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Two Problems in Analyzing Scenes Finin, Tim This paper is based on a B.S. thesis supervised by Patrick Winston. It deals with some previously unexplored problems in the analysis of visual scenes. The scenes consist of two dimensional line drawings of simple objects such as blocks and wedges. The problems have come out of the work that Patrick Winston has done and in discussing them I will be assuming the environment of his system. The first problem asks the questions "When is an object standi...