Knowledge-based scene exploration using computer vision and learned analysis strategies

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 627-664

  Ahlrichs, U ^a   Paulus, D ^a,b   Niemann, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Inst für Computervisualistik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active vision; Camera actions; Computer vision; Reinforcement learning

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; COMPUTER CONTROL; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMANTICS; VISUALIZATION;

ACTIVE VISION; AUTONOMOUS MOBILE SYSTEMS; CAMERA ACTIONS; REINFORCEMENT LEARNING;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 3142706474     PISSN: 02180014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S021800140400337X     Document Type: Article

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