The effects of viewing angle, camera angle, and sign of surface curvature on the perception of three-dimensional shape from texture

Journal of Vision

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Todd, James T ^a   Thaler, Lore ^a   Dijkstra, Tjeerd M H ^b   Koenderink, Jan J ^c   Kappers, Astrid M L ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Foreshortening; Scaling; Scene geometry; Shape from texture; Shape perception; Texture gradients; Three dimensional shape; Viewing geometry; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ORIENTATION; PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 34748911763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/7.12.9     Document Type: Article

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