Epipolar Fields on Surfaces

Abstract

The view lines associated with a family of profile curves of the projection of a surface onto the retina of a moving camera defines a multi-valued vector field on the surface. The integral curves of this field are called epipolar curves and together with a parametrization of the profiles provide a parametrization of regions of the surface. This parametrization has been used in the systematic reconstruction of surfaces from their profiles. We present a complete local investigation of the epipolar curves, including their behaviour in a neighbourhood of a point where the epipolar parametrization breaks down. These results give a systematic way of detecting the gaps left by reconstruction of a surface from profiles. They also suggest methods for filling in these gaps.

Cite

Text

Giblin and Weiss. "Epipolar Fields on Surfaces." European Conference on Computer Vision, 1994. doi:10.1007/3-540-57956-7_2

Markdown

[Giblin and Weiss. "Epipolar Fields on Surfaces." European Conference on Computer Vision, 1994.](https://mlanthology.org/eccv/1994/giblin1994eccv-epipolar/) doi:10.1007/3-540-57956-7_2

BibTeX

@inproceedings{giblin1994eccv-epipolar,
  title     = {{Epipolar Fields on Surfaces}},
  author    = {Giblin, Peter J. and Weiss, Richard S.},
  booktitle = {European Conference on Computer Vision},
  year      = {1994},
  pages     = {14-23},
  doi       = {10.1007/3-540-57956-7_2},
  url       = {https://mlanthology.org/eccv/1994/giblin1994eccv-epipolar/}
}