METHOD OF ESTIMATING REFLECTANCE FUNCTION OF SCENE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a system which estimate a reflectance function of an arbitrary scene. SOLUTION: A scene is illuminated under various lighting conditions. One illumination image and one observed image are associated with each illumination condition. A plurality of non-overlapping kernels are determined for each pixel in a reflectance image from pairs of illumination and observed images. A weight is then determined for each kernel to estimate a reflectance function represented as the reflectance image. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI