Computer vision aims to detect and reconstruct features of surfaces from the images produced by cameras, in some way mimicking the way in which humans reconstruct features of the world around them by using their eyes. In this book the authors describe recent research in computer vision aimed at recovering the 3D shape of surfaces from image sequences of their 'outlines'. They provide all the necessary background in differential geometry (assuming knowledge of elementary algebra and calculus) and in the analysis of visual motion, emphasising intuitive visual understanding of the geometric techniques with computer-generated illustrations. They also give a thorough introduction to the mathematical techniques and the details of the implementations, and apply the methods to data from real images using the most current techniques.
By:
Roberto Cipolla (University of Cambridge), Peter Giblin (University of Liverpool) Imprint: Cambridge University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 244mm,
Width: 170mm,
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 510g ISBN:9780521632515 ISBN 10: 052163251X Pages: 194 Publication Date:07 February 2000 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for Visual Motion of Curves and Surfaces
'The theoretical material of the book is important, and this accessible presentation of it is of great value to anyone seriously interested in developing ideas about the visual perception of surfaces.' David Young, AISB Quarterly