Disparity field and depth map coding for multiview 3D image generation

In the present paper techniques are examined for the coding of the depth map and disparity fields for stereo or multiview image communication applications. It is assumed that both the left and right channels of the multiview image sequence are coded using block- or object-based methods. A dynamic programming algorithm is used to estimate a disparity field between each stereo image pair. Depth is then estimated and occlusions are optionally detected, based on the estimated disparity fields. Spatial interpolation techniques are examined based on the disparity/depth information and the detection of occluded regions using either stereoscopic or trinocular camera configurations. It is seen that the presence of a third camera at the transmitter site improves the estimation of disparities, the detection of occlusions and the accuracy of the resulting spatial interpolation at the receiver. Various disparity field and depth map coding techniques are then proposed and evaluated, with emphasis given to the quality of the resulting intermediate images at the receiver site. Block-based and wireframe modeling techniques are examined for the coding of isolated depth or disparity map information. Further, 2D and 3D motion compensation techniques are evaluated for the coding of sequences of depth or disparity maps. The motion fields needed may be available as a byproduct of block-based or object-based coding of the intensity images. Experimental results are given for the evaluation of the performance of the proposed coding and spatial interpolation methods.     

Robust estimation for circular data

The problems arising when there are outliers in a data set that follow a circular distribution are considered. A robust estimation of the unknown parameters is obtained using the methods of weighted likelihood and minimum disparity, each of which is defined for a general parametric family of circular data. The class of power divergence and the related residual adjustment function is investigated in order to improve the performance of the two methods which are studied for the Von Mises (circular normal) and the Wrapped Normal distributions. The techniques are illustrated via two examples based on a real data set and a Monte Carlo study, which also enables the discussion of various computational aspects.     

我国不锈钢的基本情况以及与国外的差距

阐述了我国不锈钢品种、质量、产量和工业装备等方面的基本情况，并分析了与先进工业国家间的差距，对加快我国不锈钢发展提出了建议。     

一种基于左右视线的立体图像匹配算法

提出了一种有效提高立体匹配中遮挡和低纹理区域匹配精度的方法,算法充分利用立体视觉中的全局约束条件,对不同区域采用不同的约束条件和强度来获得高可靠性点的视差,并且引入左右视线的概念,用于解决复杂场景情况下的左右视图的匹配问题。同时采用改进的协同算法(cooperative algorithm,CA),在视差梯度的约束下,对高可靠性点的视差进行逐步地扩散,最终得到致密的视差图。实验仿真表明,方法可以有效地提高遮挡和低纹理区域中的匹配精度,从而产生较精确的致密视差图。     

8B10B编解码器在PCI Express总线中的实现

本文在深入研究8B10B编、解码原理的基础上,利用其DWS特性,用Verilog HDL语言实现编、解码算法的描述,并通了modelsim仿真.在ISE9.1i平台上综合后下载到FPGA上实现具体的硬件电路,同时分析了系统各项性能.在PCI Express总线上,实现了一个性能良好的8810B编解码系统,它具有很好的可移植性以及一定的实用价值.     

Improved inter-view correlations for low complexity MV-HEVC

The more advanced multi-view extension, MV-HEVC, effectively exploits visual similarities between multi-view videos and enables high compression efficiency. Each view in the multi-view sequence depends on the captured scene, the distance between cameras and recording angles. Increasing the distance between dependent viewpoints generates an inter-view disparity. This impacts the inter-view similarities, affects the disparity estimation and further increases the computational complexity of the MV-HEVC encoder. In this paper, an efficient earlier disparity estimation is proposed for low complexity MV-HEVC. This algorithm is based on reducing the complexity of disparity estimation by eliminating the inter-view offset. Moreover, the inter-view similarities are controlled by considering the reliability of each coding unit size in the search range. This reliability is estimated by reducing the number of searching points within a new limited window. For reliable motion estimation, we further proposed an earlier decision of coding units splitting in the dependent views according to those in the reference views. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can achieve an average encoding time saving of 20.37%–40,61% with marginal performance degradation.     

一种用于立体匹配的改进的神经网络方法

实现了一种用于静态视觉立体匹配的神经网络方法。文献［１］提出了一种用于静态体视匹配的神经网络方案,其方案用于随机点图对时存在严重的缺陷。针对随机点图对的特点,对神经网络的偏置输入进行了修正,改进的神经网络能够有效地提取随机点图对中的立体深度信息。为了进一步提高收敛速度和平滑边缘特征,又在偏置输入中引入射线特征,改进了神经元的初始化。在工作站上进行的大量实验模拟表明,我们所做的改进提高了网络的迭代速度和视差图的边缘特征平滑性。     

Improving minimax disparity model to determine the OWA operator weights

Determining the Ordered Weighted Averaging (OWA) operator weights is important in decision making applications. Several approaches have been proposed in the literature to obtain the associated weights. This paper provides an alternative disparity model to identify the OWA operator weights. The proposed mathematical model extends the existing disparity approaches by minimizing the sum of the deviation between two distinct OWA weights. The proposed disparity model can be used for a preference ranking aggregation. A numerical example in preference ranking and an application in search engines prove the usefulness of the generated OWA weights.     

A portable stereo vision system for whole body surface imaging

This paper presents a whole body surface imaging system based on stereo vision technology. We have adopted a compact and economical configuration which involves only four stereo units to image the frontal and rear sides of the body. The success of the system depends on a stereo matching process that can effectively segment the body from the background in addition to recovering sufficient geometric details. For this purpose, we have developed a novel sub-pixel, dense stereo matching algorithm which includes two major phases. In the first phase, the foreground is accurately segmented with the help of a predefined virtual interface in the disparity space image, and a coarse disparity map is generated with block matching. In the second phase, local least squares matching is performed in combination with global optimization within a regularization framework, so as to ensure both accuracy and reliability. Our experimental results show that the system can realistically capture smooth and complete whole body shapes with high accuracy.     

Improved estimation of defocus blur and spatial shifts in spatial domain: a homotopy-based approach

This paper presents a homotopy-based algorithm for the recovery of depth cues in the spatial domain. The algorithm specifically deals with defocus blur and spatial shifts, that is 2D motion, stereo disparities and/or zooming disparities. These cues are estimated from two images of the same scene acquired by a camera evolving in time and/or space. We show that they can be simultaneously computed by resolving a system of equations using a homotopy method. The proposed algorithm is tested using synthetic and real images. The results confirm that the use of a homotopy method leads to a dense and accurate estimation of depth cues. This approach has been integrated into an application for relief estimation from remotely sensed images.