VIDEOMETRICS IV Call For Papers Part of: SPIE's International Symposium on Intelligent Systems & Automated Manufacturing [Photonics East `95] 22 October - 27 October, 1995 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Program Committee: Sabry El-Hakim (Canada), Chairman, Hirofumi Chikatsu (Japan), Armin Gruen (Switzerland), Henrick Haggren (Finland), Kurt Novak(USA), Mark Shortis (Australia), Walter Snow (USA). This fourth conference on Videometrics addresses developments and applications of the state-of-the-art vision-based measurement technologies. The primary function of Videometrics is to obtain quantitative information about physical objects or the environment. This includes methods to accurately and automatically recover 3-D properties, such as coordinates and dimensions, from images. These images are obtained not only from traditional CCD cameras but also, among others, active 3-D laser scanners, high resolution digital still video, VCR's, structured light, and integrated different types of data. Calibration and performance evaluation of vision systems for measurement-related applications remains an important issue. The designer must be able to precisely predict the resulting accuracy from a given vision system, in a given configuration, under all the conditions expected during operation. Improving the metric performance of object positioning, orientation and tracking in three-dimensional space, and geometric modelling of the environment is also dealt with in this conference. Recent advances, notably those documented in photogrammetric publications, show that the achievable accuracy has reached a level that makes it acceptable for many industrial requirements such as gauging and reverse engineering. An important objective of this conference is to bring together machine vision specialists, photogrammetrists, system designers, and potential users, particularly those with high tolerance requirements and those already convinced of the importance and payback of vision metrology, to discuss and exchange ideas on the above issues. Papers are solicited in the following and related areas, with particular emphasis on system applications: *successfully demonstrated system applications *on-line control systems *processing and analysis of 3-D data *object and environment (site) modelling *dynamic tracking in 3-D *rigorous and practical camera and system calibration *accuracy and performance evaluation *precise and robust measurement algorithms *integration of various sensor data for metrology Abstract due: March 13, 1995 Manuscript Due: July 31, 1995 (on-site proceedings) Send Abstract via e-mail to : abstracts@mom.spie.org (ASCII format) or fax one copy to SPIE at 206/647-1445 (Note that on January 15, 1995 the area code will change from 206 to 360). or mail 4 copies to: Photonics East, SPIE, P.O.Box 10, Bellingham, WA 98227-0010, USA Your abstract should include the following: 1.Title 2.Author listing (full names and affiliations) 3.Mailing address & Telephone, Fax, e-mail for each author 4.Submit to: Videometrics IV (El-Hakim) 5.Presentation (oral or poster) 6.Abstract text (250 words) 7.Brief biography (principal author only) The above information, and information on all other Photonics East'95 conferences, may be accessed on the World Wide Web: SPIE Conference page. Assoc.Prof. Mark R. Shortis, Mark_Shortis@mac.unimelb.edu.au Deputy Head, Dept. of Geomatics, University of Melbourne, Telephone +61 3 344 6401 Parkville 3052, AUSTRALIA. Facsimile +61 3 347 2916