Sparkle vision : seeing the world through random specular microfacets
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Author(s)
Zhang, Zhengdong, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Advisor(s)
Edward H. Adelson.
Alternative Title
Seeing the world through random specular microfacets
Date Issued
2014
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
This thesis studies the problem of reproducing the world lighting from a single image of an object covered with random specular microfacets on the surface. Such a reflector can be interpreted as a randomized mapping from the lighting to the image. This intrinsic randomness makes it challenging for humans to interpret the image of a specular surface. We propose a system to solve it algorithmically and demonstrate how a simple yet reliable method can calibrate the proposed system and do the inference. The success of such system relies on accurate exposure of the specular surfaces. However, such objects have very distinguished optical properties compared with both diffuse surfaces and smooth specular objects like metals. So we design a special imaging system to robustly and effectively photograph them. Finally we conduct experiments to verify the correctness of our model assumptions and prove the effectiveness of our pipeline.
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Thesis: S.M. in Computer Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2014.
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Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-58).
Subjects
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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