24. C. Williams: On a Connection between Object Localization with a Generative Template of Features and Pose-space Prediction Methods
We address the task of localizing objects from a given object
class in
an image. The image is represented as a collection of ``visual words''
at interest points. The generative template of features (GTF) model
defines a distribution over visual words and their spatial locations
for each part of the object \citep{sudderth-iccv-05,fergus-fei-fei-perona-zisserman-05}.
We show how to derive pose-space prediction methods (such as
the Hough transform) from the GTF. We also develop a connection
between the GTF and the "constellation" model.