摘要:
A method generates a three-dimensional, bi-linear, illumination model for arbitrary faces. A large number of images are acquired of many different faces. For each face, multiple images are acquired with varying poses and varying illumination. A three-mode singular value decomposition is applied to the images to determine parameters of the model. The model can be fit to a probe image of an unknown face. Then, the model can be compared with models of a gallery of images of unknown faces to recognize the face in the probe image.
摘要:
The invention provides a system and method for modeling small three-dimensional facial features, such as wrinkles and pores. A scan of a face is acquired. A polygon mesh is constructed from the scan. The polygon mesh is reparameterized to determine a base mesh and a displacement image. The displacement image is partitioned into a plurality of tiles. Statistics for each tile are measured. The statistics is modified to deform the displacement image and the deformed displacement image is combined with the base mesh to synthesize a novel face.
摘要:
A method and system extracts a matte from images acquired of a scene. A foreground image focused at a foreground in a scene, a background image focused at a background in the scene, and a pinhole image focused on the entire scene are acquired. These three images can be acquired sequentially by a single camera, or simultaneous by three cameras. In the later case, foreground, background and pinhole sequences of images can be acquired. The pinhole image is compared to the foreground image and the background image to extract a matte representing the scene. The comparison classifies pixels in the images as foreground, background, or unknown pixels. An optimizer minimizes an error function in the form of Fourier image equations using a gradient descent method. The error function expresses pixel intensity differences.
摘要:
A method renders a volume data set including a plurality of voxels. A sampling rate for each voxel in a volume data set is determined. Each voxel is filtered according to the sampling rate and pixels for an output image are generated from the filtered voxels.
摘要:
A method reconstructs or synthesizes heads from 3D models of heads and 2D silhouettes of heads. A 3D statistical model is generated from multiple real human heads. The 3D statistical model includes a model parameter in the form of basis vectors and corresponding coefficients. Multiple 2D silhouettes of a particular head are acquired using a camera for example. The 3D statistical model is fitted to multiple 2D silhouettes to determine a particular value of the model parameter corresponding to the plurality of 2D silhouettes. Then, the 3D statistical model is rendered according to the particular value of the model parameter to reconstruct the particular head.
摘要:
Provided is a method representing an object by partitioning a surface of the object into a plurality of cells having a grid resolution related to an image plane resolution. Each cell including a single point and points in adjacent cells are connected by links. Abject attributes are assigned to each point and link, and link attributes are assigned to each link.
摘要:
Reflection intensities of volume samples of a volume are mapped in a rendering pipeline by determining a reflection vector from a gradient vector associated with a sample and an eye vector associated with the volume. A diffuse reflectance map is indexed by the gradient vector to obtain a diffuse intensity. A specular reflection map is indexed by the gradient vector to obtain a specular intensity in response to a bypass signal being true, and a specular reflection map is indexed by the reflection vector to obtain the specular intensity in response to the bypass signal being false.
摘要:
An apparatus generates lighting modulation factors for samples in a volume rendering pipeline. The apparatus includes a first arithmetic logic unit squaring a gradient magnitude vector of a sample to produce a squared gradient magnitude. A second arithmetic logic unit produces a gradient magnitude from the squared gradient magnitude. A shift register, connected to the first arithmetic logic unit, truncates a predetermined number of high bits of the squared gradient magnitude. A gradient magnitude modulation register stores modulation parameters. A first multiplexer, connected to the second arithmetic logic unit and the shift register, selects the truncated squared gradient magnitude as an index if an index source signal is true, and the gradient magnitude if the index source signal is false, and a memory table is indexes by the index to produce modulated opacity, emissive, diffuse and specular modulation factors.
摘要:
A method and system determines a pose of an object by comparing an input range image acquired of a scene including the input object to each of a set of reference range image of a reference object, such that each reference range images has an associated different pose, and the reference object is similar to the input object. Then, the pose associated with the reference range image which best matches the input range image is selected as the pose of the input object.
摘要:
A method factorizing a sequence of images acquired of a scene into lighting components. The scene is illuminated by a moving light source. An appearance profile is constructed for each pixel in the sequence of images. The appearance profile is a vector representing intensities of the pixel at instances in time. The appearance profiles are factorized into a shadow component, a skylight component, and a sunlight component.