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Quantitative Evaluation of Stereo Visual Odometry for Autonomous Vessel Localisation in Inland Waterway Sensing Applications (2015)
Journal Article
Kriechbaumer, T., Blackburn, K., Breckon, T., Hamilton, O., & Riva-Casado, M. (2015). Quantitative Evaluation of Stereo Visual Odometry for Autonomous Vessel Localisation in Inland Waterway Sensing Applications. Sensors, 15(12), 31869-31887. https://doi.org/10.3390/s151229892

Autonomous survey vessels can increase the efficiency and availability of wide-area river environment surveying as a tool for environment protection and conservation. A key challenge is the accurate localisation of the vessel, where bank-side vegetat... Read More about Quantitative Evaluation of Stereo Visual Odometry for Autonomous Vessel Localisation in Inland Waterway Sensing Applications.

Kinect Posture Reconstruction Based on a Local Mixture of Gaussian Process Models (2015)
Journal Article
Liu, Z., Zhou, L., Leung, H., & Shum, H. P. (2016). Kinect Posture Reconstruction Based on a Local Mixture of Gaussian Process Models. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 22(11), 2437-2450. https://doi.org/10.1109/tvcg.2015.2510000

Depth sensor based 3D human motion estimation hardware such as Kinect has made interactive applications more popular recently. However, it is still challenging to accurately recognize postures from a single depth camera due to the inherently noisy da... Read More about Kinect Posture Reconstruction Based on a Local Mixture of Gaussian Process Models.

COSΦ: Artificial pheromone system for robotic swarms research (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Arvin, F., Krajnik, T., Turgut, A. E., & Yue, S. (2015). COSΦ: Artificial pheromone system for robotic swarms research. . https://doi.org/10.1109/iros.2015.7353405

Pheromone-based communication is one of the most effective ways of communication widely observed in nature. It is particularly used by social insects such as bees, ants and termites; both for inter-agent and agent-swarm communications. Due to its eff... Read More about COSΦ: Artificial pheromone system for robotic swarms research.

Geometrical approach for automatic detection of liquid surfaces in 3D computed tomography baggage imagery (2015)
Journal Article
Chermak, L., Breckon, T., Flitton, G., & Megherbi, N. (2015). Geometrical approach for automatic detection of liquid surfaces in 3D computed tomography baggage imagery. The Imaging Science Journal, https://doi.org/10.1179/1743131x15y.0000000019

This study presents a novel method for liquid detection within three-dimensional (3D) computed tomography (CT) baggage inspection imagery. Liquid detection within airport security is currently of significant interest due to security threats associate... Read More about Geometrical approach for automatic detection of liquid surfaces in 3D computed tomography baggage imagery.

Improved 3D Sparse Maps for High-performance Structure from Motion with Low-cost Omnidirectional Robots (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Cavestany, P., Rodríguez, A., Rodriguez, A., Martínez-Barberá, H., Martinez-Barbera, H., & Breckon, T. (2015). Improved 3D Sparse Maps for High-performance Structure from Motion with Low-cost Omnidirectional Robots. In Proc. Int. Conf. on Image Processing (4927-4931). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIP.2015.7351744

We consider the use of low-budget omnidirectional platforms for 3D mapping and self-localisation. These robots specifically permit rotational motion in the plane around a central axis, with negligible displacement. In addition, low resolution and com... Read More about Improved 3D Sparse Maps for High-performance Structure from Motion with Low-cost Omnidirectional Robots.

Posture Estimation for Improved Photogrammetric Localization of Pedestrians in Monocular Infrared Imagery (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Kundegorski, M., & Breckon, T. (2015). Posture Estimation for Improved Photogrammetric Localization of Pedestrians in Monocular Infrared Imagery. In Proc. SPIE Optics and Photonics for Counterterrorism, Crime Fighting and Defence (1-12). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2195050

Target tracking within conventional video imagery poses a significant challenge that is increasingly being addressed via complex algorithmic solutions. The complexity of this problem can be fundamentally attributed to the ambiguity associated with ac... Read More about Posture Estimation for Improved Photogrammetric Localization of Pedestrians in Monocular Infrared Imagery.

Improved Raindrop Detection using Combined Shape and Saliency Descriptors with Scene Context Isolation (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Webster, D., & Breckon, T. (2015). Improved Raindrop Detection using Combined Shape and Saliency Descriptors with Scene Context Isolation. In Proc. Int. Conf. on Image Processing (4376-4380). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIP.2015.7351633

The presence of raindrop induced image distortion has a significant negative impact on the performance of a wide range of all-weather visual sensing applications including within the increasingly import contexts of visual surveillance and vehicle aut... Read More about Improved Raindrop Detection using Combined Shape and Saliency Descriptors with Scene Context Isolation.

Robust visual tracking via speedup multiple kernel ridge regression (2015)
Journal Article
Qian, C., Breckon, T. P., & Li, H. (2015). Robust visual tracking via speedup multiple kernel ridge regression. Journal of Electronic Imaging, 24(5), Article 053016. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.jei.24.5.053016

Most of the tracking methods attempt to build up feature spaces to represent the appearance of a target. However, limited by the complex structure of the distribution of features, the feature spaces constructed in a linear manner cannot characterize... Read More about Robust visual tracking via speedup multiple kernel ridge regression.

A Review of Automated Image Understanding within 3D Baggage Computed Tomography Security Screening (2015)
Journal Article
Mouton, A., & Breckon, T. (2015). A Review of Automated Image Understanding within 3D Baggage Computed Tomography Security Screening. Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology: Clinical Applications of Diagnosis and Therapeutics, 23(5), 531-555. https://doi.org/10.3233/xst-150508

Baggage inspection is the principal safeguard against the transportation of prohibited and potentially dangerous materials at airport security checkpoints. Although traditionally performed by 2D X-ray based scanning, increasingly stringent security r... Read More about A Review of Automated Image Understanding within 3D Baggage Computed Tomography Security Screening.

Evaluating the Resilience of Face Recognition Systems Against Malicious Attacks (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Omar, L., & Ivrissimtzis, I. (2015). Evaluating the Resilience of Face Recognition Systems Against Malicious Attacks. In X. Xie, M. W. Jones, & G. K. L. Tam (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th UK Computer Vision Student Workshop (BMVW) (5.1-5.9). https://doi.org/10.5244/c.29.bmvw.5

This paper presents an experiment designed to test the resilience of several user verification systems based on face recognition technology against simple identity spoofing methods, such as trying to gain access to the system by using mobile camera s... Read More about Evaluating the Resilience of Face Recognition Systems Against Malicious Attacks.

Why do animal eyes have pupils of different shapes? (2015)
Journal Article
Banks, M. S., Sprague, W. W., Schmoll, J., Parnell, J. A., & Love, G. D. (2015). Why do animal eyes have pupils of different shapes?. Science Advances, 1(7), Article e1500391. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1500391

There is a striking correlation between terrestrial species’ pupil shape and ecological niche (that is, foraging mode and time of day they are active). Species with vertically elongated pupils are very likely to be ambush predators and active day and... Read More about Why do animal eyes have pupils of different shapes?.

Real-time construction and visualisation of drift-free video mosaics from unconstrained camera motion (2015)
Journal Article
Breszcz, M., & Breckon, T. (2015). Real-time construction and visualisation of drift-free video mosaics from unconstrained camera motion. Journal of Engineering, 2015(8), 229-240. https://doi.org/10.1049/joe.2015.0016

This work proposes a novel approach for real-time video mosaicking facilitating drift-free mosaic construction and visualisation, with integrated frame blending and redundancy management, that is shown to be flexible to a range of varying mosaic scen... Read More about Real-time construction and visualisation of drift-free video mosaics from unconstrained camera motion.

Binocular eye-tracking for the control of a 3D immersive multimedia user interface (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Sidorakis, N., Koulieris, G. A., & Mania, K. (2015). Binocular eye-tracking for the control of a 3D immersive multimedia user interface. In 2015 IEEE 1st Workshop on Everyday Virtual Reality (WEVR) : proceedings of a meeting held 23 March 2015, Arles, Camargue, Provence, France (15-18). https://doi.org/10.1109/wevr.2015.7151689

In this paper, we present an innovative approach to design a gaze-controlled Multimedia User Interface for modern, immersive headsets. The wide-spread availability of consumer grade Virtual Reality Head Mounted Displays such as the Oculus RiftTM tran... Read More about Binocular eye-tracking for the control of a 3D immersive multimedia user interface.

Visual saliency guided textured model simplification (2015)
Journal Article
Yang, B., Li, F. W., Wang, X., Xu, M., Liang, X., Jiang, Z., & Jiang, Y. (2016). Visual saliency guided textured model simplification. Visual Computer, 32(11), 1415-1432. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00371-015-1129-4

Mesh geometry can be used to model both object shape and details. If texture maps are involved, it is common to let mesh geometry mainly model object shapes and let the texture maps model the most object details, optimising data size and complexity o... Read More about Visual saliency guided textured model simplification.

Realtime wavefront sensing in a SPIM microscope, and active aberration tracking (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Taylor, J. M., Saunter, C. D., Bourgenot, C., Girkin, J. M., & Love, G. D. (2015). Realtime wavefront sensing in a SPIM microscope, and active aberration tracking. In T. G. Bifano, J. Kubby, & S. Gigan (Eds.), . https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2080061

Adaptive optics (AO) can potentially allow high resolution imaging deep inside living tissue, mitigating against the loss of resolution due to aberrations caused by overlying tissue. Closed-loop AO correction is particularly attractive for moving tis... Read More about Realtime wavefront sensing in a SPIM microscope, and active aberration tracking.

Mesh Alignment using Grid based PCA (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Kaye, D., & Ivrissimtzis, I. (2015). Mesh Alignment using Grid based PCA. In J. Braz, J. Pettré, & P. Richard (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2015) : Berlin, Germany, 11-14 March 2015 (174-181). https://doi.org/10.5220/0005313801740181

We present an algorithm for mesh alignment by performing Principal Components Analysis (PCA) on a set of nodes of a regular 3D grid. The use of a 3D lattice external to both inputs increases the robustness of PCA, particularly when dealing with meshe... Read More about Mesh Alignment using Grid based PCA.

Object Classification in 3D Baggage Security Computed Tomography Imagery using Visual Codebooks (2015)
Journal Article
Flitton, G., Mouton, A., & Breckon, T. (2015). Object Classification in 3D Baggage Security Computed Tomography Imagery using Visual Codebooks. Pattern Recognition, 48(8), 2489-2499. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2015.02.006

We investigate the performance of a Bag of (Visual) Words (BoW) object classification model as an approach for automated threat object detection within 3D Computed Tomography (CT) imagery from a baggage security context. This poses a novel and unique... Read More about Object Classification in 3D Baggage Security Computed Tomography Imagery using Visual Codebooks.