Learning-based dynamic coupling of discrete and continuous trackers

Computer Vision and Image Understanding

Volumn 104, Issue 2-3 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 140-156

  Tsechpenakis, Gabriel ^a   Metaxas, Dimitris ^a   Neidle, Carol ^b  

^a Rutgers University School of Medicine   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D hand tracking; Appearance based discrete tracking; ASL recognition; Coupling trackers; Data driven tracking error; Fingerspelling segmentation; Model based continuous tracking

Indexed keywords

APPEARANCE BASED DISCRETE TRACKING; ASL RECOGNITION; COUPLING TRACKERS; DATA DRIVEN TRACKING ERROR; FINGERSPELLING SEGMENTATION; MODEL BASED CONTINUOUS TRACKING;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ERRORS; IMAGE PROCESSING; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); THREE DIMENSIONAL;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33750019162     PISSN: 10773142     EISSN: 1090235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cviu.2006.07.009     Document Type: Article

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