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Active computer vision; Active object recognition; Active perception

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Active Recognition is the task of processing visual information in order to determine the presence and identity of a particular element in a scene by employing an agent that knows why it wishes to achieve that recognition, chooses what to sense toward that goal, and determines how, when, and where to execute the sensing and recognition actions. Some methods have been termed active if they emit or project signals whose reflections back to the sensor play a role in the processing of visual information. Others emphasize that processing requires image sequences rather than a static image, in a way such that dynamic control of imaging geometry is not explicitly considered. These methods are not part of Active Recognition as described here, and the discussion will focus only on visible light camera sensors.

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    John K. Tsotsos

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Tsotsos, J.K. (2020). Active Recognition. In: Computer Vision. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03243-2_866-1

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