Scene Interpretation using Learnt Concepts

The system SCENIC ("SCENe Interpretation by Configuration") has been extended in several ways to handle learnt concepts in low-level and high-level scene interpretation processes.

• A middle layer has been developed which mediates between low-level image analysis and high-level interpretation. It maps low-level data to specific object views and allows high-level hypotheses to control low-level processing.
• A standardised interpretation process has been defined which combines bottom-up part-whole reasoning with goal-dependent top-down processing and can cope with incomplete evidence.
• Learnt concepts can be integrated in the SCENIC knowledge base using the Semantic Web language OWL.
• A GUI has been implemented to control and visualise the interpretation process.

Window-Arrays recognised by SCENIC using a learnt concept description

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