Color from shape from color: A simple formalism with known light sources

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1371-1381

  Drew, Mark S ^a   Brill, Michael H ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SARNOFF CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHOTOMETRY; VECTORS;

CAMERA SENSORS;

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0037963471     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.001371     Document Type: Article

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