As model-based vision moves towards handling imprecise descriptions like a long bench is
in front of the tree, it has to confront questions involving widely variable shapes in unclear …

The meaning of spatial words can only be evaluated by establishing a reference to the
properties of the environment in which the word is used. For example, in order to evaluate …

Although data-driven spatial template models provide a practical and cognitively motivated
mechanism for characterizing spatial term meaning, the influence of perceptual rather than …

This research presents a computational synthesis of cognition with spatial and visual
imagery processing by extending a symbolic cognitive architecture (Soar) with mechanisms …

This report presents a summary and discussion of findings in the literature with respect to the
linguistic repertory (syntactic variability), semantics, and application of spatial dimensional …

Abstract Language and knowledge capture are two skills that allow us to create structured
representations of the physical world for reasoning and communication. Spatial prepositions …

Across languages, there exists a relatively small number of spatial prepositions. These terms
are used to express the infinite number of possible spatial locations of an unlimited number …

Automatic understanding of multi-modal input is the central topic in modern human
Computer interfaces. But the basic questions about how the interpretations provided by …

Spatial models play a key role when interpreting a dynamic and uncertain world for a wide-
area surveillance application. This paper presents two different views to illustrate the range …

Human-computer interaction using means of communication which are natural to humans,
like spoken instructions or gestures, has always been a challenging task. In this thesis, we …