17.5 Optical Flow Field -- Smoothness

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Smoothness. Motion, Smoothness Constraint. Optical Flow, Smoothing.

Nagel, H.H.[Hans-Hellmut],
On a Constraint Equation for the Estimation of Displacement Rates in Image Sequences,
PAMI(11), No. 1, January 1989, pp. 13-30.
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference.
WWW Version. BibRef 8901
Earlier:
Constraints for the Estimation of Displacement Vector Fields from Image Sequences,
IJCAI83(945-951). BibRef
And:
On the Estimation of Dense Displacement Vector Fields from Image Sequences,
Motion83(59-65). These are refinements of See also Displacement Vectors Derived from Second-Order Intensity Variations in Image Sequences. paper with different assumptions about the data. The paper addresses the problem of See also Determining Optical Flow. for motion, smoothness constraint of vector field of motion. Introduces an oriented smoothness constraint. Derives a constraint equation from perspective projection and differential geometry along with Lambertian reflection properties and isotropic illumination. BibRef

Nagel, H.H.,
On Change Detection and Displacement Vector Estimation in Image Sequences,
PRL(1), no. 1, 1982, pp. 55-60. BibRef 8200

Nagel, H.H.,
Optical-Flow Estimation and the Interaction Between Measurement Errors at Adjacent Pixel Positions,
IJCV(15), No. 3, July 1995, pp. 271-288.
WWW Version. Evaluation. BibRef 9507

Nagel, H.H., and Enkelmann, W.,
An Investigation of Smoothness Constraints for the Estimation of Displacement Vector Fields from Image Sequences,
PAMI(8), No. 5, September 1986, pp. 565-593. BibRef 8609
And:
Towards the Estimation of Displacement Vector Fields by 'Oriented Smoothness' Constraints,
ICPR84(6-8). See also On a Constraint Equation for the Estimation of Displacement Rates in Image Sequences. Computes a lot of flow fields, maybe they can really be computed, and shows the effects of different smoothness constraints. BibRef

Nagel, H.H.,
Extending the 'Oriented Smoothness Constraint' into the Temporal Domain and the Estimation of Derivatives of Optical Flow,
ECCV90(139-148).
WWW Version. Extension of the GVT paper given above. BibRef 9000

Mitiche, A., Grisell, R., and Aggarwal, J.K.,
On Smoothness of a Vector Field: Application to Optical Flow,
PAMI(10), No. 6, November 1988, pp. 943-949.
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference.
WWW Version. BibRef 8811

Kearney, J.K., and Thompson, W.B.,
Bounding Constraint Propagation for Optical Flow Estimation,
MU88(1-21). Proposes the use of confidence in the estimate to determine the influence on neighbors for smoothing. BibRef 8800

Simard, P.Y., and Mailloux, G.E.,
A Projection Operator for the Restoration of Divergence-Free Vector Fields,
PAMI(10), No. 2, March 1988, pp. 248-256.
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference.
WWW Version. BibRef 8803

Simard, P.Y., and Mailloux, G.E.,
Vector Field Restoration by the Method of Convex Projections,
CVGIP(52), No. 3, December 1990, pp. 360-385.
WWW Version. Optical Flow field processing to get smooth consistent results. BibRef 9012

Anandan, P., and Weiss, R.[Richard],
A Confidence Measure and a Smoothness Constraint for the Computation of Image Displacement Fields,
probably a UMass report of some sort, April 1987.
And:
Introducing a Smoothness Constraint in a Matching Approach for the Computation of Optical Flow Fields,
CVWS85(186-194). Change OFF in the title to Displacement Fields in BibRef 8500 DARPA85(186-196). Yet another criterion to apply in the computation process. BibRef

Snyder, M.A.,
On the Mathematical Foundations of Smoothness Constraints for the Determination of Optical Flow and for Surface Reconstruction,
PAMI(13), No. 11, November 1991, pp. 1105-1114.
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference.
WWW Version. BibRef 9111
Earlier: Motion89(107-115). BibRef
And: DARPA89(1004-1011). BibRef
And:
The Mathematical Foundations of Smoothness Constraints: A New Class of Coupled Constraint,
DARPA90(154-161). There are only 4 constraints possible and any constraint is a linear combination of these 4. BibRef

Haddadi, N., Kuo, C.C.J.,
Computation of Dense Optical Flow with a Parametric Smoothness Model,
JVCIR(4), 1993, pp. 309-323. BibRef 9300

Chaudhury, K., Mehrotra, R.,
Optical-Flow Estimation Using Smoothness of Intensity Trajectories,
CVGIP(60), No. 2, September 1994, pp. 230-244.
WWW Version. BibRef 9409

de Vleeschauwer, D.,
On the Smoothness Constraint in the Intensity-Based Estimation of the Parallax Field,
MultiSP(6), No. 2, April 1995, pp. 113-135. BibRef 9504

Whon, K., Davis, L.S., Thrift, P.,
Motion Estimation Based on Multiple Local Constraints and Nonlinear Smoothing,
PR(16), No. 6, 1983, pp. 563-570.
WWW Version. 9611 BibRef

Bartolini, F., Piva, A.,
Median Based Relaxation of Smoothness Constraints in Optic Flow Computation,
PRL(18), No. 7, July 1997, pp. 649-655. 9711 BibRef

Alparone, L., Barni, M., Bartolini, F., Caldelli, R.,
Regularization of Optic Flow Estimates by Means of Weighted Vector Median Filtering,
IP(8), No. 10, October 1999, pp. 1462-1467.
WWW Version. BibRef 9910

Bab-Hadiashar, A.[Alireza], Suter, D.[David],
Robust Optic Flow Computation,
IJCV(29), No. 1, August 1998, pp. 59-77.
WWW Version. 0010 BibRef
Earlier:
Optic Flow Calculation Using Robust Statistics,
CVPR97(988-993).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference.
WWW Version. 9704 BibRef
Earlier:
Robust Optic Flow Estimation Using Least Median of Squares,
ICIP96(I: 513-516).
WWW Version. LMS in first stage only. BibRef

Suter, D.,
Motion Estimation and Vector Splines,
CVPR94(939-942).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference. Optical flow BibRef 9400

Chen, F.[Fang], Suter, D.[David],
Image Coordinate Transformation Based on DIV-CURL Vector Splines,
ICPR98(Vol I: 518-520).
WWW Version. 9808 BibRef

Wang, H.Z.[Han-Zi], Suter, D.,
Variable bandwidth QMDPE and its application in robust optical flow estimation,
ICCV03(178-183).
WWW Version. 0311Robust estimator applied to optical flow. BibRef

Weickert, J.[Joachim], Schnörr, C.[Christoph],
Variational Optic Flow Computation with a Spatio-Temporal Smoothness Constraint,
JMIV(14), No. 3, May 2001, pp. 245-255.
WWW Version. 0106 BibRef

Ruhnau, P.[Paul], Stahl, A.[Annette], Schnörr, C.[Christoph],
On-Line Variational Estimation of Dynamical Fluid Flows with Physics-Based Spatio-temporal Regularization,
DAGM06(444-454).
WWW Version. 0610 BibRef

Weickert, J.[Joachim], Schnörr, C.[Christoph],
A Theoretical Framework for Convex Regularizers in PDE-Based Computation of Image Motion,
IJCV(45), No. 3, December 2001, pp. 245-264.
WWW Version. 0111Differential methods for optical flow. See also Computation of Discontinuous Optical Flow by Domain Decomposition and Shape Optimization. BibRef

Yuan, J., Schnorr, C., Kohlberger, T., Ruhnau, P.,
Convex set-based estimation of image flows,
ICPR04(I: 124-127).
WWW Version. 0409 BibRef

Kohlberger, T.[Timo], Schnörr, C.[Christoph], Bruhn, A.[Andrés], Weickert, J.[Joachim],
Domain Decomposition for Variational Optical-Flow Computation,
IP(14), No. 8, August 2005, pp. 1125-1137.
WWW Version. 0508 BibRef
Earlier:
Parallel Variational Motion Estimation by Domain Decomposition and Cluster Computing,
ECCV04(Vol IV: 205-216).
WWW Version. 0405 BibRef
Earlier:
Domain Decomposition for Parallel Variational Optical Flow Computation,
DAGM03(196-203).
HTML Version. 0310 See also Computation of Discontinuous Optical Flow by Domain Decomposition and Shape Optimization. BibRef

Mileva, Y.[Yana], Bruhn, A.[Andrés], Weickert, J.[Joachim],
Illumination-Robust Variational Optical Flow with Photometric Invariants,
DAGM07(152-162).
WWW Version. 0709 BibRef

Bruhn, A.[Andrés], Weickert, J.[Joachim], Feddern, C.[Christian], Kohlberger, T.[Timo], Schnörr, C.[Christoph],
Variational Optical Flow Computation in Real Time,
IP(14), No. 5, May 2005, pp. 608-615.
WWW Version. 0505 BibRef
Earlier:
Real-Time Optic Flow Computation with Variational Methods,
CAIP03(222-229).
WWW Version. 0311 See also Computation of Discontinuous Optical Flow by Domain Decomposition and Shape Optimization. BibRef

Demetz, O.[Oliver], Weickert, J.[Joachim], Bruhn, A.[Andrés], Welk, M.[Martin],
Beauty with Variational Methods: An Optic Flow Approach to Hairstyle Simulation,
SSVM07(825-836).
WWW Version. 0705 BibRef

Bruhn, A.[Andrés], Weickert, J.[Joachim], Kohlberger, T.[Timo], Schnörr, C.[Christoph],
A Multigrid Platform for Real-Time Motion Computation with Discontinuity-Preserving Variational Methods,
IJCV(70), No. 3, December 2006, pp. 257-277.
WWW Version. 0608 BibRef
Earlier:
Discontinuity-Preserving Computation of Variational Optic Flow in Real-Time,
ScaleSpace05(279-290).
WWW Version. 0505 BibRef

Scharr, H.[Hanno], Spies, H.[Hagen],
Accurate optical flow in noisy image sequences using flow adapted anisotropic diffusion,
SP:IC(20), No. 6, July 2005, pp. 537-553.
WWW Version. 0506 BibRef
Earlier: A2, A1:
Accurate Optical Flow in Noisy Image Sequences,
ICCV01(I: 587-592).
WWW Version. 0106 BibRef

Krajsek, K.[Kai], Mester, R.[Rudolf], Scharr, H.[Hanno],
Statistically Optimal Averaging for Image Restoration and Optical Flow Estimation,
DAGM08(xx-yy).
WWW Version. 0806 BibRef

Nir, T.[Tal], Bruckstein, A.M.[Alfred M.], Kimmel, R.[Ron],
Over-Parameterized Variational Optical Flow,
IJCV(76), No. 2, February 2008, pp. 205-216.
WWW Version. 0801 BibRef


Doshi, A.[Ashish], Bors, A.G.[Adrian G.],
Navier-Stokes formulation for modelling turbulent optical flow,
BMVC07(xx-yy).
PDF Version. 0709 BibRef
Earlier:
Robust Diffusion of Structural Flows for Volumetric Image Interpolation,
ICIP06(1225-1228). 0610
WWW Version. BibRef
And:
Structural flow smoothing for shape interpolation,
ICPR06(III: 11-14).
WWW Version. 0609 BibRef
Earlier:
Optical Flow Diffusion with Robustified Kernels,
CAIP05(222).
WWW Version. 0509 BibRef

Okatani, T.[Takayuki],
A Probabilistic Approach to Linear Subspace Fitting for Computer Vision Problems,
GenModel04(185).
WWW Version. 0406 BibRef

Okatani, T., Deguchi, K.,
Toward a statistically optimal method for estimating geometric relations from noisy data: cases of linear relations,
CVPR03(I: 432-439).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference. 0307optical flow estimation and affine structure and motion problems are considered. BibRef

Devlaminck, V.[Vincent],
Motion Estimation from Equation of Continuity. The Well-Conditioned Computation Point of View,
ICIP99(III:700-703).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference. BibRef 9900

Herment, A.[Alain], Giovannelli, J.F., Mousseaux, E., Idie, J., Decesare, A., Jolivet, O., and Bittoun, J.,
Regularized Estimation of Flow Patterns in MR Velocimetry,
ICIP96(III: 291-294).
WWW Version. BibRef 9600

Wohn, K.[Kwangyoen], Xie, H.[Huchen], Davis, L.S.[Larry S.], and Rosenfeld, A.[Azriel],
Smoothing Optical Flow Fields,
DARPA83(61-63). Guide the local smoothing of optic flow using global histograms, a modified superspike for motion. BibRef 8300

Chapter on Optical Flow Field Computations and Use continues in
Optical Flow Field -- Boundaries .


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