Constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Workshop on Human Behavior Understanding, HBU 2010, a satellite workshop of the International Conference on Pattern Recognition in Istanbul, Turkey, on August 22, 2010.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Human Behavior Understanding, HBU 2013, held in Barcelona, Spain, in October 2013. The 21 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. The papers are grouped in topical sections on: behaviour and affect in arts, creativity, entertainment, and edutainment applications; actions and activities; facial behavior; social signals; and affective signals.

This book provides a broad survey of advanced pattern recognition techniques for human behavior analysis. Clearly structured, the book begins with concise coverage of the major concepts, before introducing the most frequently used techniques and algorithms in detail, and then discussing examples of real applications. Features: contains contributions from an international selection of experts in the field; presents a thorough introduction to the fundamental topics of human behavior analysis; investigates methods for activity recognition, including gait and posture analysis, hand gesture...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Human Behavior Understanding, HBU 2014, held in Zurich, Switzerland, in September 2014. The 9 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 18 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: social signals; face and affect; motion analysis; and multiparty interactions.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Human Behavior Understanding, HBU 2015, held in Osaka, Japan, in September 2015.

The 11 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 15 initial submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: interaction with elderly, learning behavior patterns, and mobile solutions.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Human Behavior Understanding, HBU 2016, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in October 2016.

The 10 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 17 initial submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: behavior analysis during play; daily behaviors; gesture and movement analysis; and vision based applications.