Intelligent System Laboratry.

Research Projects in 2009

  1. Simultaneous Tracking and Recognition for Real-time Computer Vision: Grant-In-Aid for Science Research (2008-2012) under Grant No.20300067 from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture, Japanese Government.
    1. Framework of Sparse Template Tracking
    2. Application for 3d Tracking
    3. Application for Adaptive Tracking
    4. Application for Face Recognition
  2. Face Recognition
    1. Face Structure Analysis and Detection
    2. Face Recognition free with lighting conditions
    3. Decomposed Eigenface Method
    4. Face Recognition by Parallel Partial Projection
  3. Photometric Analysis and Image Based Rendering
    1. Photometric Image Based Rendering
    2. Photometry-based Image Interpretation
    3. Recovery of Shape and Reflectance Property

Research Activities in 2000-2008

  1. Efficient Computer Vision based on Robust Subspace Method : Grant-In-Aid for Science Research (2003-2006) under Grant No.15300062 from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture, Japanese Government.
    1. Fundamental Theory of Partial Projection
    2. Application to Face Recognition
    3. Application to Tracking
  2. Digital Archiving Project(leader: Prof. Katsu Ikeuchi, Univ. Tokyo)
    (2000-2004) Research Area ``Advanced Media Technology for Everyday Living'' CREST(Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology), JST(Japan Science and Technology Corporation).
    1. Virtual Photometric Environment
    2. Virtual Exhibition of Traditional Dances
    3. Correlation Analisis of Traditional Dances
  3. Attention Shift Model and its applications
    (Grant-in Aid for Scientific Research under Grant No. 10480074 (1998-2000) from the ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture)
    1. Multiple Person Tracking
    2. Human Motion Recognition

Recent Publications

  • K. Sakabe, T. Taguchi, T. Shakunaga, ``Automatic Eigentemplate Learning for Sparse Template Tracker,'' to appear in Proc.2009 IEEE Pacific-Rim Symposium on Image and Video Technology (PSIVT'09), 2009.1.
  • T. Migita, S. Ogino, T. Shakunaga, ``Direct Bundle Estimation for Recovery of Shape, Reflectance Property and Light Position,'' in Proc. ECCV2008, 2008.10.
  • Y. Mukaigawa, Y. Ishii, T. Shakunaga ``Analysis of photometric factors based on photometric linearization,'' Journal of the Optical Society of America A, vol.24, issue 10, pp.3326-3331, 2007.10.
  • T. Migita, T. Shakunaga, ``Evaluation of Epipole Estimation Methods with/without Rank-2 Constraint across Algebraic/Geometric Error Functions,'' in Proc. CVPR2007, 2007.6.
  • F. Sakaue, M. Kobayashi, T. Migita, T. Shakunaga, J. Satake, ``A Real-life Test of Face Recognition System for Dialogue Interface Robot in Ubiquitous Environments,'' Proc. International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR2006), pp.1155-1160, 2006.8.
  • T. Shakunaga, K. Noguchi, ``Robust Tracking of Appearance by Sparse Template Adaptation,'' Proc. The Eighth IASTED International Conference on Signal and Image Processing (SIP2006), pp.85-90, 2006.8.
  • F. Sakaue, T. Shakunaga, ``Gaussian Decomposition for Robust Face Recognition,'' Proc. Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV2006), pp.110-119, 2006.1.
  • Y. Mukaigawa, Y. Ishii, T. Shakunaga, ``Classification of Photometric Factors Based on Photometric Linearization,'' Proc. Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV2006), pp.613-622, 2006.1.
  • Y. Kamon, R. Yamane, Y. Mukaigawa, T. Shakunaga, ``Coordination of Appearance and Motion Data for Virtual View Generation of Traditional Dances,'' Proc. Fifth International Conference on 3-D Digital Imaging and Modeling (3DIM2005), pp.118-125, 2005.6.
  • T. Shakunaga, Y. Matsubara, K. Noguchi, ``Appearance Tracker Based on Sparse Eigentemplate'', Proc. International Conference on Machine Vision & Applications (MVA2005), pp.13-17, 2005.5.
  • Y. Mukaigawa, M. Nishiyama, T. Shakunaga, ``Virtual Photometric Environment using Projector'', Proc. Tenth International Conference on Virtual System and Multimedia (VSMM2004), pp.64-72, 2004.11.
  • J. Satake, T. Shakunaga, ``Multiple Target Tracking by Appearance-based Condensation Tracker Using Structure Information,'' to appear in Proc. ICPR2004, 2004.8.
  • F. Sakaue, K. Shigenari, T. Shakunaga, ``Robust Face Recognition by Combining Projection-Based Image Correction and Decomposed Eigenface,'' Proc. FG2004, pp.241-247, 2004.5.
  • F. Sakaue, T. Shakunaga ``Robust Projection onto Normalized Eigenspace Using Relative Residual analysis and Optimal Partial Projection,'' IEICE Trans. Inf. & Syst., vol.E87-D, no.1, pp.34-41, 2004.1.
  • F. Sakaue, T. Shakunaga, ``Face Recognition by Parallel Partial Projections,'' Proc. ACCV2004, vol.1, pp.144-150, 2004.1.
  • Y. Mukaigawa, D. Genda, R. Yamane and T. Shakunaga, ``Color Blending based on Viewpoint and Surface Normal for Generating Images from Any Viewpont using Multiple Cameras'', Proc. IEEE MFI2003, pp.95-100, 2003.7.
  • T. Shakunaga, F. Sakaue, ``Natural Image Correction by Iterative Projections to Eigenspace Constructed in Normalized Image Space'', Proc. ICPR2002, vol.1, pp.648-651, 2002.
  • T. Shakunaga, K. Shigenari, ``Decomposed Eigenface for Face Recognition under Various Lighting Conditions,'' Proc. CVPR2001, vol. 1, pp.864-871, 2001.12.
  • Y. Mukaigawa, H. Miyaki, S. Mihashi, T. Shakunaga, ``Photometric Image-Based Rendering for Image Generation in Arbitrary Illumination,'' Proc. ICCV2001, vol.2, pp.652-659, 2001.7.
  • T. Kato, Y. Mukaigawa, T. Shakunaga, ``Cooperative Distributed Registration for Face Recognition in Natural Environments,'' Proc. ACCV 2000, pp.729-737, 2000.1.
  • N. Yokoya, T. Shakunaga, M. Kanbara, ``Passive Range Sensing Techniques: Depth from Images,'' IEICE Trans. Inf. & Syst., vol.E82-D, no.3, pp.523-533, 1999.3.
  • T. Shakunaga, K. Ogawa, S. Oki, ``Integration of Eigentemplate and Structure Matching for Automatic Facial Feature Detection,'' Proc. Int'l conf. on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG'98), pp.94-99, 1998.3.

    Workshop Papers in English (since 1998)

  • F. Sakaue, T. Shakunaga, ''Natural Image Correction by Iterative Linear Projection onto Eigenspaces,'' Proc. MVA2002, pp.36-39, 2002.12.
  • J. Satake, T. Shakunaga, ''Simultaneous Estimation of Head Pose and Shape by Hierarchical Control System,'' Proc. MVA2002, pp.72-75, 2002.12.
  • K. Shigenari, T. Shakunaga, F. Sakaue, ''Decomposed Eigenface Method along with Image Correction for Robust Face Recognition,'' Proc. MVA2002, pp.322-325, 2002.12.
  • J. Satake, T. Shakunaga, ``Human Tracking Based on Hierarchical Attention Control,'' Proc. MVA 2000, pp.517-520, 2000.11.
  • T. Kato, Y. Mukaigawa, T. Shakunaga, ``Cooperative Distributed Tracking for Effective Face Registration,'' Proc. MVA 2000, pp.353-358, 2000.11.
  • T. Shakunaga, N. Yamamoto, ``Virtual Subspace Method for Robust Face Recognition Independent of Lighting Conditions,'' Proc. MVA 2000, pp.205-210, 2000.11.
  • T. Shakunaga, T. Ohno, ``Successive Pose Clustering for Stereoscopic Object Recognition,'' Proc. MVA'98, pp.371-375, 1998.