Active Visual Inference of Surface Shape

by Roberto Cipolla

Overview

This monograph is devoted to the problem of inferring geometric information about arbitrarily curved surfaces from visual cues; this is a central problem in computer vision with immediate relevance for robot manipulation and navigation.

The author develops computational theories and techniques relating visual information arising from viewer movements to the differential geometry of visible surfaces. The theories developed have been implemented and tested using a real-time tracking system based on deformable contours. Applications of the techniques to geometric modelling, obstacle avoidance, navigation, and object manipulation are presented.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540606420
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	12/20/1995
Series:	Lecture Notes in Computer Science , #1016
Edition description:	1996
Pages:	196
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.98(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Surface shape from the deformation of apparent contours.- Deformation of apparent contours — Implementation.- Qualitative shape from images of surface curves.- Orientation and time to contact from image divergence and deformation.- Conclusions.