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Herbert Freeman

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#1454

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#1504

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#717

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#2620

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#2742

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#547

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According to Wikipedia, Dr. Herbert Freeman was an American computer scientist who made important contributions to the field of automatic label placement, computer graphics, including spatial anti-aliasing, and machine vision.

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Herbert Freeman's Published Works

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On the Encoding of Arbitrary Geometric Configurations (1961) (1770)
Computer Processing of Line-Drawing Images (1974) (1480)
A Corner-Finding Algorithm for Chain-Coded Curves (1977) (534)
Determining the minimum-area encasing rectangle for an arbitrary closed curve (1975) (440)
Machine Vision for Three-Dimensional Scenes (1990) (282)
Apictorial Jigsaw Puzzles: The Computer Solution of a Problem in Pattern Recognition (1964) (250)
Shape description via the use of critical points (1978) (191)
Characteristic Views As A Basis For Three-Dimensional Object Recognition (1982) (155)
Analysis of the Precision of Generalized Chain Codes for the Representation of Planar Curves (1981) (101)
A rule-based system for dense-map name placement (1992) (93)
A Multistage Solution of the Template-Layout Problem (1970) (78)
On the Quantization of Line-Drawing Data (1969) (70)
On searching a contour map for a given terrain elevation profile (1967) (70)
Machine Vision for Inspection and Measurement (1989) (67)
On the Problem of Placing Names in a Geographic Map (1987) (52)
Computer Processing of Line Drawings. (1973) (50)
Computer Description of Bodies Bounded by Quadric Surfaces from a Set of Imperfect Projections (1978) (50)
Machine Vision: Algorithms, Architectures, and Systems (1988) (48)
A PROGRAM FOR AUTOMATIC NAME PLACEMENT (1984) (48)
Application of the Generalized Chain Coding Scheme to Map Data Processing. (1978) (45)
Object recognition based on characteristic view classes (1990) (40)
An Algorithm for the Solution of the Two-Dimensional "Hidden-Line" Problem (1967) (38)
Comparative analysis of line-drawing modeling schemes (1980) (36)
Cloud shadow removal from aerial photographs (1990) (35)
ANALYSIS AND MANIPULATION OF LINEAL MAP DATA (1980) (29)
On the characteristic views of quadric-surfaced solids (1991) (27)
An expert system for the automatic placement of names on a geographic map (1988) (25)
The cyclic order property of vertices as an aid in scene analysis (1979) (24)
Algorithm for Generating a Digital Straight Line on a Triangular Grid (1979) (22)
Computing characteristic views of quadric-surfaced solids (1990) (20)
Automated cartographic text placement (2005) (20)
Part 3: The Merger of Computer Data and Thematic Mapping: A Program For Automatic Name Placement (1984) (19)
A Procedure for Generating Visible-line of Solids Bounded by Quadric Surfaces (1971) (19)
The Use of Characteristic-View Classes for 3D Object Recognition11The research reported here was supported by the CAIP Center of Rutgers University, an Advanced Technology Center of the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology. (1990) (16)
Analysis of Line Drawings (1977) (15)
The Feedback Approach to Cartographic Areal Text Placement (1996) (15)
Computer Architectures for Spatially Distributed Data (1985) (13)
Tutorial and selected readings in interactive computer graphics (1980) (11)
Reconstruction of Curved-Surface Bodies from a Set of Imperfect Projections (1977) (11)
A Cyclic-Order Property of Bodies with Three-Face Vertices (1977) (11)
Advances in Pattern Recognition (2000) (9)
Is Industry Ready for Machine Vision?—A Panel Discussion (1989) (9)
An efficient technique for compressing chain-coded line drawing images (1992) (8)
AN EXPERT SYSTEM FOR DENSE-MAP NAME PLACEMENT (2008) (8)
Calculation of Mean Shift for a Binary Multiplier Using 2, 3, or 4 Bits at a Time (1967) (7)
Who Invented the First Electronic Digital Computer (1988) (7)
On the problem of placing names on a map (2007) (6)
Research Directions in Computer Engineering (1983) (6)
An Expert System For Image Segmentation (1988) (6)
Implementation of two hidden-line algorithms (1980) (6)
Lines, Curves, and the Characterization of Shape (1980) (6)
Machine Vision for Inspection (1989) (6)
Obituary Jean Claude Simon 1924 to 2000 (2000) (5)
SEGMENT FITTING OF CURVES IN PATTERN ANALYSIS USING CHAIN CORRELATION. (1965) (5)
Octrees: A Data Structure for Solid-Object Modeling (1985) (4)
Characteristic-View Modeling of Curved-Surface Solids (1996) (4)
Detection of transposition errors in decimal numbers (1967) (4)
The dominant views of solid objects (1992) (3)
Computer descriptions of curved-surface objects from multiple projected-pattern images (1978) (2)
Comparative precision analysis of chain-coding families for line-drawing encoding (1990) (2)
Directions for future research - a panel discussion (1988) (2)
Some New Map Data Encoding Schemes (1978) (2)
Map and Line-Drawing Processing (1981) (2)
The surface-attribute probe--an "active-vision" approach to 3-D object characterization (1996) (2)
The Generalized Chain Code for Map Data Encoding and Processing. (1978) (1)
Primary set of characteristic views for 3-D objects (1991) (1)
Map data processing : proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute on Map Data Processing held in Maratea, Italy, June 18-29, 1979 (1980) (1)
Comparative Analysis of Line-Drawing Modeling Schemes* (1981) (1)
Computation of features of 2-D polycurve-encoded boundaries (1989) (1)
Characteristic views and perspective aspect graphs of quadric-surfaced solids (1991) (1)
The surface-attribute probe: a "smart" tool for 3-D object recognition (1994) (1)
Studies in Pattern Recognition: A Memorial to the Late Professor King-Sun Fu (1997) (1)
Three-dimensional object recognition and pose determination based on combined-edge and surface-shape data (1993) (1)
Label-EZ TM-- Software for Automated Cartographic Text Placement (2004) (0)
Project LESTRADE: The Design of a Trainable Machine Vision Inspection System (1990) (0)
New Directions in the Digital Signal Processing of Image Data. (1987) (0)
Extracting Dynamic Characteristics from Sequences of Maps (1978) (0)
On the Template-Layout Problem. (1975) (0)
Design of an Early Minicomputer (2007) (0)
Automatic Data Processing Techniques for Graphic-Data Display Generation and Analysis. (1975) (0)
PATTERN ANALYSIS OF PLANAR GEOMETRIC CONFIGURATIONS. (1964) (0)
Use of the surface-attribute probe for 3-D object characterization (1994) (0)
Goals and Curriculum (1972) (0)
Software engineering : proceedings of the Software Engineering Workshop held in Albany, Troy, and Schenectady, New York, from May 30-June 1, 1979 (1980) (0)
Survey of Image Processing Applications in Industry (1986) (0)
Development of an On-Line Image Scanning and Processing System, (1975) (0)
A State-of-the-Art Assessment of Automatic Name Placement. (1986) (0)
USSR Engineering Education in Electronics and Computer Science -- Some Recent Observations. (1976) (0)
King-Sun Fu (1930–1985) (1985) (0)
Programmer's Manual for the CHAP Line-Drawing Processing Language (Revised). (1977) (0)
On theQuantization ofLine-Drawing Data (1969) (0)
Development of Automatic Names Placement Software. (1987) (0)
DIGITAL-COMPUTER PROCESSING OF GRAPHICAL DATA. (1969) (0)

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