MAIN PUBLICATIONS (peer reviewed papers)
　

1.            F.H. Yao, and A. Sekmen: “Fusion of the Airborne Optical and IR Images and Target Detection from Fused Images,” Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 5359/2008, pp. 651-660. (4th International Symposium on Visual Computing, December 1-3, 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada).

2.            F.H. Yao, Guifeng Shao, A. Sekmen and M. Malkani: “Real-time Multiple Moving Targets Detection from Airborne IR Imagery by Dynamic Gabor Filter and Dynamic Gaussian Detector,” EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing, (in press).

3.            Sekmen, F.H. Yao, and M. Malkani: “Smart Video Surveillance for Airborne Platforms,” To appear in Robotica (in press).

4.            F.H. Yao, A. Sekmen, and M. Malkani: “A Novel Method for Real-time Multiple Moving Targets Detection from Moving IR Camera,” Proc. of the 19^th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, December 8-11, 2008, Tampa, Florida, USA.

5.            G. F. Shao, F. H. Yao, and Malkani: “Aerial Image Registration based on Joint Feature-Spatial Spaces, Curve and Template Matching,” IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation 2008, June 20-23, 2008, Zhangjiajie, China, pp.863-868.

6.            F.H. Yao, A. Sekmen, and M. Malkani: “Multiple Moving Target Detection, Tracking, and Recognition from a Moving Observer,” IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation 2008, June 20-23, 2008, Zhangjiajie, China, pp. 978-983.

7.            S. Watanabe, F.H. Yao, and R. Takaue: "Fundamental Study on Effects of Listening of Wind Band Music to the Changes of Blood Pressure and Heart Rate in Daily Living Environment," Biomedical Soft Computing and Human Science, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp.9-15, 2007.

8.            F.H. Yao, G. F. Shao, “Modeling of Ancient-style Chinese Character and Its Application in CCC Robot,” 2006 IEEE International Conference On Networking, Sensing and Control, Florida, U.S.A. April 23-25, 2006.

9.            F.H. Yao, G.. F. Shao, “Painting brush control techniques in Chinese painting robot,” 2005 IEEE International Workshop on robotics and human interactive communication, Aug. 13 – 15, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, pp.462 – 467

10.        F.H. Yao, G. F. Shao, and J.Q. YI: “Extracting the trajectory of writing brush in Chinese character calligraphy”, Engineering Application of Artificial Intelligence, 17 (2004), PP.631- 644.

11.        F.H. Yao, G. F. Shao, and J.Q. YI: “Trajectory Generation of the Writing-brush for a Robot Arm to Inherit the Block-style Chinese Character Calligraphy Techniques”, Advanced Robotics, the international journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, Volume 18, No. 3, PP.331 - 356, 2004.

12.        F.H. Yao, G. F. Shao: “Detection of 3-D Symmetry Axis from Fragments of a Broken Pottery Bowl”, 2003 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Hong Kong, China, III-505-508, 2003.

13.        F.H. Yao, G. F. Shao, R. Takaue and A. Tamaki: “Development of Chinese Character Calligraphy Robot”, Mechatronics and Machine Vision 2002: current practice, edited by R.S. Bradbeer and J. Billingsley, Research Studies Press Ltd., England, pp.315-322, 2002.

14.        F.H. Yao, G. F. Shao, R. Takaue and A. Tamaki: “Quadric Fitting over a Large-scale and Dense 3-D Data”, Proc. of Meeting on Image Recognition and Understanding 2002, Nagoya, Japan, Vol. II, pp. 467-472, July 31 – August 1, 2002.

15.        F.H. Yao, G.F. Shao, R. Takaue and A. Tamaki: “Automatic Concrete-tunnel Inspection Robot System”, Advanced Robotics, the international journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, Vol.17 No.4, pp319-337, 2003.

16.        F.H. Yao, G.F. Shao: “A shape and image merging technique to solve jigsaw puzzles”, Pattern Recognition Letters, 24 (2003) 1819-1835.

17.        F.H. Yao, G.F. Shao, H. Yamada and K. Kato: “Solving the Jigsaw Puzzles by the Computer (Part I) ― Jigsaw Pieces Extraction, Corner Point Detection, and Piece Classification and Recognition”, Trans. of Information Processing Society of Japan, Vol.43, No.5, pp.1492-1504, 2002.

18.        G.F. Shao, F.H. Yao, H. Yamada and K. Kato: “The Computer Solution of Jigsaw Puzzles(Part I--Extraction, Corner Point Detection, and Piece Classification and Recognition”, IPSJ SIG Notes: Computer Vision & Image Media (CVIM), 125-1, pp. 1-11, 2001.

19.        F.H. Yao, G.F. Shao, H. Yamada and K. Kato: “ The Computer Solution of Jigsaw Puzzles(Part II)--Boundary Shape Matching, Image Merging, and Recovery of Connection Relationships", IPSJ SIG Notes: Computer Vision & Image Media (CVIM), 125-2, pp. 13-23, 2001.

20.        F.H. Yao, G.F. Shao, A. Tamaki, H. Yamada and K. Kato: “Application of the Neural Network for the Automatic Extraction and Measurement of the Peritoneum”, Journal of Biomedical Fuzzy Systems Association, BMFSA, Vol.7, pp.7-11, October 2001.

21.        A. Tamaki, F.H. Yao and K. Kato:  “Analysis of Point-Sequence in 3-Dimensional Space by Using Correlation with Projection to 2-Dimensional Space”, Proc. of 2nd International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems, KAIST, Korea, pp.61-65, August 24-25, 2001.

22.        F.H. Yao, G.F. Shao, H. Yamada, K. Kato: “The Sensor Fusion Strategies for an Outdoor Intelligent Powered Wheelchair”, Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, 2001, M2VIP'2001, pp.79-84, Hong Kong, August 27-29, 2001.

23.        F.H. Yao, G.F. Shao, H. Yamada, K. Kato: “The Computational Algorithm for Solving Jigsaw Puzzles”, Proc. of 3rd International Conference on Advanced Concepts for Intellignet Vision Systems  --Theory and Applications, Baden-Baden, Germany, pp.67-74, July 30 – August 3, 2001.

24.        F.H. Yao, G.F. Shao, A. Tamaki, H. Yamada, K. Kato: “Automatic Extraction and Measurement of the Peritoneum”, Proc. of 5th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics and 7th International Conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis, Florida, USA, July 22-25, 2001.

25.        F.H. Yao, G.F. Shao, H. Yamada, K. Kato: “The visual feedback system for an outdoor intelligent powered wheelchair”, Proc. of 32nd International Symposium on Robotics, Seoul, Korea, pp.592-596, April 19-21, 2001.

26.        A. Tamaki, F.H. Yao and K. Kato: “On the Feature Detection for the Chaotic Figures Using Cross Correlation Function”, International Journal of Chaos Theory and Applications, Vol.5, No. 3, pp.23-36, 2000.

27.        F.H. Yao, G.F. Shao, A. Tamaki, H. Yamada, K. Kato: “Development of an Automatic Concrete-tunnel Inspection System by an Autonomous Mobile Robot”, Proc. of IEEE International Workshop on Robot-Human Interaction, Osaka, Japan, pp.74-79, September 27-29, 2000.

28.        F.H. Yao, G.F. Shao, A. Tamaki, H. Yamada, K. Kato: “Intelligent Control of Mobile Robot by Using the 3D-Ultrasonic-Sensor under the Environment Model”, Proc. of IEEE International Workshop on Intelligent Signal Processing, Budapest, Hungary, pp.249-254, September 5-7, 1999.

29.        F.H. Yao, G.F. Shao, A. Tamaki, H. Yamada, K. Kato: “Development of 3D-Ultrasonic-Sensor and Its application to the Construction of Large-Scale Environment Model”, Proc. of 30th International Symposium on Robotics, Tokyo, Japan, pp.305-310, October 27-29, 1999.

30.        F.H. Yao, G.F. Shao, A. Tamaki, H. Yamada, K. Kato: “Contour Extraction of Objects with Complicated Textures”, Proc. of 4th Japan-France / 2nd Asia-Europe Congress on Mechatronics, Kitakyushu, Japan, pp628-633, October 6-8, 1998.

31.        F.H. Yao, G.F. Shao, A. Tamaki and K. Kato: “Recovery of Connection Relationships among Two-dimensional Objects”, Trans. of Information Processing Society of Japan, Vol. 38, No.4, pp. 746-761, April 1997.

32.        A. Tamaki, M. Iwane, F.H. Yao and K. Kato: “On the Analysis of Contour Sequence by using Cross Correlation,” Proc. of SICE '97, July 29-31, Tokushima, pp.931-936.

33.        A. Tamaki, M. Taruki, F.H. Yao and K. Kato: “On the Generation of Drawing by Using Neural Network ¾ A Method of Feature Detection”, Journal of Biomedical Fuzzy Systems Association, BMFSA, Vol.2, pp.55-61, August 1996.

34.        F.H. Yao, G.F. Shao, A. Tamaki, K. Kato: “Partial Curve Identification in 2-D Space and its Application to Robot Assembly”, Proc. of 3rd International Workshop on Image and Signal Processing, Manchester, U.K., pp.161-164, November 4-7, 1996.

35.        F.H. Yao, G.F. Shao, A. Tamaki, K. Kato: “Recovery of the Connection Relationship among Planar Objects”, ’96 Proc. of the 11-th Korea Automatic Control Conference, Pohang, Korea, pp.430-433, October 24-26, 1996.

36.        F.H. Yao, G.F. Shao, A. Tamaki, K. Kato: “Layout Understanding of Japanese Business Card Based on the Destination of Character Center Line”, Proc. of Second Asian Conference on Computer Vision, Singapore, Vol.1, pp.417-421, December 5-8, 1995.

37.        F.H. Yao, A. Tamaki, K. Kato: “Layout Recognition of Japanese Business Card”, Proc. of the International Conference on Signal Processing, Application and Technology, Boston, Vol.2, pp.1112-1116, October 24-26, 1995.

38.        F.H. Yao, A. Tamaki, K. Kato: “HIGIPS Machine: A High-speed General-purpose Image Processing System”, Proc. of International Conference on Engineering and Industrial Application of Microcomputers, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A, pp.138-141, December 16-18, 1991.

39.        F.H. Yao, A. Tamaki, K. Kato: “An Application of HIGIPS to Recognition  of Pendulum Like Motion”, Proc. of 1991 Industrial Electronics, Control and Instrumentation, Kobe, Japan, pp.2025-2030, October 28 - November 1,  1991.

40.        F.H. Yao, A. Tamaki, K. Kato: “Recognition of the 3-D Motion of a Human Arm with HIGIPS”, Proc. of '91 Korean Automatic Control Conference, Seoul, Korea, pp.1724-1729, October 22-24, 1991.

41.        F.H. Yao, A. Tamaki, K. Kato: “Image Processing on HIGIPS”, Proc. of International Conference on Information and System, AMSE, China, pp.1350-1353, October 9-11, 1991.

42.        F.H. Yao, A. Tamaki, K. Kato: “The Development of HIGIPS ¾ the High-speed General-purpose Image Processing System”, Proc. of International Computer Symposium 1990, Hsinchu, Taiwan, pp.278-283, December 17-19, 1990.