Depth Map and 3D Imaging Applications: Algorithms and Technologies

✍ Scribed by Aamir Saeed Malik, Tae Sun Choi, Humaira Nisar

• Publisher: IGI Global
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 648
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Over the last decade, significant progress has been made in 3D imaging research. As a result, 3D imaging methods and techniques are being employed for various applications, including 3D television, intelligent robotics, medical imaging, and stereovision.

Depth Map and 3D Imaging Applications: Algorithms and Technologies present various 3D algorithms developed in the recent years and to investigate the application of 3D methods in various domains. Containing five sections, this book offers perspectives on 3D imaging algorithms, 3D shape recovery, stereoscopic vision and autostereoscopic vision, 3D vision for robotic applications, and 3D imaging applications. This book is an important resource for professionals, scientists, researchers, academics, and software engineers in image/video processing and computer vision.

✦ Table of Contents

Title......Page 2
Copyright Page......Page 3
Editorial Advisory Board......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 5
Forward......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgement......Page 16
Introduction to 3D Imaging......Page 18
Section 1......Page 26
Multi-View Stereo Reconstruction Technique......Page 27
Forward Projection for Use with Iterative Reconstruction......Page 44
Algorithms for 3D Map Segment Registration......Page 73
3D Shape Compression Using Holoimage......Page 104
Restoration and Enhancement of Digitally Reconstructed Holographic Images......Page 122
High-Speed, High-Resolution 3D Imaging Using Projector Defocusing......Page 138
Section 2......Page 158
Three-Dimensional Scene Reconstruction......Page 159
Comparison of Focus Measures under the Influence of Various Factors Effecting their Performance......Page 180
Image Focus Measure Based on Energy of High Frequency Components in S-Transform......Page 206
Combining Focus Measures for Three Dimensional Shape Estimation Using Genetic Programming......Page 226
“Scanning from Heating” and “Shape from Fluorescence”......Page 246
Section 3......Page 261
Modular Stereo Vision......Page 262
Stereoscopic Vision for Off-Road Intelligent Vehicles......Page 285
Effectiveness of New Technology to Compose Stereoscopic Movies1......Page 303
Low-Complexity Stereo Matching and Viewpoint Interpolation in Embedded Consumer Applications......Page 324
The Use of Watermarking in Stereo Imaging......Page 348
Introduction to Autostereoscopic Displays......Page 363
Multi-View Autostereoscopic Visualization using Bandwidth-Limited Channels......Page 380
Section 4......Page 396
3D Scene Capture and Analysis for Intelligent Robotics......Page 397
Stereo Vision Depth Estimation Methods for Robotic Applications......Page 414
Stereo-Vision-Based Fire Detection and Suppression Robot for Buildings......Page 435
Section 5......Page 450
3D DMB Player and Its Reliable 3D Services in T-DMB Systems......Page 451
3D Scanner, State of the Art......Page 468
3D Imaging for Mapping and Inspection Applications in Outdoor Environments......Page 488
3D Laser Scanner Techniques......Page 517
3D Camera Tracking for Mixed Reality using Multi-Sensors Technology......Page 545
Recovering 3-D Human Body Postures from Depth Maps and Its Application in Human Activity Recognition......Page 557
3D Face Recognition using an Adaptive Non-Uniform Face Mesh......Page 579
Subject Independent Facial Expression Recognition from 3D Face Models using Deformation Modeling......Page 591
3D Thumbnails for 3D Videos with Depth......Page 613
About the Contributors......Page 626
Index......Page 642

✦ Subjects

Информатика и вычислительная техника;Обработка медиа-данных;Обработка изображений;