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Scattering imaging is often hindered by extremely low signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) due to the prevalence of scattering noise. Light field imaging has been shown to be effective in suppressing noise and collect more ballistic photons as…

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We proposed a generalized method, NeuralSSD, for reconstructing a 3D implicit surface from the widely-available point cloud data. NeuralSSD is a solver-based on the neural Galerkin method, aimed at reconstructing higher-quality and accurate…

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Single-view novel view synthesis (NVS), the task of generating images from new viewpoints based on a single reference image, is important but challenging in computer vision. Recent advancements in NVS have leveraged Denoising Diffusion…

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We present a method for detecting objects in images using a single deep neural network. Our approach, named SSD, discretizes the output space of bounding boxes into a set of default boxes over different aspect ratios and scales per feature…

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We present a new pipeline for holistic 3D scene understanding from a single image, which could predict object shapes, object poses, and scene layout. As it is a highly ill-posed problem, existing methods usually suffer from inaccurate…

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LiDARs are being increasingly deployed for consumer imaging in handheld, wearable, and robotic applications. These sensors can capture the time-of-flight of light at picosecond resolution, which in principle, enables them to capture…

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Advances in 3D reconstruction using neural rendering have enabled high-quality 3D capture. However, they often fail when the input imagery is corrupted by motion blur, due to fast motion of the camera or the objects in the scene. This work…

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The recent success of implicit neural scene representations has presented a viable new method for how we capture and store 3D scenes. Unlike conventional 3D representations, such as point clouds, which explicitly store scene properties in…

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We present a method to edit complex indoor lighting from a single image with its predicted depth and light source segmentation masks. This is an extremely challenging problem that requires modeling complex light transport, and disentangling…

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Robust autonomous navigation in environments with limited visibility remains a critical challenge in robotics. We present a novel approach that leverages Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) sensing using single-photon LiDAR to improve visibility and…

Non-line-of-Sight (NLOS) imaging systems collect light at a diffuse relay surface and input this measurement into computational algorithms that output a 3D volumetric reconstruction. These algorithms utilize the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)…

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Learning neural implicit fields of 3D shapes is a rapidly emerging field that enables shape representation at arbitrary resolutions. Due to the flexibility, neural implicit fields have succeeded in many research areas, including shape…

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Implicit representations of 3D objects have recently achieved impressive results on learning-based 3D reconstruction tasks. While existing works use simple texture models to represent object appearance, photo-realistic image synthesis…

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The recent years have seen a surge of interest in methods for imaging beyond the direct line of sight. The most prominent techniques rely on time-resolved optical impulse responses, obtained by illuminating a diffuse wall with an ultrashort…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-01-30 Javier Grau Chopite , Matthias B. Hullin , Michael Wand , Julian Iseringhausen

Image shadow removal is a crucial task in computer vision. In real-world scenes, shadows alter image color and brightness, posing challenges for perception and texture recognition. Traditional and deep learning methods often overlook the…

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Photorealistic object appearance modeling from 2D images is a constant topic in vision and graphics. While neural implicit methods (such as Neural Radiance Fields) have shown high-fidelity view synthesis results, they cannot relight the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-05 Hong-Xing Yu , Michelle Guo , Alireza Fathi , Yen-Yu Chang , Eric Ryan Chan , Ruohan Gao , Thomas Funkhouser , Jiajun Wu

Self-supervised deep learning-based 3D scene understanding methods can overcome the difficulty of acquiring the densely labeled ground-truth and have made a lot of advances. However, occlusions and moving objects are still some of the major…

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We introduce light diffusion, a novel method to improve lighting in portraits, softening harsh shadows and specular highlights while preserving overall scene illumination. Inspired by professional photographers' diffusers and scrims, our…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-09 David Futschik , Kelvin Ritland , James Vecore , Sean Fanello , Sergio Orts-Escolano , Brian Curless , Daniel Sýkora , Rohit Pandey

Seeing around corners, also known as non-line-of-sight (NLOS) imaging is a computational method to resolve or recover objects hidden around corners. Recent advances in imaging around corners have gained significant interest. This paper…

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