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We present a method to capture both 3D shape and spatially varying reflectance with a multi-view photometric stereo (MVPS) technique that works for general isotropic materials. Our algorithm is suitable for perspective cameras and nearby…

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Low-light image enhancement remains a challenging problem due to severe noise, color distortion, contrast degradation, and loss of structural details under insufficient illumination. Existing methods typically apply uniform enhancement…

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Single-photon light detection and ranging (lidar) captures depth and intensity information of a 3D scene. Reconstructing a scene from observed photons is a challenging task due to spurious detections associated with background illumination…

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Conventional imaging requires a line of sight to create accurate visual representations of a scene. In certain circumstances, however, obtaining a suitable line of sight may be impractical, dangerous, or even impossible. Non-line-of-sight…

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High speed, high-resolution, and accurate 3D scanning would open doors to many new applications in graphics, robotics, science, and medicine by enabling the accurate scanning of deformable objects during interactions. Past attempts to use…

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We achieved three-dimensional (3D) computational ghost imaging with multiple photoresistors serving as single-pixel detectors using semi-calibrated lighting approach. We performed imaging in the spatial frequency domain by having each…

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We present a collection of 24 multiple object scenes each recorded under 18 multiple light source illumination scenarios. The illuminants are varying in dominant spectral colours, intensity and distance from the scene. We mainly address the…

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Most existing super-resolution methods and datasets have been developed to improve the image quality in well-lighted conditions. However, these methods do not work well in real-world low-light conditions as the images captured in such…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-18 Yang Liu , Yaofang Liu , Jinshan Pan , Yuxiang Hui , Fan Jia , Raymond H. Chan , Tieyong Zeng

We present a novel method to estimate the surface normal of an object in an ambient light environment using RGB and event cameras. Modern photometric stereo methods rely on an RGB camera, mainly in a dark room, to avoid ambient…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-11 Wonjeong Ryoo , Giljoo Nam , Jae-Sang Hyun , Sangpil Kim

Synthesizing a densely sampled light field from a single image is highly beneficial for many applications. The conventional method reconstructs a depth map and relies on physical-based rendering and a secondary network to improve the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-01 Andre Ivan , Williem , In Kyu Park

3D-shape reconstruction in extreme environments, such as low illumination or scattering condition, has been an open problem and intensively researched. Active stereo is one of potential solution for such environments for its robustness and…

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Multiview photometric stereo (MVPS) seeks to recover high-fidelity surface shapes and reflectances from images captured under varying views and illuminations. However, existing MVPS methods often require controlled darkroom settings for…

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As an image sensing instrument, light field images can supply extra angular information compared with monocular images and have facilitated a wide range of measurement applications. Light field image capturing devices usually suffer from…

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Synthesizing novel views from a single view image is a highly ill-posed problem. We discover an effective solution to reduce the learning ambiguity by expanding the single-view view synthesis problem to a multi-view setting. Specifically,…

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Shading-based approaches like Photometric Stereo assume that the image formation model can be effectively optimized for the scene normals. However, in murky water this is a very challenging problem. The light from artificial sources is not…

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3D scene reconstruction from a single measurement is challenging, especially in the presence of occluded regions and specular materials, such as mirrors. We address these challenges by leveraging single-photon lidars. These lidars estimate…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Tzofi Klinghoffer , Siddharth Somasundaram , Xiaoyu Xiang , Yuchen Fan , Christian Richardt , Akshat Dave , Ramesh Raskar , Rakesh Ranjan

Stereo vision generally involves the computation of pixel correspondences and estimation of disparities between rectified image pairs. In many applications, including simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) and 3D object detection, the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-11-11 WeiQin Chuah , Ruwan Tennakoon , Reza Hoseinnezhad , Alireza Bab-Hadiashar , David Suter

The problem of calibration from straight lines is fundamental in geometric computer vision, with well-established theoretical foundations. However, its practical applicability remains limited, particularly in real-world outdoor scenarios.…

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This study explores the use of photometric techniques (shape-from-shading and uncalibrated photometric stereo) for upsampling the low-resolution depth map from an RGB-D sensor to the higher resolution of the companion RGB image. A…

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