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Chapter 6: Conclusions 83object matching before we claim confidence and robustness. We also would like toexperiment the effect of segmentation on our algorithm. More robust segmentationmethods based on the minima rule and boundary refinement can substantially enhancethe performance when our algorithm is used for the object detection and recognition.6.3 Closing RemarksIn the first chapter of this document, we proposed to use the part-based humanperception model for shape analysis. Though our implementation does not completelycapture the perceptual power of the human mind or its coordination with the eye, theconcepts presented in this thesis are a first step, though a very small one towardsextending the state of the art in 3D computer vision.