Research
statistical scene and image models, depth-cameras and multi-view scene reconstruction., binocular vision, eye-movements and 3D displays.
Publications

Publications of specific relevance to Advanced Robotics
2021
Vitanov I,
Farkhatdinov I, Denoun B,
Palermo F, Otaran A,
Brown J, Omarali B, Abrar T,
Hansard M,
Oh C,
Poslad S,
Liu C, Godaba H,
Zhang K,
Jamone L and
Althoefer K (2021).
A Suite of Robotic Solutions for Nuclear Waste Decommissioning. Robotics vol. 10, (4) 112-112.
10.3390/robotics10040112
Paredes JA, Álvarez FJ,
Hansard M and Rajab KZ (2021).
A Gaussian Process model for UAV localization using millimetre wave radar. Expert Systems with Applications vol. 185,
10.1016/j.eswa.2021.115563
Denoun B, Leon B,
Hansard M and
Jamone L (2021).
Grasping Robot Integration and Prototyping: The GRIP Software Framework. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine vol. 28, (2) 101-111.
10.1109/MRA.2021.3066049
Paredes JA,
Hansard M, Rajab KZ, Álvarez FJ and Aguilera T (2021).
Drone Positioning From Combined mmWave Radar and Depth Camera Data. CEUR Workshop Proceedings vol. 3097,
2019
Hansard M (2019).
Fast synthesis of atmospheric image effects. European Conference on Visual Media Production on - CVMP '19 Conference: European Conference on Visual Media Production 10.1145/3359998.3369406
Vasilyev A and
Hansard M (2019).
Spatial distribution of eye-movements after central vision loss is consistent with an optimal visual search strategy. International Journal of Neural Systems 10.1142/s01290657195002662018

Ahmed S,
Hansard M and Cavallaro A (2018).
Constrained optimization for plane-based stereo. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing vol. 27, (8) 3870-3882.
10.1109/TIP.2018.2823543
Vasilyev A,
Hansard M,
Mareschal I and Patras I (2018).
A Model of Visual Search in the Presence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration. PERCEPTION vol. 47, (5) 573-573.
Conference: Proceedings of the AVA Christmas meeting 2017

Ismail AMH, Solomon JA,
Hansard M and
Mareschal I (2017).
Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Orientation Processing During Scene Recognition. PERCEPTION vol. 46, (10) 1220-1221.
Conference: Proceedings of the AVA Christmas Meeting 
Dewar A,
Hansard M and
Mareschal I (2017).
Could Commodity Eye Trackers Provide a Viable Low-Cost Alternative for Neuropsychological Studies? PERCEPTION vol. 46, (10) 1225-1225.
Conference: Proceedings of the AVA Christmas meeting 
Zhao L,
Hansard M and Cavallaro A (2017).
Layered Scene Models from Single Hazy Images. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics vol. Early online, 1-1.
10.1109/TVCG.2017.27081082016

SELFRIDGE R, Noland K and
Hansard M (2016).
Vision of Motion Blur and Strobing Artefacts in Video at 100 Frames per Second. Conference: Conference on Visual Media Production (London) 10.1145/2998559.2998562
Ismail AMH, Solomon JA,
Hansard M and
MARESCHAL I (2016).
A tilt after-effect for images of buildings: Evidence of selectivity for the orientation of everyday scenes. Proceedings of the royal society, open science 10.1098/rsos.160551
Horaud R,
Hansard M, Evangelidis G and Ménier C (2016).
An overview of depth cameras and range scanners based on time-of-flight technologies. Machine Vision and Applications: an international journal 10.1007/s00138-016-0784-4
Ismail AMH,
Hansard M, Solomon JA and
Mareschal I (2016).
Adaptation to Tilted Scenes. PERCEPTION vol. 45, (6) 699-700.
2015

He A, Wang L, Chen Y,
Hansard M and Zhangy T (2015).
Comparison of CoMP and MISO for energy efficiency in HetNets. 2015 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference Workshops, WCNCW 2015 352-357.
10.1109/WCNCW.2015.7122580
HANSARD M, Evangelidis G, Pelorson Q and Horaud R (2015).
Cross-calibration of time-of-flight and colour cameras. Computer Vision and Image Understanding vol. 134, 105-115.
10.1016/j.cviu.2014.09.001
HANSARD M, Evangelidis G and Horaud R (2015).
Fusion of Range and Stereo Data for High-Resolution Scene-Modeling. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence 10.1109/TPAMI.2015.24004652014
HANSARD M, Horaud R, Amat M and Evangelidis G (2014).
Automatic detection of calibration grids in time-of-flight images. Computer Vision and Image Understanding vol. 121, 108-118.
10.1016/j.cviu.2014.01.0072013
2012
Hansard M, Lee S, Choi O and Horaud RP (2012).
Time-of-Flight Cameras Principles, Methods and Applications. Springer
Hansard M (2012).
Binocular projection of a random scene. BMVC 2012 - Electronic Proceedings of the British Machine Vision Conference 2012 10.5244/C.26.902011
HANSARD M, Horaud R, Amat M and Lee S (2011).
Projective alignment of range and parallax data. Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) 3089-3096.
Conference: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 10.1109/CVPR.2011.59955332010
Hansard M and Horaud R (2010).
Cyclorotation models for eyes and cameras. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics vol. 40, (1) 151-161.
10.1109/TSMCB.2009.20242112009

Glennerster A,
Hansard ME and Fitzgibbon AW (2009).
View-based approaches to spatial representation in human vision. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformat vol. 5604 LNCS, 193-208.
10.1007/978-3-642-03061-1_102008

Arnaud E, Christensen H, Lu YC, Barker J, Khalidov V,
Hansard M, Holveck B, Mathieu H, Narasimha R, Taillant E, Forbes F and Horaud R (2008).
The CAVA Corpus: Synchronised stereoscopic and binaural datasets with head movements. ICMI'08: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces 109-116.
10.1145/1452392.1452414
Khalidov V, Forbes F,
Hansard M, Arnaud E and Horaud R (2008).
Detection and localization of 3D Audio-Visual objects using unsupervised clustering. ICMI'08: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces 217-224.
10.1145/1452392.1452438
Hansard M and Horaud R (2008).
Cyclopean geometry of binocular vision. Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision vol. 25, (9) 2357-2369.
10.1364/JOSAA.25.002357
Khalidov V, Forbes F,
Hansard M, Arnaud E and Horaud R (2008).
Audio-visual clustering for 3D speaker localization. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformat vol. 5237 LNCS, 86-97.
10.1007/978-3-540-85853-9_82007
Hansard M and Horaud R (2007).
Patterns of binocular disparity for a fixating observer. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformat vol. 4729 LNCS, 308-317.
10.1007/978-3-540-75555-5_292001

Glennerster A,
Hansard ME and Fitzgibbon AW (2001).
How could ego-centric location be defined neurally? Journal of Vision vol. 1, (3)
10.1167/1.3.6
Glennerster A,
Hansard ME and Fitzgibbon AW (2001).
Fixation could simplify, not complicate, the interpretation of retinal flow. Vision Research vol. 41, (6) 815-834.
10.1016/S0042-6989(00)00300-X2000
Hansard ME and Buxton BF (2000).
Image-based rendering via the standard graphics pipeline. IEEE International Conference on Multi-Media and Expo (III/WEDNESDAY) 1437-1440.
Hansard ME and Buxton BF (2000).
Parametric view-synthesis. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformat vol. 1842, 191-202.
10.1007/3-540-45054-8_13
Grants

Grants of specific relevance to Advanced Robotics
Geometric Evaluation of Stereoscopic VideoHansard ME£88,495
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (31-08-2015 - 31-12-2016)
Summary
The UK Centre for Tobacco Control StudiesBritton J,
Hansard M, Brant S, Astley SM, Ziakas G, Amos A, Aveyard P, Bauld L, Coleman TJ, Godfrey C, Hajek P, Hastings GB, Lewis SA, McNeill AD, Munafo MR and West RJ
£2,854,373
Economic and Social Research Council (31-05-2008 - 30-11-2013)
Summary