Title
A Data-Driven Approach To Functional Map Construction And Bases Pursuit
Abstract
We propose a method to simultaneously compute scalar basis functions with an associated functional map for a given pair of triangle meshes. Unlike previous techniques that put emphasis on smoothness with respect to the Laplace-Beltrami operator and thus favor low-frequency eigenfunctions, we aim for a basis that allows for better feature matching. This change of perspective introduces many degrees of freedom into the problem allowing to better exploit non-smooth descriptors. To effectively search in this high-dimensional space of solutions, we incorporate into our minimization state-of-the-art regularizers. We solve the resulting highly non-linear and non-convex problem using an iterative scheme via the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers. At each step, our optimization involves simple to solve linear or Sylvester-type equations. In practice, our method performs well in terms of convergence, and we additionally show that it is similar to a provably convergent problem. We show the advantages of our approach by extensively testing it on multiple datasets in a few applications including shape matching, consistent quadrangulation and scalar function transfer.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1111/cgf.14360
COMPUTER GRAPHICS FORUM
Keywords
DocType
Volume
CCS Concepts, Computing methodologies -> Shape analysis
Journal
40
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
5
0167-7055
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Omri Azencot100.34
Rongjie Lai223919.84