Detecting, Representing and Attending to Visual Shape

Antonio Jose Rodríguez-Sánchez, Gregory Dudek, John K. Tsotsos

Abstract: The importance of shape detection, representation and recognition is not disputed by any relevant discipline and is an integral part of visual perception by both animals and machines. However, to date, there is no comprehensive theoretical framework of how to deal with visual shape. Here, we present the beginnings of such a framework and attempt to integrate the means to detect, represent and recognize shapes, specifically two-dimensional silhouettes. Of note is the inclusion of an attentional scheme primarily because there is growing evidence that human perception involves such a capacity yet how this might occur is virtually unexamined. Secondarily, the ability to attend to shape and shape elements is central to our ability to not only recognize shapes and objects, but also to reason about shape, solve problems involving shape, manipulate shapes and perform spatial reasoning.

External IDs:dblp:books/sp/13/Rodriguez-SanchezDT13