"Advances in Multimodal Interfaces - ICMI 2000.Proceedings" ed. by Tieniu Tan, Yuanchun Shi, Wen Gao

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces, ICMI 2000, held in Beijing, China in October 2000. The 38 revised full papers and 48 poster papers presented in the book were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 172 submissions.

The papers are organized in topical sections on affective and perceptual computing; gesture recognition; face and facial expression detection, recognition and synthesis; multilingual interfaces and natural language understanding; speech processing and speaker detection; object motion, tracking and recognition; handwriting recognition; input devices; virtual and augmented reality; multimodal interfaces for wearable and mobile computing; sign languages and multimodal navigation; and multimodal integration and application systems.

Table of Contents
Affective and Perceptual Computing
Gaze and Speech in Attentive User Interfaces
Resolving References to Graphical Objects in Multimodal Queries by Constraint Satisfaction
Human-Robot Interface Based on Speech Understanding Assisted by Vision
Designing Multi-sensory Models for Finding Patterns in Stock Market Data
Audio-visual Segmentation and "The Cocktail Party Effect"
Visual Recognition of Emotional States
An Experimental Study of Input Modes for Multimodal Human-Computer Interaction
Emotion Expression Functions in Multimodal Presentation
A Sound MagicBoard
Gesture Recognition
A Head Gesture Recognition Algorithm
Gestures Recognition for a Walking Person by Using a Sequence of Spatially Reduced Range Image
Virtual Mouse–-Inputting Device by Hand Gesture Tracking and Recognition
A Self-reliance Smoothness of the Vision-Based Recognition of Hand Gestures Cues Fusion Technology
Head Pose Estimation for Video-Conferencing with Multiple Cameras and Microphones
Face and Facial Expression Detection, Recognition and Synthesis
A General Framework for Face Detection
Glasses Detection for Face Recognition Using Bayes Rules
Real-Time Face Tracking under Partial Occlusion and Illumination Change
Eye-State Action Unit Detection by Gabor Wavelets
Web-PICASSO: Internet Implementation of Facial Caricature System PICASSO
Recognition of Human Faces Based on Fast Computation of Circular Harmonic Components
Multiple Faces Tracking and Zooming System
Face Warping Using a Single Image
Hierarchical Framework for Facial Expression Recognition
Detecting Facial Features on Images with Multiple Faces
The Synthesis of Realistic Human Face
Gravity-Center Template Based Human Face Feature Detection
An Improved Facial Expression Recognition Method
Face Direction Estimation Using Multiple Cameras for Human Computer Interaction
Face Recognition Based on Local Fisher Features
Combining Skin Color Model and Neural Network for Rotation Invariant Face Detection
Multilingual Interfaces and Natural Language Understanding
Multimodal Integration Using Complex Feature Set
Bilingual Dictionary Based Sentence Alignment for Chinese English Bitext
A Task Oriented Natural Language Understanding Model
Variable Length Language Model for Chinese Character Recognition
Automatic Lexical Errors Detecting of Chinese Texts Based on the Orderly-Neighborship
Statistical Analysis of Chinese Language and Language Modeling
Based on Huge Text Corpora
On Building a Simulating Translation Environment for Multilingual Conversation
Approach to Recognition and Understanding of the Time Constituents in the Spoken Chinese Language Translation
Speech Processing and Speaker Detection
KD2000 Chinese Text-To-Speech System
Multimodal Speaker Detection Using Input/Output Dynamic Bayesian Networks
Research on Speech Recognition Based on Phase Space Reconstruction Theory
Object Motion, Tracking and Recognition
Estimating the Pose of Phicons for Human Computer Interaction
An Approach to Robust and Fast Locating Lip Motion
Multi-level Human Tracking
Region-Based Tracking in Video Sequences Using Planar Perspective Models
A Novel Motion Estimation Algorithm Based on Dynamic Search Window and Spiral Search
Determining Motion Components Using the Point Distribution Model
Handwriting Recognition
Automatic Recognition of Unconstrained Off-Line Bangla Handwritten Numerals
A Novel Algorithm for Handwritten Chinese Character Recognition
An HMM Based Two-Pass Approach for Off-Line Cursive Handwriting Recognition
On-Line Recognition of Mathematical Expressions Using Automatic Rewriting Method
On-Line Hand-Drawn Symbol Recognition Based on Primitives Separation and Fuzzy Inference
Integration MBHMM and Neural Network for Totally Unconstrained Handwritten Numerals Recognition
Aspect Ratio Adaptive Normalization for Handwritten Character Recognition
A Neural-Network Dimension Reduction Method for Large-Set Pattern Classification
A Recognition System for Devnagri and English Handwritten Numerals
Deformation Transformation for Handwritten Chinese Character Shape Correction
Offline Handwritten Chinese Character Recognition Using Optimal Sampling Features
A New Multi-classifier Combination Scheme and Its Application in Handwriting Chinese Character Recognition
Off-Line Handwritten Chinese Character Recognition with Nonlinear Pre-classification
Input Devices and Its Usability
Detection of the Indicated Area with an Indication Stick
Heuristic Walkthroughs Evaluation of Pen-Based Chinese Word Edit System (PCWES) Usability
Design and Realization of 3D Space Coordinate Serial Input
Virtual and Augmented Reality
User's Vision Based Multi-resolution Rendering of 3D Models in Distributed Virtual Environment DVENET
Vision-Based Registration Using 3-D Fiducial for Augmented Reality
The Study on Stereoscopic Image Generating Algorithm Based on Image Transformation
Jacob - An Animated Instruction Agent in Virtual Reality
Multimodal Interfaces for Wearable and Mobile Computing
Penbuilder: Platform for the Development of Pen-Based User Interface
Usability of Browser-Based Pen-Touch/Speech User Interfaces for Form-Based Application in Mobile Environment
A Lock Opening and Closing System with the Image Base Using a Cellular Phone through the Internet
Sign Languages and Multimodal Navigation for the Disabled
HandTalker: A Multimodal Dialog System Using Sign Language and 3-D Virtual Human
A Vision-Based Method for Recognizing Non-manual Information in Japanese Sign Language
A Parallel Multistream Model for Integration of Sign Language Recognition and Lip Motion
Multi-modal Navigation for Interactive Wheelchair
A Fast Sign Word Recognition Method for Chinese Sign Language
Multimodal Integration and Application Systems
Automatic Keystone Correction for Camera-Assisted Presentation Interfaces
A Multimodal User Interface for Geoscientific Data Investigation
Partial Information in Multimodal Dialogue
Multimodal Interface Techniques in Content-Based Multimedia Retrieval
Design of Retrieval Method of Map Targets in the Multimodal Interface
A Pragmatic Semantic Reliable Multicast Architecture for Distant Learning
A Framework for Supporting Multimodal Conversational Characters in a Multi-agent System
Author Index