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3D Shape Recovery from Image Focus using Gaussian Process Regression

가우시안 프로세스 회귀분석을 이용한 영상초점으로부터의 3차원 형상 재구성

  • Mahmood, Muhammad Tariq (Korea University of Technology and Education, School of Computer Science and Engineering) ;
  • Choi, Young Kyu (Korea University of Technology and Education, School of Computer Science and Engineering)
  • Received : 2012.08.23
  • Accepted : 2012.09.17
  • Published : 2012.09.30
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Abstract

The accuracy of Shape From Focus (SFF) technique depends on the quality of the focus measurements which are computed through a focus measure operator. In this paper, we introduce a new approach to estimate 3D shape of an object based on Gaussian process regression. First, initial depth is estimated by applying a conventional focus measure on image sequence and maximizing it in the optical direction. In second step, input feature vectors consisting of eginvalues are computed from 3D neighborhood around the initial depth. Finally, by utilizing these features, a latent function is developed through Gaussian process regression to estimate accurate depth. The proposed approach takes advantages of the multivariate statistical features and covariance function. The proposed method is tested by using image sequences of various objects. Experimental results demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed scheme.

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