Technologies of Vision: developed technologies

systems

COMPASS - COMPuter Aided Search System. Image browser.

PiD - Person iDentification. Patent US 5,412,738 and EU EP582989.

MEMORI - Memory-based Image Retrieval by content analysis.

SmarTrack - SmarT Tracking of people. Patent US 7,965,867 (in EU: pending)

SpotIt! - a system for the creation of photographic quality face composites. Patent US 5,764,790.

TIE - text information extraction - Text In Scene: a method for text detection and segmentation in generic images.

SCOCA - System for COunting, Classifying and tracking Automatically vehicles in a road intersection.

VIDEO - Interactive system for semi-automated indexing and browsing of video material.

patents and current patent applications

O. Lanz (EU 2302589) Method for Efficient Target Detection from Images robust to Occlusion [2009] v-EP

O. Lanz, S. Messelodi (US Application 12/807388 - pending) - Method for Efficient Target Detection from Images robust to Occlusion [2010] v-US

O. Lanz (US7965867) Method and Apparatus for Tracking a Number of Objects or Object Parts in Image Sequences [2007] v-US

O. Lanz (EU Application EP20060116896, pending) - Method and Apparatus for Tracking a Number of Objects or Object Parts in Image Sequences [2006] v-EP

R. Brunelli, O. Mich (US5764790) Method of storing and retrieving images of people, for example, in photographic archives and for the construction of identikit images [1998] v-US

R. Brunelli, D. Falavigna, T. Poggio, L. Stringa (US5412738) Recognition system, particularly for recognising people [1995] v-US

R. Brunelli, D. Falavigna, T. Poggio, L. Stringa (EP0582989) A recognition system for recognising people [2001] v-EP

T.A. Poggio, R. Brunelli (US5416899) Memory-based method and apparatus for computer graphics [1992] v-US

T.A. Poggio, R. Brunelli (EP621969) Memory-based method and apparatus for computer graphics [1993] v-EP

T.A. Poggio, R. Brunelli (WO/1993/014467) Memory-based method and apparatus for computer graphics [1993]

some demos

SpotIt! (downloadable interactive demo of the system)

People tracking - A mpeg video ( 11 669 504) illustrating how SmarTrack works.

Multibody Tracking, mpg movie of tracking of 5 people with occlusions.

SCOCA demo, a screen recording session in Flash format of a short sequence of traffic analysis.

Video example of SCOCA output (detection, tracking, classification of vehicles).

Text in scenes (localization of text lines in scenes: examples)

code

Template Matching Techniques in Computer Vision: the Code Companion
related to the R. Brunelli book Template Matching Techniques in Computer Vision: Theory and Practice,

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