Neural Network Approach To Stereo Matching

Y. T. Zhou; R. Chellappa

doi:10.1117/12.948464

16 December 1988 Neural Network Approach To Stereo Matching

Y. T. Zhou, R. Chellappa

Proceedings Volume 0974, Applications of Digital Image Processing XI; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.948464
Event: 32nd Annual International Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Science and Engineering, 1988, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A method for matching stereo images using a neural network is presented. We first fit a polynomial to find a smooth continuous intensity function in a window and estimate the first order intensity derivatives. Combination of smoothing and differentiation results in a window operator which functions very similar to the human eye in detecting the intensity changes. Since natural stereo images are usually digitized for the implementation on a digital computer, we consider the effect of spatial quantization on the estimation of the derivatives from natural images. A neural network is then employed for matching the estimated first order derivatives under the epipolar, photometric and smoothness constraints. Owing to the dense intensity derivatives a dense array of disparities is generated with only a few iterations. This method does not require surface interpolation. Experimental results using natural images pairs are presented to demonstrate the efficacy of our method.

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Y. T. Zhou and R. Chellappa "Neural Network Approach To Stereo Matching", Proc. SPIE 0974, Applications of Digital Image Processing XI, (16 December 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.948464

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