3D Computer Vision (X. Media Publishing) - Softcover

Wohler, Christian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3642017312 ISBN 13: 9783642017315

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 2009

Synopsis

This book provides an introduction to the foundations of three-dimensional computer vision and describes recent contributions to the field. It examines three-dimensional scene analysis and surface reconstruction, pose estimation, and motion analysis.

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About the Author

Christian Wohler received his Diploma in Physics from Wurzburg University in 1996, the Doctorate degree in Computer Science from Bonn University in 2000, and the Habilitation in Applied Computer Science from Bielefeld University in 2009. He is working as a research scientist in the Environment Perception department of Daimler Group Research and Advanced Engineering in Ulm. Since 2005 he is a visiting lecturer at the Technical Faculty of Bielefeld University. His scientific interests are in the domain of pattern classification, three-dimensional computer vision, and photogrammetry, with applications in the fields of driver assistance systems, industrial machine vision, and planetary science."

From the Back Cover

This book provides an introduction to the foundations of three-dimensional computer vision and describes recent contributions to the field. Geometric methods include linear and bundle adjustment based approaches to scene reconstruction and camera calibration, stereo vision, point cloud segmentation, and pose estimation of rigid, articulated, and flexible objects. Photometric techniques evaluate the intensity distribution in the image to infer three-dimensional scene structure, while real-aperture approaches exploit the behavior of the point spread function. It is shown how the integration of several methods increases reconstruction accuracy and robustness. Applications scenarios include industrial quality inspection, metrology, human-robot-interaction, and remote sensing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3642017312
• ISBN 13: 9783642017315
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 401