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Photometric stereo is a powerful method for obtaining per-pixel surface normals from differently illuminated images of an object. While several methods address photometric stereo with different image (or light) counts ranging from one to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-05 Ashish Tiwari , Mihir Sutariya , Shanmuganathan Raman

Detecting the presence of persons and estimating their quantity in an indoor environment has grown in importance recently. For example, the information if a room is unoccupied can be used for automatically switching off the light, air…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-18 Florenc Demrozi , Cristian Turetta , Fabio Chiarani , Philipp H. Kindt , Graziano Pravadelli

Employing large intelligent surfaces (LISs) is a promising solution for improving the coverage and rate of future wireless systems. These surfaces comprise a massive number of nearly-passive elements that interact with the incident signals,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-05-01 Abdelrahman Taha , Muhammad Alrabeiah , Ahmed Alkhateeb

Low-Light Image Enhancement (LLIE) has long been a challenging problem in low-level vision, as insufficient illumination often leads to low contrast, detail loss, and noise. Recent studies show that deep learning-based Retinex theory can…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Ziqi Wang , Xu Zhang , Laibin Chang , Shi Chen , Jiaqi Ma , Huan Zhang

This paper addresses the task of estimating the light arriving from all directions to a 3D point observed at a selected pixel in an RGB image. This task is challenging because it requires predicting a mapping from a partial scene…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-06-19 Shuran Song , Thomas Funkhouser

This paper presents an approach for visible light communication-based indoor positioning using compressed sensing. We consider a large number of light emitting diodes (LEDs) simultaneously transmitting their positional information and a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-04 Kristina Gligoric , Manisha Ajmani , Dejan Vukobratovic , Sinan Sinanovic

This paper presents an experimental evaluation on the accuracy of indoor localisation. The research was carried out as part of a European Union project targeting the creation of ICT solutions for older adult care. Current expectation is…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-09-08 Iuliana Marin , Maria Iuliana Bocicor , Arthur-Jozsef Molnar

Conventionally, human intuition defines vision as a modality of passive optical sensing, relying on ambient light to perceive the environment. However, active optical sensing, which involves emitting and receiving signals, offers unique…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-27 Wei Gao , Jie Zhang , Mingle Zhao , Zhiyuan Zhang , Shu Kong , Maani Ghaffari , Dezhen Song , Cheng-Zhong Xu , Hui Kong

This paper examines the use of Wireless Sensor Networks interfaced with light fittings to allow for daylight substitution techniques to reduce energy usage in existing buildings. This creates a wire free system for existing buildings with…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2011-01-04 A. A. Nippun Kumaar , Kiran. G , Sudarshan TSB

The increasing demand for wireless sensing systems has led to the exploration of alternative technologies to overcome the spectrum scarcity of traditional approaches based on radio frequency (RF) waves or microwaves. Incoherent light…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-21 Md Zobaer Islam , Sabit Ekin , John F. O'Hara

Human respiratory rate and its pattern convey essential information about the physical and psychological states of the subject. Abnormal breathing can indicate fatal health issues leading to further diagnosis and treatment. Wireless…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-17 Md Zobaer Islam , Brenden Martin , Carly Gotcher , Tyler Martinez , John F. O'Hara , Sabit Ekin

We present a method to estimate lighting from a single image of an indoor scene. Previous work has used an environment map representation that does not account for the localized nature of indoor lighting. Instead, we represent lighting as a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-10-22 Marc-André Gardner , Yannick Hold-Geoffroy , Kalyan Sunkavalli , Christian Gagné , Jean-François Lalonde

Indoor visible light communication (VLC) is considered secure against attackers outside the confined area where the light propagates, but it is still susceptible to interception from inside the coverage area. A new technology, intelligent…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-11 Rashid Iqbal , Mauro Biagi , Ahmed Zoha , Muhammad Ali Imran , Hanaa Abumarshoud

Ultra-low-resolution Infrared (IR) array sensors offer a low-cost, energy-efficient, and privacy-preserving solution for people counting, with applications such as occupancy monitoring. Previous work has shown that Deep Learning (DL) can…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-06 Chen Xie , Francesco Daghero , Yukai Chen , Marco Castellano , Luca Gandolfi , Andrea Calimera , Enrico Macii , Massimo Poncino , Daniele Jahier Pagliari

In this paper, we propose a new paradigm in designing and realizing energy efficient wireless indoor access networks, namely, a hybrid system enabled by traditional RF access, such as WiFi, as well as the emerging visible light…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-07-19 Abdallah Khreishah , Sihua Shao , Ammar Gharaibeh , Moussa Ayyash , Hany Elgala , Nirwan Ansari

Visible Light Communication (VLC) is emerging as a means to network computing devices that ameliorates many hurdles of radio-frequency (RF) communications, for example, the limited available spectrum. Enabling VLC in wearable computing,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-03-26 Ambuj Varshney , Luca Mottola , Thiemo Voigt

This paper proposes a novel power-efficient light-emitting diode (LED) placement algorithm for indoor visible light communication (VLC). In the considered model, the LEDs can be designedly placed for high power efficiency while satisfying…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-30 Yang Yang , Zhiyu Zhu , Caili Guo , Chunyan Feng

Visible light communications (VLC) that use the infrastructure of the indoor illumination system have been envisioned as a compact, safe, and green alternative to WiFi for the downlink of an indoor wireless mobile communication system.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-08-15 Mohammad Noshad , Maite Brandt-Pearce

Inverse rendering seeks to recover 3D geometry, surface material, and lighting from captured images, enabling advanced applications such as novel-view synthesis, relighting, and virtual object insertion. However, most existing techniques…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-19 Chih-Hao Lin , Jia-Bin Huang , Zhengqin Li , Zhao Dong , Christian Richardt , Tuotuo Li , Michael Zollhöfer , Johannes Kopf , Shenlong Wang , Changil Kim

Non-intrusive presence detection of individuals in commercial buildings is much easier to implement than intrusive methods such as passive infrared, acoustic sensors, and camera. Individual power consumption, while providing useful feedback…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2017-05-03 Ming Jin , Ruoxi Jia , Zhoayi Kang , Ioannis C. Konstantakopoulos , Costas Spanos