Direct Differential Range Estimation Using Optical Masks

Abstract

We describe a novel formulation of the range recovery problem, based on computation of the differential variation in image intensities with respect to changes in camera position. The method uses a single stationary camera and a pair of calibrated optical masks to directly measure this differential quantity. The subsequent computation of the range image is simple and should be suitable for real-time implementation. We also describe a variant of this technique, based on direct measurement of the differential change in image intensities with respect to aperture size. These methods are comparable in accuracy to other single-lens ranging techniques. We demonstrate the potential of our approach with a simple example.

Cite

Text

Simoncelli and Farid. "Direct Differential Range Estimation Using Optical Masks." European Conference on Computer Vision, 1996. doi:10.1007/3-540-61123-1_129

Markdown

[Simoncelli and Farid. "Direct Differential Range Estimation Using Optical Masks." European Conference on Computer Vision, 1996.](https://mlanthology.org/eccv/1996/simoncelli1996eccv-direct/) doi:10.1007/3-540-61123-1_129

BibTeX

@inproceedings{simoncelli1996eccv-direct,
  title     = {{Direct Differential Range Estimation Using Optical Masks}},
  author    = {Simoncelli, Eero P. and Farid, Hany},
  booktitle = {European Conference on Computer Vision},
  year      = {1996},
  pages     = {82-93},
  doi       = {10.1007/3-540-61123-1_129},
  url       = {https://mlanthology.org/eccv/1996/simoncelli1996eccv-direct/}
}