Title :
Contour synthesis by least-squares construction
Author :
Dong, Fengzhong ; Clapworthy, G.J. ; Lin, Huiming
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Technol., Univ. of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK
Abstract :
A least squares construction method is proposed to synthesise contours for human figure portrayal. It allows the creation of novel views of a human figure from different viewing angles, or the generation of a sequence of contours to depict the movement of a human character.
Keywords :
computational geometry; edge detection; image motion analysis; image sequences; learning (artificial intelligence); least squares approximations; solid modelling; 3D geometric model; contour sequence generation; contour synthesis; edge detection; human character movement depiction; human figure portrayal; learning-based approach; least-squares construction method; motion image sequence; viewing angle;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2009.1871
