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(PhysOrg.com) -- Hugs and kisses exchanged under the mistletoe are among the human interactions which can now be automatically recognized by computers from video footage, thanks to new research.
The technology, developed at Oxford University, can also automatically recognize interactions such as handshakes and high fives. It is part of research to enable computers to automatically analyse the content of the vast amount of video footage generated from sources such as TV, films, YouTube and CCTV.
"Human actions and activities are of central importance in video analysis," said Alonso Patron-Perez of Oxford University’s Department of Engineering Science, who led the research. "This new work makes it possible to recognise two-person human interactions, such as hugs, kisses and hand-shakes, automatically. Once you can recognize these interactions the applications are numerous: for instance you could automatically search home videos and YouTube for kisses and handshakes or even fast forward CCTV to find incidents."
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Hugs and kisses exchanged under the mistletoe are among the human interactions which can now be automatically recognized by computers from video footage, thanks to new research.
The technology, developed at Oxford University, can also automatically recognize interactions such as handshakes and high fives. It is part of research to enable computers to automatically analyse the content of the vast amount of video footage generated from sources such as TV, films, YouTube and CCTV.
"Human actions and activities are of central importance in video analysis," said Alonso Patron-Perez of Oxford University’s Department of Engineering Science, who led the research. "This new work makes it possible to recognise two-person human interactions, such as hugs, kisses and hand-shakes, automatically. Once you can recognize these interactions the applications are numerous: for instance you could automatically search home videos and YouTube for kisses and handshakes or even fast forward CCTV to find incidents."
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