This paper targets at discovering what a deep uncalibrated photometric stereo network
learns to resolve the problem's inherent ambiguity, and designing an effective network …

This paper presents a photometric stereo method that works with unknown natural
illumination without any calibration objects or initial guess of the target shape. To solve this …

Humans have the remarkable ability to construct consistent mental models of an
environment, even under limited or varying levels of illumination. We wish to endow robots …

In near-field photometric stereo vision, the accurate calibration of the light source position
directly affects the precision of the reconstruction results. Traditional calibration techniques …

Lighting design and modelling (the efficient and aesthetic placement of luminaires in a
virtual or real scene) or industrial applications like luminaire planning and commissioning …

Illuminating a scene with artificial light is a prerequisite for seeing in dark environments.
However, nonuniform and dynamic illumination can deteriorate or even break computer …

Active-lighting sensors project light onto target objects or the scenes to obtain photometric
measurements of the reflected light, including travel time and return angle. Therefore …

1.1 Technical abstract Computer vision is concerned with inferring properties of the world
from observations in the form of visual images. Such inverse problems typically take shape …