Ambiguity in Structure from Motion: Sphere versus Plane

International Journal of Computer Vision

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-154

  Fermüller, Cornelia ^a   Aloimonos, Yiannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Error analysis; Negative depth; Normal flow; Spherical and planar imaging surfaces

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTICAL FLOWS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; CAMERAS; COMPUTER VISION; ECOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

NEGATIVE DEPTH;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOTION COMPENSATION;

ECOLOGICAL OPTICS; NEGATIVE DEPTH; NORMAL FLOW;

EID: 0032092668     PISSN: 09205691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008063000586     Document Type: Article

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