Genetic algorithm and self organizing map based fuzzy hybrid intelligent method for color image segmentation

A Khan, MA Jaffar - Applied soft computing, 2015 - Elsevier
The grouping of pixels based on some similarity criteria is called image segmentation. In this
paper the problem of color image segmentation is considered as a clustering problem and a …

Describing reflectances for color segmentation robust to shadows, highlights, and textures

E Vazquez, R Baldrich… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The segmentation of a single material reflectance is a challenging problem due to the
considerable variation in image measurements caused by the geometry of the object …

Principal component analysis based seed generation for clustering analysis

S Yoon, J Yagnik, M Han, V Kwatra - US Patent 8,385,662, 2013 - Google Patents
5,325,449 A 6, 1994 Burt et al. are used in applications that process entities with spatial
5.488, 674. A 1/1996 Burt et al. and/or temporal characteristics, for example, media objects …

Removing illumination variation from images

V Kwatra, M Han - US Patent 8,798,393, 2014 - Google Patents
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6,483,938 6,516,085 6,535,650 6,587,581 6,665.432 6,674,890 6,675,174 6,681,056 …

Evaluation of three vision based object perception methods for a mobile robot

A Ramisa, D Aldavert, S Vasudevan, R Toledo… - Journal of Intelligent & …, 2012 - Springer
This paper addresses visual object perception applied to mobile robotics. Being able to
perceive household objects in unstructured environments is a key capability in order to …

Image enhancement through discrete patch optimization

V Kwatra, M Han, J Yagnik - US Patent 8,396,325, 2013 - Google Patents
An image processing system enhances the resolution of an original image using higher-
resolution image data from other images. The image processing system defines a plurality of …

Facade illumination removal

M Han, V Kwatra, S Dai, S Ioffe - US Patent 8,938,119, 2015 - Google Patents
An image comprising color pixels with varying illumination is selected. Instances of a
repeating pattern in the image are determined. Illumination values for illuminated pixels at …

Illumination estimation for images

V Kwatra, M Han, S Dai - US Patent 8,391,634, 2013 - Google Patents
An image comprising varying illumination is selected. Instances of a repeating pattern in the
image is determined. Illumination values for pixels at locations within instances of the …

Analysis of colour channel coupling from a physics-based viewpoint: Application to colour edge detection

A Ortiz, G Oliver - Pattern Recognition, 2010 - Elsevier
The Dichromatic Reflection Model (DRM) introduced by Shafer in 1985 is surely the most
referenced physics-based model of image formation. A preliminary analysis of this model …

[PDF][PDF] Fast Segmentation via Randomized Hashing.

CJ Taylor, A Cowley - BMVC, 2009 - bmva-archive.org.uk
This paper describes a feature based approach to segmenting images into coherent
regions. The method draws inspiration from earlier work on randomized projection schemes …