Title
Shape from shading with variable albedo
Keywords
Albedo estimate; Physics-based vision; Shape-from-shading
Abstract
Most traditional shape-from-shading algorithms assume that an image contains only a single object with Lambertian surface and uniform albedo values. These algorithms perform poorly on images with nonuniform albedo values. In this paper, we first discuss a linear shape-from-shading method that employs discrete approximations for the surface normal using finite differences of the depth and linearizes the reflectance function in depth directly. Next we present a simple method to cancel the effect of albedo variation. In our approach, we first estimate the albedo values for each pixel, and segment the scene into regions with uniform albedo values. However, the estimated albedo values are not accurate at the points near edges, so we apply a modified median filter to improve the result. Then we adjust the intensity value for each pixel by dividing by the corresponding albedo value before applying the linear shape-from-shading method. Experimental results are presented for several synthetic and actual images. © 1998 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.
Publication Date
1-1-1998
Publication Title
Optical Engineering
Volume
37
Issue
4
Number of Pages
1212-1220
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601957
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
0342694535 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0342694535
STARS Citation
Tsai, Ping Sing and Shah, Mubarak, "Shape from shading with variable albedo" (1998). Scopus Export 1990s. 3245.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus1990/3245