D. Paulus, Lehrstuhl fur Mustererkennung, Erlangen-Nurnberg Univ., Germany
C. Drexler, Lehrstuhl fur Mustererkennung, Erlangen-Nurnberg Univ., Germany
M. Reinhold, Lehrstuhl fur Mustererkennung, Erlangen-Nurnberg Univ., Germany
M. Zobel, Lehrstuhl fur Mustererkennung, Erlangen-Nurnberg Univ., Germany
J. Denzler, Lehrstuhl fur Mustererkennung, Erlangen-Nurnberg Univ., Germany
We present a modular architecture for image understanding and active computer vision which consists of the following major components: sensor and actor interfaces required for data-driven active vision are encapsulated to hide machine-dependent parts; image segmentation is implemented in object-oriented programming as a hierarchy of image operator classes, guaranteeing simple and uniform interfaces. We apply this architecture to appearance-based object recognition. This is used for an autonomous mobile service robot which has to locate objects using visual sensors.
Index Terms:
active vision; active computer vision; data-driven active vision; modular architecture; image understanding; autonomous mobile service robot; image segmentation; object-oriented programming
Citation:
D. Paulus, C. Drexler, M. Reinhold, M. Zobel, J. Denzler, "Active Computer Vision System," camp, pp.18, Fifth IEEE International Workshop on Computer Architectures for Machine Perception (CAMP'00), 2000