JOURNAL ARTICLE

Depth from camera motion in a real world scene

Thomas D. Williams

Year: 1980 Journal:   IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Vol: PAMI-2 (6)Pages: 511-516   Publisher: IEEE Computer Society

Abstract

Presents a method for deriving depth information from a moving image where the camera is moving through a real world scene. The method refines a simple surface model based on error measures that are derived by interimage comparisons of point values.

Keywords:
Computer vision Artificial intelligence Computer science Structure from motion Motion estimation Motion (physics) Motion field Point (geometry) Computer graphics (images) Mathematics

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Citation History

Topics

Advanced Vision and Imaging
Physical Sciences →  Computer Science →  Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Optical measurement and interference techniques
Physical Sciences →  Computer Science →  Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques
Physical Sciences →  Computer Science →  Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
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