Smart sampling and transducing 3D scenes for the visually impaired

H Tang, T Ro, Z Zhu - 2013 IEEE International Conference on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Current visual prosthetic devices provide only very limited restoration or substitution of vision
for the visually impaired, in part due to their low resolution and simple scene transducing …

From RGB-D to low-resolution tactile: Smart sampling and early testing

H Tang, M Vincent, T Ro, Z Zhu - 2013 IEEE International …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Because of low resolution and simple scene transducing approaches (eg, uniform sampling)
used in current visual prosthetic devices, only very limited restoration or substitution of vision …

Scalable multi-view stereo

M Jancosek, A Shekhovtsov… - 2009 IEEE 12th …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a scalable multi-view stereo reconstruction method which can deal with
a large number of large unorganized images in affordable time and effort. The computational …

Multi-view reconstruction under varying illumination conditions

C Wu, Y Liu, X Ji, Q Dai - 2009 IEEE International Conference …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper addresses the problem of complete and detailed 3D model reconstruction of
objects filmed by multiple cameras under varying illumination. Firstly, initial normal maps are …

Image selection for improved multi-view stereo

A Hornung, B Zeng, L Kobbelt - 2008 IEEE Conference on …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Middlebury multi-view stereo evaluation clearly shows that the quality and speed of
most multi-view stereo algorithms depends significantly on the number and selection of input …

A novel matching frame selection method for stereoscopic video generation

HM Wang, YH Chen, JF Yang - 2009 IEEE International …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
After availability of 3D LCD display systems, the stereo vision applications without glasses
become more and more popular in our daily life. However, the stereo contents are still not …

Computer vision for the visually impaired: the sound of vision system

S Caraiman, A Morar, M Owczarek… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - openaccess.thecvf.com
This paper presents a computer vision based sensory substitution device for the visually
impaired. Its main objective is to provide the users with a 3D representation of the …

3D reconstruction of environments for virtual collaboration

R Bajcsy, R Enciso, G Kamberova… - … IEEE Workshop on …, 1998 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we address an application of computer vision which can in the future change
completely our way of communicating over the network. We present our version of a testbed …

Using a raster display for photometric stereo

N Funk, YH Yang - … Conference on Computer and Robot Vision …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new controlled lighting apparatus which uses a raster display device
as a light source. The setup has the advantage over other alternatives in that it is relatively …

Parallel-perspective stereo mosaics

Z Zhu, EM Riseman, AR Hanson - Proceedings Eighth IEEE …, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we present a novel method for automatically and efficiently generating
stereoscopic mosaics by seamless registration of optical data collected by a video camera …