Vision

Alper Yilmaz: Computer Vision
Research papers on topics including object tracking in EO and IR Imagery, Face Recognition, Pose Recovery, and Action Recognition.
http://www.ceegs.ohio-state.edu/~yilmaz/

AMOVIP-DB Images and Sequences for Vision Research
A collection of images for research, including medical images and satellite images. This web site contains only still images.
http://www.iv.optica.csic.es/projects/database.html

Charless C. Fowlkes
Research papers and software on statistical approaches to perceptual organization in low and mid-level vision. Quantitative analysis of spatial gene expression patterns in biological development.
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~fowlkes

Cognex Corporation
Designs, develops, manufactures and markets family of machine vision computer systems which are used to replace human vision in a wide range of manufacturing processes.
http://www.cognex.com

Computer Vision Handbook
Primarily intended for a researcher trying to decipher papers outside his own area of expertise, or a graduate student starting research.
http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~fleck/computer-vision-handbook/index.html

The Condensation Algorithm
A good descriptive page about the condensation algorithm. Contains downloadable source code, results, publications and links to related work.
http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/CVonline/LOCAL_COPIES/ISARD1/condensation.html

Content-based image retrieval
Employs texture analysis via a Gabor filter bank, CIE Lab space color histogram, and structural analysis using perceptual grouping principles.
http://amazon.ece.utexas.edu/~qasim/research.htm

CVonline: Compendium of Computer Vision
Online encyclopedia of computer vision concepts and methods. Complete articles contributed by different authors on various computer vision topics. Also includes links to additional vision resources.
http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/CVonline/

3D Image Model Generation from Stereo X-ray Images
Information in the areas: x-ray radiation, stereo x-ray imaging, monocular and binocular cues, stereo dual-energy x-ray machine, and research progress.
http://eee.ntu.ac.uk/research/vision/asobania/index.html

3D Imaging Research Group
The Research in this group is concentrated in 3D X-ray and Optical Light Imaging. Specifically, Stereoscopy, Material Identification, 3D Information Extraction and 3D Display Techniques.
http://www.eee.ntu.ac.uk/research/vision/index.html

Fast Stereo Matching Demo
Demo of a fast stereo matching algorithm, which uses a pyramid structure, fast correlation, rectangular subregioning and dynamic programming techniques.
http://extra.cmis.csiro.au/IA/changs/stereo/

Hough Transform
Concise introduction and demonstration of the Hough Transform, used for finding lines and edges in images, along with pointers to more advanced techniques for partial and curved lines.
http://www.anc.ed.ac.uk/~amos/hough.html

Image Labs International
This machine vision, and imaging systems integrator offers vision hardware sales and software packages.
http://www.imagelabs.com/

ImageCanada. Guide to Canadian Image Resources
Canadian image related resources on the web: imaging, image processing, image analysis, computer vision, computer graphics, digital art and multimedia, companies, academic groups, conferences, organizations, jobs
http://www.imagecanada.ca/

Linearity Detection by Quadrupole Convolution
The Quadrupole Convolution technique may be a part of human vision and can improve machine vision. This site provides details about how it works and how it might be used.
http://www.magma.ca/~davises/Vision/Convolution.html

Louis-Philippe Morency Homepage
Face tracking, Stereo vision, Robot navigation.
http://people.csail.mit.edu/lmorency/

Michael J. Black
Opitcal flow, human motion tracking and recognition, robust estimation, and probabilistic inference. Updated publications, source code for motion estimation, and new image sequences.
http://www.cs.brown.edu/people/black/

New Model for Light Interaction with the Retina of the Eye
Presents a new geometrical model for light interaction with the retina of the eye and its implications to the vision process. Results include a logical explanation for the trichromicity of vision and a seeming verification of Edwin Land's color vision experiments.
http://ghuth.com

Open Source - Computer Vision Library
Intel's open source computer vision library contains implementation of useful algorithms, like optical flow methods, snakes, binary morphological operations, pyramids, and camera calibration.
http://www.intel.com/technology/computing/opencv/

Rachid Deriche
Research Director at INRIA (French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control).
http://www-sop.inria.fr/odyssee/team/Rachid.Deriche/index.en.html

Seeing is Believing: Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence
"This article will look at the role that knowledge plays in computer vision and how the use of reasoning, context, and knowledge in visual tasks reduces the complexity of the general problem." Published in Crossroads, the ACM student magazine.
http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds3-1/vision.html

USC Annotated Computer Vision Bibliography: Table of Contents
The largest online vision bibliography of this kind. Papers organized by authors, journal/conference title, paper title and topic. Very useful reference resource.
http://iris.usc.edu/Vision-Notes/bibliography/contents.html

Visionary - A Dictionary of terminology in vision research
Dictionary for terminology used in the study of human and animal vision. It includes terms from the areas of biological and machine vision, visual psychophysics, visual neuroscience and other related fields.
http://cns-web.bu.edu/pub/laliden/WWW/Visionary/Visionary.html

Zamir License Plate Recognition LPR systems
Zamir Recognition Systems is a leading Israeli developer and manufacturer of license plate recognition systems also known as LPR, NPR or ANPR. These systems are used for vehicle access control, security and parking revenue control.
http://www.zamir.co.il