Scene Analysis Based on Imperfect Edge Data

This system accepts as input a scene represented as a line drawing. Based on a set of known object models, the program attempts to determine the identity and location of each object viewed. The most significant feature of the system is its ability to deal with imperfect input data. This ability appears essential in light of our current stock of preprocessing techniques and the variation that is possible in real world data. INTRODUCTION A hand-eye system is a problem solving system with an eye (camera) for input and a hand (manipulator) for output. Such a system must have at least 1) a set of scene analysis (perception) programs which interpret the real world in a meaningful way, 2) a set of manipulation programs which control movement of the hand in 3-space, and 3) an executive (problem solver, strategy) program which directs the perceptual and motor processes toward a desired goal.