First-Person View Hand Segmentation of Multi-Modal Hand Activity Video Dataset

First-Person View Hand Segmentation of Multi-Modal Hand Activity Video Dataset

by | Aug 7, 2020 | 2020, Convergence Accelerator, Future of Work, Hyunggun Chi, Karthik Ramani, Publications, Recent Publications, Sangpil Kim

Abstract:  First-person-view videos of hands interacting with tools are widely used in the computer vision industry. However, creating a dataset with pixel-wise segmentation of hands is challenging since most videos are captured with fingertips occluded by the hand...
A Large-scale Annotated Mechanical Components Benchmark for Classification and Retrieval Tasks with Deep Neural Networks

A Large-scale Annotated Mechanical Components Benchmark for Classification and Retrieval Tasks with Deep Neural Networks

by | Jul 3, 2020 | 2020, CISE Research Infrastructure, Convergence Accelerator, Future of Work, Hyunggun Chi, Karthik Ramani, Karthik Ramani, Publications, Recent Publications, Sangpil Kim

We introduce a large-scale annotated mechanical components benchmark for classification and retrieval tasks named Mechanical Components Benchmark (MCB): a large-scale dataset of 3D objects of mechanical components. The dataset enables data-driven feature learning for...
StoryMakAR: Bringing Stories to Life with an Augmented Reality & Physical Prototyping Toolkit for Youth

StoryMakAR: Bringing Stories to Life with an Augmented Reality & Physical Prototyping Toolkit for Youth

by | Apr 9, 2020 | 2020, Ananya Ipsita, Convergence Accelerator, Future of Work, Industrial Innovation and Partnerships, Karthik Ramani, Publications, Recent Publications, Terrell Glenn

Makerspaces can support educational experiences in prototyping for children. Storytelling platforms enable high levels of creativity and expression, but have high barriers of entry. We introduce StoryMakAR, which combines making and storytelling. StoryMakAR is a new...