Manfred Lang

ROBUST VIDEO-BASED RECOGNITION OF DYNAMIC HEAD GESTURES IN VARIOUS DOMAINS- COMPARING A RULE-BASED AND A STOCHASTIC APPROACH (2008)

Gregor Mcglaun, Frank Althoff, Manfred Lang, Gerhard Rigoll

This work describes two video-based approaches for detecting and classifying dynamic head-gestures. We compare a simple, fast, and efficient rule-based algorithm with a powerful, robust, and flexible...

Figure 1: Overview of the automatic speech translation (2007)

Johannes Müller, Holger Stahl, Manfred Lang

This paper describes a system for the semantic-based translation of spoken or written limited-domain utterances. The semantic structure as output of a semantic decoder serves as the...

TOWARDS USER ADEQUATE HUMAN-COMPUTER-INTERACTION (2007)

Manfred Lang

Human-Machine-Communication refers in general to an interdisciplinary matter. The following remarks restrict on engineering aspects as an overview which doesn't enter into too many details.

Adobe (2007)

Jrg Hunsinger, Manfred Lang

We present a novel approach towards a multimodal analysis of natural speech and handwriting input for entering mathematical expressions into a computer. It utilizes an integrated, multilevel...

(2) (2007)

Johannes Mller, Christian Krapichler, Lam Son Nguyen, Manfred Lang

A system for the visualization of three-dimensional anatomical data, derived from Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) or Computed Tomography (CT), enables the physician to navigate through and interact...

Integrated Circuits Based on 300 GHz fT Metamorphic HEMT Technology for Millimeter-Wave and Mixed-Signal Applications (2003)

Schlechtweg, Michael, Tessmann, Axel, Leuther, Arnulf, Schwörer, Christoph, Lang, Manfred, Nowotny, Ulrich, ...

Advanced circuits based on metamorphic HEMT (MHEMT)technologies on 4 ”GaAs substrates for both millimeter-wave,and mixed- signal applications are presented.Extrinsic cut-off frequencies of ft =293...

Comparing an Innovative 3D and a Standard 2D User Interface for Automotive (2003)

Frank Althoff, Gregor Mcglaun, Manfred Lang, Gerhard Rigoll

In this work we present the results of a comparative user study of two radically different user interfaces for controlling infotainment applications in an automotive environment: a standard 2D...

Using multimodal interaction to navigate in arbitrary virtual VRML worlds (2001)

Frank Althoff, Gregor Mcglaun, Björn Schuller, Peter Morguet, Manfred Lang

In this paper we present a multimodal interface for navigating in arbitrary virtual VRML worlds. Conventional haptic devices like keyboard, mouse, joystick and touchscreen can freely be combined with...

Comparison Of Approaches To Continuous Hand Gesture Recognition For A Visual Dialog System (1999)

Peter Morguet, Manfred Lang

Continuous hand gesture recognition requires the detection of gestures in a video stream and their classification. In this paper two continuous recognition solutions using HiddenMarkov -Models (HMMs)...

An Integral Stochastic Approach To Image Sequence Segmentation And Classification (1998)

Peter Morguet, Manfred Lang

Finding and identifying characteristic or meaningful image sequences in a continuous video stream is a challenging task with many applications. This paper presents a new and efficient approach to...

Spotting Dynamic Hand Gestures in Video Image Sequences Using Hidden Markov Models (1998)

Peter Morguet, Manfred Lang

In this paper a new and general stochastic approach to find and identify dynamic gestures in continuous video streams is presented. Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) are used to solve this combined problem...

Lang: Controlling LimitedDomain Applications by Probabilistic Semantic Decoding (1997)

Holger Stahl, Johannes Mller, Manfred Lang

The paper describes a speech understanding user-interface, which allows the online control of arbitrary running applications owning a well-defined command interface. A sequential combination of a...

Lang: Controlling LimitedDomain Applications by Probabilistic Semantic Decoding (1997)

Holger Stahl, Johannes Mller, Manfred Lang

The paper describes a speech understanding system, which allows the online control of arbitrary running applications owning a well-defined command interface. A sequential combination of a signal...

Feature Extraction Methods For Consistent Spatio-Temporal Image Sequence Classification Using Hidden Markov Models (1997)

Peter Morguet, Manfred Lang

In this paper a general and efficient approach for representing and classifying image sequences by Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) is presented. A consistent modeling of spatial and temporal information...

A Universal HMM-Based Approach to Image Sequence Classification (1997)

Peter Morguet, Manfred Lang

In this paper a universal approach to the classification of video image sequences by Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) is presented. The extraction of low level features allows the HMM to build an internal...

Symbol segmentation and recognition for understanding handwritten mathematical expressions (1997)

Hans-jürgen Winkler, Manfred Lang

This paper is focused on the symbol segmentation and recognition problem within on-line sampled handwritten expressions, the first stage of an overall system for understanding arithmetic formulas....

Online symbol segmentation and recognition in handwritten mathematical expressions (1997)

Hans-jürgen Winkler, Manfred Lang

This paper is concerned with the symbol segmentation and recognition task in the context of on-line sampled handwritten mathematical expressions, the first processing stage of an overall system for...

Lang: An Efficient Top-Down Parsing Algorithm for Understanding Speech by Using Stochastic (1996)

Holger Stahl, Johannes Mller, Manfred Lang

The paper is concerning an approach for understanding speech using a new form of probabilistic models to represent syntactic and semantic knowledge of a restricted domain. One important feature of...

A soft-decision approach for symbol segmentation within handwritten mathematical expressions (1996)

Stefan Lehmberg, Hans-jrgen Winkler, Manfred Lang

In this paper a soft-decision approach for symbol segmentation within on-line sampled handwritten mathematical expressions is presented. Based on stroke-specific features as well as geometrical...

Automatic Speech Translation Based On The Semantic Structure (1996)

Johannes Müller, Holger Stahl, Manfred Lang

This paper describes a system for the semantic-based translation of spoken or written limited-domain utterances. The semantic structure as output of a semantic decoder serves as the interlingua...

Predicting the Out-of-Vocabulary Rate and the Required Vocabulary Size for Speech processing Applications (1996)

Johannes Müller, Holger Stahl, Manfred Lang

This paper describes an approach for predicting both the vocabulary size and the resulting out-of-vocabulary rate (OOV-rate) for a hypothetical extension of an existing text corpus. By splitting the...

Ein neues Verfahren zur Bestimmung der Sichtweite in der Atmosphäre. (1971)

Lang, Manfred.

München, T. U., F. f. Maschinenw. u. Elektrotechnik. Diss., 1971 (Nicht f. d. Aust.).

Ein neues Verfahren zur Bestimmung der Sichtweite in der Atmosphäre : [Ausz.]. (1971)

Lang, Manfred.

München, Techn. Univ., Fak. f. Maschinenwesen u. Elektrotechnik, Diss. 1971.

Zur Wechselwirkung eines quantisierten Strahlungsfelds mit einem Nichtmetall. (1968)

Lang, Manfred.

Stuttgart, F. f. Natur- u. Geisteswiss., Diss. v. 21. Nov. 1968.

Verletzungen peripherer Nerven der oberen Extremitäten. (1966)

Lang, Manfred.

Erlangen-Nürnberg, Med. F., Diss. v. 27. Mai 1966.

Untersuchungen ueber das Windrad-Luftdruckvariometer. (1942)

Lang, Manfred.

Graz, Phil. F., Diss., 1942 (Nicht f. d. Austausch).