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VISION-LIST Digest    Fri Oct 22 14:49:15 PDT 93     Volume 12 : Issue 48

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Today's Topics:

 Image Aqcuitition
 Saliency maps
 "Canned" Line/Edge Detector Needed
 Constrained Delaunay triangulation
 Wanted: DOCS for Intellidex 605 Robot Arm
 Raster to Vector Features for GIS
 Looking for Borland C++ compatible libraries for the Itex PCPlus Frame grabber
 Need normalized correlation search
 Jobs

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Date: Mon, 18 Oct 93 16:22:07 +0200
From: Avraam Pouliakis - UNA <apou@leon.nrcps.ariadne-t.gr>
Subject: Image Aqcuitition


  Hello
Does anyone knows about cameras 
that can capture 200 or more images/second ?
If there are such cameras available can 
anyone send me the manufacturer's name ?
What about frame grabbers that can 
support these cameras? memory requirements
and displays?

Thank you in advance,
Makis

e-mail: apou@leon.nrcps.ariadne-t.gr

[ Dalsa Inc for Camera and Imaging Technologies or Datacube for
  grabbers. Any more?				phil...	]

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 11:58:38 +0100
From: toet@sunwise.izf.tno.nl (Lex Toet)
Subject: Saliency maps

Dear colleagues,

I know its a vague topic, but the Dutch government asked me to produce a 
program which transforms images into saliency maps (whatever that may be), 
to evaluate the conspicuity of e.g. traffic signs, road-workers dresses and 
camouflaged tanks. 

I hope some of you may have some ideas.

Current models of human visual search assume that salient image features guide 
the focus of attention beam in a bottom up process. Hence, there must be some
implementations around that use a "salient feature map" to drive the attentive 
mechanisms. 

Some related references:

\bb Koch, C. and Ullman, S. (1985).
Shifts in visual attention: towards the underlying neural circuitry.
Human Neurobiol. 4, pp. 219--227.

\bb Wolfe, J.M. and Cave, K.R. (1989).
Deploying visual attention: The guided search model.
In: Troscianko, T. and Blake, A. (eds.), AI and the eye.
Wiley and Sons, London.

\bb Wolfe, J.M., Cave, K.R. and Franzel, S.L. (1989).
Guided Search: An alternative to the feature integration model for
visual search.
J. Exp. Psych.: Human Perception and Performance 15, pp. 419--433.

\bb Zabrodsky, H. and Peleg, S. (1990).
Attentive transmission.
J. Vis. Comm. Im. Representation 1, pp. 189--198.

Many thanks in advance!!

Lex Toet
TNO Human Factors Institute
Kampweg 5 
3769 DE Soesterberg
The Netherlands
Email toet@izf.tno.nl

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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1993 20:49:29 GMT
From: tone@media.mit.edu (Matt Antone)
Organization: MIT Media Laboratory
Subject: "Canned" Line/Edge Detector Needed

	I am with the MIT Media Laboratory, and we're in need of a
"canned" edge detection program. The program would ideally be able to
take as its input a graphics file in some standard format, and output a
text file containing all of the endpoint coordinates of every line
detected, as well as which of these endpoints are connected. If anyone
knows of such a program, and (even better) an ftp site where it can be
obtained, please email me at tone@media.mit.edu or
tone@athena.mit.edu.
	Thanks very much,

	- Matt

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 09:38:03 +0100
From: Vitor Sequeira <vitor.sequeira@cen.jrc.it>
Subject: Constrained Delaunay triangulation

Hi,

I am interested in interpolating three-dimensional data obtained
by a laser range finder with a simplicial polyhedral surface, based
on the use of the constrained Delaunay triangulation.

The range data comes from an edge-based algorithm that yields a 
description of the scene as a set of line segments in 3D space.

Constrained Delaunay triangulation has been widely used to represent 
stereo data. Here the problem is very similar with the difference 
that we are using range data obtained by a laser range finder instead
of stereo data.

Do you have any public domain software for computing the 3D constrained 
Delaunay triangulation of the endpoints of the 3D segments ,i.e., the
3D segements are Delaunay edges? or Do you know where I can find/get it?

Thanks in advance,

  vitor

*   Vitor Sequeira                                            *
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*                                                             *
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*   21020 Ispra (VA)     |  Fax: +39 +332 789185              *
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Date: 	Fri, 15 Oct 1993 13:45:22 -0700
From: Frank Hausman <fhausman@well.sf.ca.us>
Subject: Wanted: DOCS for Intellidex 605 Robot Arm

    I'm posting to this group because the 605 was apparently
marketed as a robotic vision platform, among other things. 
    SRL needs MANUALS for an Intellidex 605 6 axis industrial
robot arm with controller.  The Intellidex company is defunct, a
service center called IDX Robotics wants $595 for manuals, and
another place wanted $300.  As an art group, SRL can't afford
these prices.  The 605 itself was given to SRL _very_ cheaply.
    The provider of a set of manuals will be rewarded with SRL
show videotape and a tour of SRL's machine/robotics shop.
    PLEASE EMAIL magott@path.net or call (415) 282-8882.
 
                                Michael Gottlieb magott@path.net
                                (415) 282-8882
 
    SRL is Survival Research Labs, a machine performance art
group based in San Francisco since 1979 under the direction of
Mark Pauline.  SRL has presented over 40 performances in the U.S.
and internationally.  Machines presented in the next local show
may include: the six-legged Running Machine (800 pounds of
insectlike locomotion), four-legged Walker, mobile V-1 buzz bomb
engine, tele-operated Air Cannon, Taser/Plasma Gun, Tesla Coil
(14 feet tall), the Big Arm with a new tail, and the Screw Machine.

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Date: Mon, 18 Oct 93 16:25:01 +0100
From: Bertrand Collin <yak@etca.fr>
Subject: Raster to Vector Features for GIS

I'm looking for references of any product (research work or industrial
tool) that deals with automatic (or semi-automatic) extraction of
vectors from digitalized geographic maps (the one you use when you're
lost in some strange country!).
The aim is to integrate the vector data into a Geographic Information
System.

Thank you for helping. As a feedback I will send back the collected
references to Vision-List. 

Reply to :  yak@etca.fr

Bertrand Collin ETCA/CREA/SP. France.

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 14:16:58 EDT
From: ubikkasa@mosaic.uncc.edu (Udayabhanu P Bikkasani)
Subject: Looking for Borland C++ compatible libraries for the Itex PCPlus Frame grabber

Does any one out there have any libraries compiled using the
Borlandc/c++ for the Itex pcplus frame grabber board...

Itex supplies only the libraries compatible with microsoft C. But i am
looking for the ones that are compatible with borland C/C++ .

thank you,
uday

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Date: 21 Oct 1993 15:41:05 -0400
From: mick@garnet.msen.com (Michael J Goulish)
Organization: Msen, Inc. -- Ann Arbor, MI (account info: +1 313 998-4562)
Subject: Need normalized correlation search
Summary: need speed,cost quotes for normalized correlation search code
Keywords: normalized correlation search

I (or my client) may be in the market for normalized correlation search
code to run on SPARC.  Preferably source.  Does anyone out there have
such stuff?  If so, please e-mail mick@msen.com, and we'll talk about
what kind of performance is needed.  The level of interest is quite
serious, the time frame would be within the next few months.  Sooner
if you already have the code and we can agree on a way to test it.  

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 10:07:42 -0400
From: Hermel Dube <dube@info.polymtl.ca>
Subject: Jobs

                  RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

         AT:      PERCEPTION AND ROBOTICS LABORATORY
                  DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
                  ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTREAL

                      -------------------------

   The Perception and Robotics Laboratory is looking for a research engineer,
   starting on January 1994. The successful candidate will be responsible
   for technical support, supervision of research facilities and customizing
   research needs.
   To qualify, you must have a bachelor of Electrical or Computer Engineering
   with one or two years experiences in robotics. Knowledge of oral and 
   written French is an asset.
   This position is initially for a duration of one year with possibility
   of renewal.
   Interested candidates may send their resumes by electronic or regular mail
   no later than November 15, 1993 to

                     Professor Paul Cohen
                     Perception and Robotics Laboratory
                     Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
                     Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
                     C.P. 6079, Succ. A
                     Montreal, Quebec
                     H3C-3A7
                     CANADA

           E-Mail:   cohen@ai.polymtl.ca
                  POST DOCTORAL POSITION

         AT:      PERCEPTION AND ROBOTICS LABORATORY
                  DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
                  ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTREAL

                      -------------------------

      The Perception and Robotics Laboratory invites applications 
   for a Post Doctoral Position, starting on January 1994. Candidates 
   should hold a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and be specialized in 
   one of the following specific areas: Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition
   and Robotics.
      The successful candidate will join a research team focusing on 
   applications of intelligent robotics to mining. He/she will participate
   in team projects and co-supervises graduate students. 
      This position is initially for a duration of one year term with 
   possibility of renewal. Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal is a francophone 
   institution. Interested candidates may send their resumes by electronic 
   or regular mail no later than November 15, 1993 to

                     Professor Paul Cohen
                     Perception and Robotics Laboratory
                     Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
                     Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
                     C.P. 6079, Succ. A
                     Montreal, Quebec
                     H3C-3A7
                     CANADA
                     
           E-Mail:   cohen@ai.polymtl.ca

                  GRADUATE STUDIES OPPORTUNITIES

         AT:      PERCEPTION AND ROBOTICS LABORATORY
                  DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
                  ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTREAL

                      -------------------------

   Graduate studies opportunities at Master and Ph.D. level are available
   with financial assistance, starting on January 1994.
   Specific research topics include

            - Signal Processing and Pattern Recognition.
            - Mobile Robotics.
            - Telerobotics and Telepresence.

   Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal is a francophone institution. Interested
   students with background in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering
   or Computer Science should send their resumes by electronic or regular
   mail to
     
                     Professor Paul Cohen
                     Perception and Robotics Laboratory
                     Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
                     Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
                     C.P. 6079, Succ. A
                     Montreal, Quebec
                     H3C-3A7
                     CANADA

           E-Mail:   cohen@ai.polymtl.ca

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