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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Facet model optic flow and rigid body motion

Abstract

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The dissertation uses the facet model technique to compute the optic flow field directly from a time sequence of image frames. Two techniques, an iterative and a non-iterative one, determine 3D motion parameters and surface structure (relative depth) from the computed optic flow field. Finally we discuss a technique for the image segmentation based on the multi-object motion using both optic flow and its time derivative. The facet model technique computes optic flow locally by solving over-constrained linear equations obtained from a fit over 3D (row, column, and time) neighborhoods in an image sequence. The iterative technique computes motion parameters and surface structure using each to update the other. This technique essentially uses the least square error method on the relationship between optic flow field and rigid body motion. The non-iterative technique computes motion parameters by solving a linear system derived from the relationship between optic flow field and rigid body motion and then computes the relative depth of each pixel using the motion parameters computed. The technique also estimates errors of both the computed motion parameters and the relative depth when the optic flow is perturbed.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph. D.
Level thesis:degree_level
doctoral
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Electrical Engineering
Department dc:contributor.department
Electrical Engineering
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Year dc:date.issued
1985

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Lee, Jongsoo
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Haralick, Robert M.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Ehrich, Roger W.
  • Shapiro, Linda G.
  • Lapsa, Paul M.
  • Yu, Kai-Bor

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright
Language dc:language.iso
en_US

Identifiers

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Handle dc:identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53885
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/53885

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Lee, Jongsoo. Facet model optic flow and rigid body motion. doctoral thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53885