COMPUTER RECOGNITION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS IN A VISUAL SCENE.
Abstract
Methods are presented: (1) to partition or decompose a visual scene into the bodies forming it; (2) to position these bodies in three-dimensional space, by combining two scenes that make a stereoscopic pair; (3) to find the regions or zones of a visual scene that belong to its background; (4) to carry out the isolation of objects in (1) when the input has inaccuracies. Running computer programs implement the methods, and many examples illustrate their behavior. The input is a two-dimensional line-drawing of the scene, assumed to contain three-dimensional bodies possessing flat faces (polyhedra); some of them may be partially occluded. Suggestions are made for extending the work to curved objects. Some comparisons are made with human visual perception. The main conclusion is that it is possible to sseparate a picture or scene into the constituent objects exclusively in basis of monocular geometric properties (in basis of pure form); in fact, successful methods are shown. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0692200
Entities
People
- Adolfo Guzman-arenas
Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology