Vega has been widely used in the Virtual Reality field. Its infrared (IR) module can implement IR simulation, but Vega IR imaging simulation’s general approach does not apply to the complex scene. This article deeps into the scene’s IR simulation method based on Vega. We design and realize a real time scene IR image simulation system in this article. We quantitatively define the scene as a simp...

This paper presents a method to create new images of a scene from a small set of calibrated images using color matching. While most of the existing techniques attempt to build a 3d reconstruction of the scene, the only geometric constraint our color matching method requires is camera calibration. This paper describes a new adaptation of the plane-sweeping algorithm using a local dynamic scoring...

In [1] we introduced a linear statistical model of joint color changes in images due to variation in lighting and certain non-geometric camera parameters. We did this by measuring the mappings of colors in one image of a scene to colors in another image of the same scene under different lighting conditions. Here we increase the flexibility of this color flow model by allowing flow coefficients ...

Colour constancy is the phenomenon where the chromaticity of a surface material appears to remain constant to an observer under different illuminants. Studies have shown human vision exhibits colour constancy to varying degrees. Digital camera sensors completely lack this property, resulting in pictures with unsightly colour casts. This paper presents a method for semi-automatically removing co...

In this paper, we first introduce the notion of texture precision given the 3d geometry of a scene. We then provide an algorithm to acquire a texture/color map of the scene within a given precision. The texture map is obtained using projective devices (like pinhole sensing device) from data acquired either in the real world or computer-synthesized. Finally, we describe a procedure to obtain lev...

Images of a scene captured with multiple cameras will have different color values because of variations in color rendering across devices. We present a method to accurately retrieve color information from uncalibrated images taken under uncontrolled lighting conditions with an unknown device and no access to raw data, but with a limited number of reference colors in the scene. The method is use...

The spectral power distribution (SPD) of the light reflected from a matte surface patch in a three-dimensional complex scene depends not only on the surface reflectance of the patch but also on the SPD of the light incident on the patch. When there are multiple light sources in the scene that differ in location, SPD, and spatial extent, the SPD of the incident light depends on the location and ...

Variations in illumination on a scene and trichromatic sampling by the eye limit inferences about scene content. The aim of this work was to elucidate these limits in relation to an ideal observer using color signals alone. Simulations were based on 50 hyperspectral images of natural scenes and daylight illuminants with correlated color temperatures 4000 K, 6500 K, and 25,000 K. Estimates were ...

Conventional vision systems are designed to perform in clear weather. However, any outdoor vision system is incomplete without mechanisms that guarantee satisfactory performance under poor weather conditions. It is known that the atmosphere can significantly alter light energy reaching an observer. Therefore, atmospheric scattering models must be used to make vision systems robust in bad weathe...