A divide-and-conquer strategy in shape from shading is proposed for recovering book surface on fully perspective condition. It is shown that unique shape can be recovered despite of more unknowns than shade images by dividing original implicit SFS problem into explicit ones. Using invariance of shading, a transformed shading equation and a recurrence relation is derived for depth recovery. Whol...

We are developing shape recovery technology that can semi-automatically process image sequences using the idea of ” Shape from Motion” . In this paper, we investigate an acquisition and recovery method that processes hybrid feature points extracted from both high-resolution images and video images using the factorization method. The 3D object models are assumed to have N-point column shape, and...

Like the water responsive shape memory (SM) effect of β-keratin bird feathers, α-keratin hairs either existing broadly in nature are found responsive to many types of coupled stimuli in SM behaviors. In this article, α-keratin hairs were investigated for the combined stimuli of thermo-solvent, solvent-solvent, and UV (radiation)-reductant sensitive SM abilities. The related netpoints and switch...

Reflectance and shape are two important components in visually perceiving the real world. Inferring the reflectance and shape of an object through cameras is a fundamental research topic in the field of computer vision. While three-dimensional shape recovery is pervasive with varieties of approaches and practical applications, reflectance recovery has only emerged recently. Reflectance recovery...

For 3-D building reconstructions of urban areas, we present a fully automatic shape recovery method that uses 3-D points acquired from aerial image sequences. This paper focuses on shape recovery of flat rooftops that are parallel to the ground. We recover each rooftop from a set of 3-D points located at nearly the same height. Such 3-D point sets are made by merging point sets under the MDL (M...

Slight amounts of carbon (0:015{0:1mass%) were added into the Fe-30Mn-6Si-5Cr shape memory alloy. The microstructure, precipitation behaviour and shape memory performance of these Fe59Mn30Si6Cr5CX alloys with various thermo-mechanical treatments were investigated. Experimental results show that two particles, the -phase and M23C6 carbide, are observed within the grain-boundary phases. M23C6 car...