful source of information, increases the performance level of various computer vision problems. A newly refined Gradient-Local Binary Pattern (G-LBP) is applied to extract the features from depth images and histogram of gradients (HOG) features are extracted from RGB images. The components from both RGB and depth channels, are concatenated to form a multimodal feature vector. In the final process, classification is performed using K-Nearest Neighbour and multi-class Support Vector Machines. The designed system is invariant to scale, rotation and illumination. The newly developed feature combination method is helpful to achieve superior recognition rates for future innovations.

DRS ASSISTING UMPIRE USING COMPUTER VISION

A fair decision is crucial in any of the game to give justice to the game. Any wrong decision due to human misperception may fate the result of the game. Computer vision and Image processing techniques have been mentioned in the literature review which used multiple cameras for demonstration. This paper focuses on a system which helps in making the decisions to assist the umpire in taking the decisions such as no-ball, LBW i.e. Leg before wicket, Run out, stump out, etc with the help of smartphone camera of good quality. The Decision review system (DRS) aims to give decisions like run-out and stump-out. Tkinter is used to develop the GUI of DRS. Object classification and object recognition is implemented using Histogram of Gradients (HOG) and Support Vector Machine (SVM). To detect the cricket ball from the video we optimized and used frame subtraction, contour detection and minimum enclosing circle algorithms using OpenCV library. Linear regression and quadratic regression are used to track and predict the motion of the ball from video source. VPython is used for the visual representation.

Realworld 3D Object Recognition Using a 3D Extension of the HOG Descriptor and a Depth Camera

3D object recognition is an generic task in robotics and autonomous vehicles. In this paper, we propose a 3D object recognition approach using a 3D extension of the histogram-of-gradients object descriptor with data captured with a depth camera. The presented method makes use of synthetic objects for training the object classifier, and classify real objects captured by the depth camera. The preprocessing methods include operations to achieve rotational invariance as well as to maximize the recognition accuracy while reducing the feature dimensionality at the same time. By studying different preprocessing options, we show challenges that need to be addressed when moving from synthetic to real data. The recognition performance was evaluated with a real dataset captured by a depth camera and the results show a maximum recognition accuracy of 81.5%.