Sequins and Quills - Representations for Surface Topography.

Abstract

The shape of a continuous surface can be represented by a collection of surface normals. These normals are like a porcupine's quills. Equivalently, one can use the surface patches on which these normals rest. These in turn are like sequins sewn on a costume. These and other representations for information which can be obtained from images and used in the recognition and description of objects in a scene are briefly described.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA078068

Entities

People

  • Berthold K. P. Horn

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computations
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Science
  • Computer Vision
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Curvature
  • Differential Equations
  • Differential Geometry
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • Massachusetts
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Recognition

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