Techniques to use stereo vision for improving person identification systems based on face recognition. The broad aim of this project is to use three-dimensional information available by processing images from stereo cameras in order to bridge the gap between constrained face recognition systems and viable systems that work well under varying illumination, changes in pose and variations in spectacles, facial hair and attire. Such a system will be useful in passenger verification at airports and a ....Techniques to use stereo vision for improving person identification systems based on face recognition. The broad aim of this project is to use three-dimensional information available by processing images from stereo cameras in order to bridge the gap between constrained face recognition systems and viable systems that work well under varying illumination, changes in pose and variations in spectacles, facial hair and attire. Such a system will be useful in passenger verification at airports and as a component of personal identification systems to counter terrorism. The key to successful face location and recognition is an effective combination of all data - range, luminance and colour - and techniques for this will be the discovered outcomes.Read moreRead less
Advanced Capture, Analysis and Compression of Facial Images. Facial image processing is an area of research that holds an important key to future advances in intelligent human-to-computer and human-to-human systems. This project will investigate and develop superior approaches to image capturing of human faces for subsequent analysis and compression. It aims to develop innovative techniques to detect, extract and recognise faces, as well as more efficient ways to compress facial image data. This ....Advanced Capture, Analysis and Compression of Facial Images. Facial image processing is an area of research that holds an important key to future advances in intelligent human-to-computer and human-to-human systems. This project will investigate and develop superior approaches to image capturing of human faces for subsequent analysis and compression. It aims to develop innovative techniques to detect, extract and recognise faces, as well as more efficient ways to compress facial image data. This project will provide advanced Australian technology with applications in some of the world's fastest growing markets, including crowd surveillance, computer user interface, videoconferencing, and multimedia systems.Read moreRead less
Advanced Processing for Through-the-Wall Radar Imaging. There is currently considerable interest around the world in imaging systems that can 'see' through-the-walls. This project is at the cutting edge of through-the-wall radar imaging research and technology. It will benefit both the defence and security industries, and position Australia among the leading countries in this technology, as only a handful of research teams around the world have the necessary background and expertise in this area ....Advanced Processing for Through-the-Wall Radar Imaging. There is currently considerable interest around the world in imaging systems that can 'see' through-the-walls. This project is at the cutting edge of through-the-wall radar imaging research and technology. It will benefit both the defence and security industries, and position Australia among the leading countries in this technology, as only a handful of research teams around the world have the necessary background and expertise in this area. The research outcomes will enhance the capability of the military, law enforcement, counter-terrorism, and search and rescue personnel. It will play a vital role in protecting and safeguarding Australia from terrorism and crime.Read moreRead less
Adaptive Vector Filters for the Restoration of Digital Colour Images. Colour image restoration has very important applications in colour cameras, robotic navigation, video security systems, multimedia communications, and digital TV broadcast. Conventional vector filters have difficulty in simultaneously achieving three major objectives: noise suppression, detail preservation, and chromaticity retention. This project aims at formulating and evaluating novel adaptive filters to accomplish the th ....Adaptive Vector Filters for the Restoration of Digital Colour Images. Colour image restoration has very important applications in colour cameras, robotic navigation, video security systems, multimedia communications, and digital TV broadcast. Conventional vector filters have difficulty in simultaneously achieving three major objectives: noise suppression, detail preservation, and chromaticity retention. This project aims at formulating and evaluating novel adaptive filters to accomplish the three objectives simultaneously. Theoretical basis will be investigated for devising different adaptive filters to restore colour images and video sequences contaminated by various types of noise. The new filters will provide significant improvement over exiting techniques, yielding better tools and packages for colour image processing and restoration applications.Read moreRead less
Detecting, Locating and Tracking Human Faces using Skin Colour. With growing concerns for national security and public safety, government agencies in Australia and around the world are taking strong measures to introduce biometric-enhanced official identification documents such as passports, visas, and ID cards. The proposed face detection and tracking system will play a key role in personal identification and human activity monitoring. The developed system will have a huge potential in surveill ....Detecting, Locating and Tracking Human Faces using Skin Colour. With growing concerns for national security and public safety, government agencies in Australia and around the world are taking strong measures to introduce biometric-enhanced official identification documents such as passports, visas, and ID cards. The proposed face detection and tracking system will play a key role in personal identification and human activity monitoring. The developed system will have a huge potential in surveillance, security, law enforcement, and ICT. This project will contribute to building a knowledge economy in Australia and help safeguard and protect Australia from terrorism and crime. Furthermore, its outcomes will enhance the reputation of Australia as a leader in frontier technologies and smart information use.Read moreRead less
A Skin Detection Micro-Sensor for Face Identification using Color and Stereo Information. The objective of this research is to develop a micro-sensor for face identification, using color and stereo information. The micro-sensor chip performs a real-time search of the scene to locate human skin for subsequent face detection. This micro-sensor could also be used for gesture recognition, lip reading, monitoring driver's hypo-vigilance or tracking a person in a crowd. The chip image-recognition capa ....A Skin Detection Micro-Sensor for Face Identification using Color and Stereo Information. The objective of this research is to develop a micro-sensor for face identification, using color and stereo information. The micro-sensor chip performs a real-time search of the scene to locate human skin for subsequent face detection. This micro-sensor could also be used for gesture recognition, lip reading, monitoring driver's hypo-vigilance or tracking a person in a crowd. The chip image-recognition capabilities will spur the development of a new generation of consumer products with "intelligent eyes".
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Visual Solutions for Automated Translation Between Spoken and Signed Languages. We propose to build a robust visual speech recognition system that analyzes images of spoken language and achieves a recognition of the utterances with at least human expert recognition rates. This visual speech recognition system will then be integrated with our existing gesture recognition system to improve performance, just as humans combine visual and audio data for language understanding. The result will be a sy ....Visual Solutions for Automated Translation Between Spoken and Signed Languages. We propose to build a robust visual speech recognition system that analyzes images of spoken language and achieves a recognition of the utterances with at least human expert recognition rates. This visual speech recognition system will then be integrated with our existing gesture recognition system to improve performance, just as humans combine visual and audio data for language understanding. The result will be a system providing translation between English and the Australian sign language Auslan in a practical application domain. Significantly, our work will provide insights into the cognitive models of neural activity linking language and gesture.Read moreRead less
New Signal Transforms for Multimedia Applications. This project targets at important yet challenging problems for reliable transmission and efficient processing of digital multimedia. The solutions to these problems will not only contribute to our fundamental understanding of digital visual information, but also lead to new commercial opportunities. Hence, the project is clearly within the ARC priority research area 3: Frontier Technologies Frontier Technologies for Building and Transforming Aus ....New Signal Transforms for Multimedia Applications. This project targets at important yet challenging problems for reliable transmission and efficient processing of digital multimedia. The solutions to these problems will not only contribute to our fundamental understanding of digital visual information, but also lead to new commercial opportunities. Hence, the project is clearly within the ARC priority research area 3: Frontier Technologies Frontier Technologies for Building and Transforming Australian Industries. Also, as multimedia market is one of the highest growth segments within the information technology industry, the project is directly in the information and communication technologies (ICT), whose national importance was recognized by the Federal Government. Read moreRead less
Low-complexity Video Coding for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks. This project develops frontier technologies to capture and transmit videos by miniaturised sensing devices. It will improve Australia's telemetric surveillance capabilities and benefit defence, law enforcement, traffic control, and wildlife inhabitant monitoring agencies. It will enable the telecommunication industry to support quality video conferencing with mobile phones and the computer games industry to develop rich virtua ....Low-complexity Video Coding for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks. This project develops frontier technologies to capture and transmit videos by miniaturised sensing devices. It will improve Australia's telemetric surveillance capabilities and benefit defence, law enforcement, traffic control, and wildlife inhabitant monitoring agencies. It will enable the telecommunication industry to support quality video conferencing with mobile phones and the computer games industry to develop rich virtual reality games. The Australian health industry will be able to provide ubiquitous healthcare services through improved telemedicine and medical imaging with emerging technologies such as edible cameras. The project will also enable Australia to lead the world in setting up video coding standards for sensor networks.Read moreRead less
A Computer-Aided Cartooning System. This project is aimed at developing a computer-aided system to accelerate main image-related processes in cartoon production. Using such a system, many of the tedious and repetitive tasks can be performed semi-automatically. The project is focused on accurate representation and matching of shapes. New vectorization methods based on projection onto convex sets (POCS), and new matching methods based on multi-stage hierarchical structures will be developed. The t ....A Computer-Aided Cartooning System. This project is aimed at developing a computer-aided system to accelerate main image-related processes in cartoon production. Using such a system, many of the tedious and repetitive tasks can be performed semi-automatically. The project is focused on accurate representation and matching of shapes. New vectorization methods based on projection onto convex sets (POCS), and new matching methods based on multi-stage hierarchical structures will be developed. The targeted applications include entertainment, next generation mobile services, and the internet.Read moreRead less