Optimal depth estimation by combining focus measures using genetic programming

Information Sciences

Volumn 181, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1249-1263

  Mahmood, Muhammad Tariq ^a   Majid, Abdul ^a,b   Choi, Tae Sun ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

3D shape recovery; Combining focus measures; Focus measure; Genetic programming; Shape From Focus

Indexed keywords

3-D SHAPE; 3DSHAPE RECOVERY; COMPOSITE FUNCTIONS; DEPTH ESTIMATION; DEPTH MAP; FOCUS MEASURE; FOCUS MEASURE OPERATOR; FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM; HOMOGENEOUS FUNCTIONS; IMAGE SEQUENCE; MACHINE VISION; NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS; OPTICAL METHODS; OPTIMAL DEPTH; REAL OBJECTS; REAL-WORLD IMAGE; SHAPE FROM FOCUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) SHAPES;

COMPUTER VISION; ESTIMATION; GENETIC PROGRAMMING; RECOVERY; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 78751643357     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2010.11.039     Document Type: Article

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