============================================================================== = GENERAL INFORMATION = ============================================================================== = = File last edited: 2/11/99 = = = The ** MOST RECENT ** publications resulting from the GRUFF project are = = present in this ftp directory. A short description of each paper is = = provided below. = = = = This directory also contains a subdirectory (called Objects/) of object = = models and images used in these published reports. = = = = Please direct any questions via e-mail to msutton@uwf.edu = = = = Further information on our lab can be accessed via the URL: = = http://marathon.csee.usf.edu/ = = = = GRUFF's official WWW page can be accessed from there by clicking on: = = Function-Driven Object Recognition = = = ============================================================================== ============================================================================== = COPYRIGHT NOTICE: = = ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ = = "The documents contained in these directories are included by the = = contributing authors as a means to ensure timely dissemination of = = scholarly and technical work on a non-commercial basis. Copyright and = = all rights therein are maintained by the authors or by other copyright = = holders, notwithstanding that they have offered their works here = = electronically. It is understood that all persons copying this = = information will adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each = = author's copyright. These works may not be reposted without the explicit = = permission of the copyright holder." = = = = P.J. Denning and B. Rous, = = The ACM Electronic Publishing Plan, = = Communications of the ACM, 38(4):97-109, April 1995. = ============================================================================== ============================================================================== = DISSERTATIONS = ============================================================================== MelanieSutton.DISSERTATION-97.ps.Z @BOOK{Sutton-dissertation-97, AUTHOR = "Sutton, M.A.", TITLE = "Function from Visual Analysis and Physical Interaction: A Methodology for Recognition of Generic Classes of Objects", ADDRESS = "Tampa, Florida", PUBLISHER = "Ph.D. Dissertation, University of South Florida", YEAR = "1997"} Describes the interactive version of GRUFF (called GRUFF-I), which operates on-line with visual and robotic components, to recognize objects within the superordinate categories "dishes" and "furniture". ============================================================================== = BOOKS = ============================================================================== Check your library or contact World Scientific Publishing directly for the complete GRUFF reference book: @BOOK{Stark-book96, AUTHOR = "Stark, L. and Bowyer, K.W.", TITLE = "Generic Object Recognition Using Form and Function", ADDRESS = "New Jersey", PUBLISHER = "World Scientific Publishing", YEAR = "1996"} jain_flynn_book_chapter.ps.Z @INCOLLECTION{Sutton-chapter, AUTHOR = "Sutton, M. and Stark, L. and Bowyer, K.W.", TITLE = "Function-based generic recognition for multiple object categories", BOOKTITLE = "Three-Dimensional Object Recognition Systems", PUBLISHER = "Elsevier Science Publishers", EDITOR = "Jain, A.K. and Flynn, P.J.", YEAR = "1993", PAGES = "447-470"} Describes the version of the GRUFF system that handles "dishes" and "furniture". ============================================================================== = JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS = ============================================================================== cviu_special_issue_95_handtools.ps.Z @ARTICLE{Green-IU-95, AUTHOR = "Green, K. and Eggert, D. and Stark, L. and Bowyer, K.", TITLE = "Generic Recognition of Articulated Objects through Reasoning about Potential Function", JOURNAL = "Computer Vision and Image Understanding", MONTH = "September", YEAR = "1995", VOLUME = "62", NUMBER = "2", PAGES = "177-193"} Describes the next generation of a function-based recognition system which is able to recognize articulated objects for the handtool categories "scissors", "pliers", "adjustable wrench", and "C clamp." pami-opuses.ps.Z @ARTICLE{Hoover-pami, AUTHOR = "Hoover, A. and Goldgof, D. and Bowyer, K.W.", TITLE = "Extracting a Valid Boundary Representation from a Segmented Range Image", JOURNAL = "IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence", VOLUME = "17", NUMBER = "9", MONTH = "September", YEAR = "1995", PAGES = "920-924"} Presents results on building valid b-reps from 218 real range images. pattern_recognition_dishes.ps.Z @ARTICLE{Sutton-journal, AUTHOR = "Sutton, M. and Stark, L. and Bowyer, K.W.", TITLE = "{GRUFF}-3: Generalizing the Domain of Function-Based Recognition System", JOURNAL = "Pattern Recognition", MONTH = "December", YEAR = "1994", VOLUME = "27", NUMBER = "12", PAGES = "1743-1766"} Describes the extension of GRUFF to handle the object category "dishes". cvgip_image_understanding_furniture_functionality.ps.Z @ARTICLE{Stark-iu, AUTHOR = "Stark, L. and Bowyer, K.W.", TITLE = "Function-Based Recognition for Multiple Object Categories", JOURNAL = "CVGIP: Image Understanding", MONTH = "January", YEAR = "1994", VOLUME = "59", NUMBER = "1", PAGES = "1-21"} Describes the evaluation of the GRUFF system on a large number of different shapes in the super-ordinate category "furniture". ============================================================================== = CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS = ============================================================================== dagstuhl_97.ps.Z @INCOLLECTION{Sutton-WS-97, AUTHOR = "Sutton, M.A. and Stark, L. and Bowyer, K.W.", TITLE = "Representing and Reasoning about Object Functionality: Towards an Integrated Approach", BOOKTITLE = "Intelligent Robots - Sensing, Modelling, and Planning", YEAR = "1997", PUBLISHER = "World Scientific Publishing", EDITOR = "Bolles, R.C. and Bunke, H. and Noltemeier, H."} Presents the first full set of results for 21 physical objects analyzed by the GRUFF-I (Generic Recognition Using Form, Function and Interaction) system. The system is composed of three separate subsystems: Model Building, Shape-based Reasoning and Interaction- based Reasoning. aaai_function_workshop_96_robot.ps.Z @INPROCEEDINGS{Sutton-AAAI-96, AUTHOR = "Sutton, M. and and Stark, L. and Bowyer, K.W.", TITLE = "Interactive Confirmation of Object Functionality", BOOKTITLE = "AAAI Workshop on Modeling and Reasoning with Function", MONTH = "August", YEAR = "1996"} Provides initial results for integrating vision and robotic components to confirm functionality. flairs_95_hand_tools.ps.Z @INPROCEEDINGS{Liu-flairs, AUTHOR = "Sutton, M. and Liu, H. and Stark, L. and Bowyer, K.W.", TITLE = "Towards a Domain-Independent Function-Based Recognition System", BOOKTITLE = "Proceedings of Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Symposium", YEAR = "1995", PAGES = "294-298"} Briefly summarizes some of the strengths of the GRUFF approach and describes the extension to recognize shapes in the superordinate category "hand tools". dagstuhl_seminar_94_gruff_history.ps.Z L. Stark and K. Bowyer, Function-Based Object Recognition, 1994. This paper provides an overview of the results of various elements of the GRUFF research project up to mid-1994. aaai_function_workshop_94_articulated.ps.Z @INPROCEEDINGS{Green-AAAI-94, AUTHOR = "Green, K. and Eggert, D. and Stark, L. and Bowyer, K.W.", TITLE = "Generic Recognition of Articulated Objects by Reasoning About Functionality", BOOKTITLE = "AAAI Workshop on Representing and Reasoning about Device Function", MONTH = "August", YEAR = "1994", PAGES = "56-64"} Describes an approach to reasoning about the functionality of objects with articulated parts. cad_based_workshop_94_articulated_models.ps.Z @INPROCEEDINGS{Eggert-CAD-94, AUTHOR = "Eggert, D. and Goldgof, D.B. and Bowyer, K.W.", TITLE = "Reconstructing CAD Models of Articulated Objects", BOOKTITLE = "Proceedings of IEEE Second CAD-Based Vision Workshop", MONTH = "February", YEAR = "1994", PAGES = "98-105"} Describes an algorithm for recovering an articulated shape model from a sequence of OPUS boundary representations. cad_based_workshop_94_brep_from_range.ps.Z @INPROCEEDINGS{Hoover-2, AUTHOR = "Hoover, A. and Goldgof, D.B. and Bowyer, K.W.", TITLE = "Building a B-rep from a Segmented Range Image", BOOKTITLE = "Proceedings of IEEE Second CAD-Based Vision Workshop", MONTH = "February", YEAR = "1994", PAGES = "74-81"} Describes an algorithm for constructing OPUS models from range images. cvpr_94_gruff_thingworld.ps.Z @INPROCEEDINGS{Stark-cvpr94, AUTHOR = "Stark, L.", TITLE = "Recognizing Object Function Through Reasoning About 3-{D} Shape and Dynamic Physical Properties", BOOKTITLE = "Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition", YEAR = "1994", PAGES = "546-553"} Describes a hybrid of the GRUFF system and the ThingWorld system, used in planning to explore and confirm functionality suggested by shape analysis. qual_vis_93.ps.Z @INPROCEEDINGS{Stark_ieee, AUTHOR = "Stark, L. and Hoover, A. and Goldgof, D.B. and Bowyer, K.W.", TITLE = "Function-Based Recognition from Incomplete Knowledge of Shape", BOOKTITLE = "Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Qualitative Vision", YEAR = "1993", PAGES = "11-22"} Describes the version of the GRUFF system that reasons from OPUS shape models (built from real range data) as input. flairs_92_generic_model.ps.Z @INPROCEEDINGS{Sutton-flairs, AUTHOR = "Sutton, M. and Stark, L. and Bowyer, K.W.", TITLE = "What is a ``generic'' object model for computer vision?", BOOKTITLE = "Proceedings of Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Symposium", YEAR = "1992", PAGES = "252-256"} Presents a survey and summarizes the differences of the various definitions of "generic object models" in the computer vision community. ============================================================================== = IN-HOUSE PUBLICATIONS = ============================================================================== tech-report.94-01.ps.Z A. Hoover, D. Goldgof, and K. Bowyer, Building a boundary representation from a segmented range image, University of South Florida, 1-36, 1994. A paper which describes the complete process of building an OPUS model from a range image. ==============================================================================