Research progressing during the last decade focuses more on non-contact based systems
to monitor Heart Rate (HR) which are simple, low-cost and comfortable to use. Most of the …

Visual object tracking using deep features has achieved great success, particularly when
object appearances change in the presence of illumination variation, occlusion, in-plane …

We used an iris image collection derived from UPOL (University Palacky, OLomouc)
database to test iris image identification with a new method. We extracted texture information …

In this paper we propose an automatic method for computing the bin boundaries of complex
3D LAB histograms in order to extract optimal color feature vectors from digital images. The …

Outliers are the uncommon data points which deviate from the majority of the Data from a
dataset. Presence of Outliers can affect the model's performance, leading to incorrect data …

Colour and brightness of the captured images from low cost digital cameras are usually
different from the colour and brightness of the original scene. Many factors are responsible …

In clinical situations, a patient's physical state is often monitored by sensors attached to the
patient, and medical staff are alerted if the patient's status changes in an undesirable or life …

This abilitation thesis presents the most significant scientific accomplishments I have
achieved since I received the PhD degree in January 2005, and also my future professional …

The modern cars have been equipped with advanced technical features to help make
driving faster, safer and comfortable. However, to enhance transport security ie to avoid …