The goal is to recognize the classic hold-up situation in which the robber has a weapon held perpendicular to the body and the victim's arms are held up parallel to the body. The target environment is similar to a convenience store, with a clerk, customers, and possibly rows of shelves that could obscure sight of some persons (blobs). The arms of the blobs, if visible, will be found and their position with respect to the body will be calculated.

overview | blobs | skeletons | sample code | current focus (updated 24 Feb 2006)

Honors in the Major thesis available in MS Word 2000 format here.
Defense presentation available in MS Powerpoint 2000 with notes here. The videos may need to be downloaded separately.

Of Skeltons:

Purpose of POIs Bone Properties Problems

Method Overview Alarms Results (August 2002)

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Last updated: 23 NOV 2005
Created: 19 SEP 2001