Modeling and Using Physical Constraints in Scene Analysis

Abstract

This paper describes the results obtained in a research program ultimately concerned with deriving a physical sketch of a scene from one or more images. Our approach involves modeling physically meaningful information that can be used to constrain the interpretation process, as well as modeling the actual scene content. In particular, we address the problems of modeling the imaging process (camera and illumination), the scene geometry (edge classification and surface reconstruction), and elements of scene content (material composition and skyline delineation).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1982
Accession Number
AD1005899

Entities

People

  • Andrew Witkin
  • Grahame Smith
  • Lynn Quam
  • Martin A. Fischler
  • Michael Lowry
  • Robert C. Bolles
  • Stephen T. Barnard

Organizations

  • SRI International

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Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

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  • Applied Computer Science
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Artificial Intelligence Computing
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Computer Science
  • Computer Vision
  • Databases
  • Digital Information
  • Engineering
  • Geometry
  • Machine Perception
  • Military Research
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  • Two Dimensional

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  • Operations Research
  • Theoretical Analysis.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.