Title
Spatially invariant computations in stereoscopic vision.
Abstract
Perception of stereoscopic depth requires that visual systems solve a correspondence problem: find parts of the left-eye view of the visual scene that correspond to parts of the right-eye view. The standard model of binocular matching implies that similarity of left and right images is computed by inter-ocular correlation. But the left and right images of the same object are normally distorted relative to one another by the binocular projection, in particular when slanted surfaces are viewed from close distance. Correlation of ten fails to detect correct correspondences between such image parts. We investigate a measure of inter-ocular similarity that takes advantage of spatially invariant computations similar to the computations performed by complex cells in biological visual systems. This measure tolerates distortions of corresponding image parts and yields excellent performance over a much larger range of surface slants than the standard model. The results suggest that, rather than serving as disparity detectors, multiple binocular complex cells take part in the computation of inter-ocular similarity, and that visual systems are likely to postpone commitment to particular binocular disparities until later stages in the visual process.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.3389/fncom.2012.00047
FRONTIERS IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
Keywords
Field
DocType
adaptive,binocular matching,complex cell,correlation,flexible matching,perception of slant,stereopsis
Computer vision,Binocular disparity,Complex cell,Stereoscopy,Stereopsis,Computer science,Artificial intelligence,Invariant (mathematics),Correspondence problem,Perception,Computation
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
6
1662-5188
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.36
11
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Michel Vidal-Naquet110.36
Sergei Gepshtein273.10