Visual Texture

Visual Texture
Author: Michal Haindl
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2013-01-18
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1447149025

This book surveys the state of the art in multidimensional, physically-correct visual texture modeling. Features: reviews the entire process of texture synthesis, including material appearance representation, measurement, analysis, compression, modeling, editing, visualization, and perceptual evaluation; explains the derivation of the most common representations of visual texture, discussing their properties, advantages, and limitations; describes a range of techniques for the measurement of visual texture, including BRDF, SVBRDF, BTF and BSSRDF; investigates the visualization of textural information, from texture mapping and mip-mapping to illumination- and view-dependent data interpolation; examines techniques for perceptual validation and analysis, covering both standard pixel-wise similarity measures and also methods of visual psychophysics; reviews the applications of visual textures, from visual scene analysis in medical applications, to high-quality visualizations in the automotive industry.

The Oxford Handbook of Perceptual Organization

The Oxford Handbook of Perceptual Organization
Author: Johan Wagemans
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 1121
Release: 2015-08-21
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0191510475

Perceptual organization comprises a wide range of processes such as perceptual grouping, figure-ground organization, filling-in, completion, perceptual switching, etc. Such processes are most notable in the context of shape perception but they also play a role in texture perception, lightness perception, color perception, motion perception, depth perception, etc. Perceptual organization deals with a variety of perceptual phenomena of central interest, studied from many different perspectives, including psychophysics, experimental psychology, neuropsychology, neuroimaging, neurophysiology, and computational modeling. Given its central importance in phenomenal experience, perceptual organization has also figured prominently in classic Gestalt writings on the topic, touching upon deep philosophical issues regarding mind-brain relationships and consciousness. In addition, it attracts a great deal of interest from people working in applied areas like visual art, design, architecture, music, and so forth. The Oxford Handbook of Perceptual Organization provides a broad and extensive review of the current literature, written in an accessible form for scholars and students. With chapter written by leading researchers in the field, this is the state-of-the-art reference work on this topic, and will be so for many years to come.

Texture Analysis In Machine Vision

Texture Analysis In Machine Vision
Author: Matti K Pietikainen
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2000-10-13
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 981449268X

Texture analysis is an important generic research area of machine vision. The potential areas of application include biomedical image analysis, industrial inspection, analysis of satellite or aerial imagery, content-based retrieval from image databases, document analysis, biometric person authentication, scene analysis for robot navigation, texture synthesis for computer graphics and animation, and image coding. Texture analysis has been a topic of intensive research for over three decades, but the progress has been very slow.A workshop on “Texture Analysis in Machine Vision” was held at the University of Oulu, Finland, in 1999, providing a forum for presenting recent research results and for discussing how to make progress in order to increase the usefulness of texture in practical applications. This book contains extended and revised versions of the papers presented at the workshop. The first part of the book deals with texture analysis methodology, while the second part covers various applications. The book gives a unique view of different approaches and applications of texture analysis. It should be of great interest both to researchers of machine vision and to practitioners in various application areas.

Modes of Perceiving and Processing Information

Modes of Perceiving and Processing Information
Author: H. L. Pick, Jr.
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2014-03-18
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1317768914

First published in 1978. Since World War II the field of perception has developed in two major directions. The first evolved out of the traditional psychophysical approach and is manifest today in the new psychophysics. The second direction is in the increasing bond between the fields of perception and cognition. This volume grew out of the context of this second direction, a particular product of two workshops (held in the Spring of 1974 and 1975), organized by the Committee on Cognitive Research of the Social Science Research Council. The Committee on Cognition was organized in 1971 to encourage communication and interaction on specific problems in the area of cognition among the various social sciences.

Handbook Of Pattern Recognition And Computer Vision (2nd Edition)

Handbook Of Pattern Recognition And Computer Vision (2nd Edition)
Author: Chi Hau Chen
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 1045
Release: 1999-03-12
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9814497649

The very significant advances in computer vision and pattern recognition and their applications in the last few years reflect the strong and growing interest in the field as well as the many opportunities and challenges it offers. The second edition of this handbook represents both the latest progress and updated knowledge in this dynamic field. The applications and technological issues are particularly emphasized in this edition to reflect the wide applicability of the field in many practical problems. To keep the book in a single volume, it is not possible to retain all chapters of the first edition. However, the chapters of both editions are well written for permanent reference. This indispensable handbook will continue to serve as an authoritative and comprehensive guide in the field.

Visual Perception from a Computer Graphics Perspective

Visual Perception from a Computer Graphics Perspective
Author: William Thompson
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 552
Release: 2016-04-19
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1466502762

This book provides an introduction to human visual perception suitable for readers studying or working in the fields of computer graphics and visualization, cognitive science, and visual neuroscience. It focuses on how computer graphics images are generated, rather than solely on the organization of the visual system itself; therefore, the text pro

Visual Perception

Visual Perception
Author: Vicki Bruce
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 454
Release: 1996
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780863774508

This edition contains over 460 additional references and the treatment of visual psychology in the early chapters has been extensively revised.

Textures of Light

Textures of Light
Author: Cathryn Vasseleu
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 170
Release: 1998
Genre: Light
ISBN: 9780415142748

Drawing on the work of Irigaray, Merleau-Ponty and Levinas, this study of the importance of light in Western thought aims to show the ambivalent role light plays within philosophy.