Based on the arrangement of historical data source and artistic value graphic elements in traditional Chinese culture, article uses comparative research methods to analyze art form originating from civilization according chronicle. For façade, classification method elements, main features are sorted out, pattern characteristics, scene meaning development mainly deduced. From perspective semioti...

In the last years, several robots for building façade cleaning have been designed and some prototypes have been developed. However, most of these robotics systems are too expensive to be introduced in the market or are only able to cope with very simple completely flat glass façades. Funded by the European Commission, a consortium formed by several European enterprises and research institutions...

This paper proposes an interactive goal-based method for designing daylit buildings. The lighting simulation tool which supports this process is a hybrid global illumination rendering method which efficiently computes annual daylighting metrics. The goal-based method uses a knowledge base populated using a set of previously completed simulations that quantify the effects of various façade desig...

In this paper, we describe an automatic method for segmentation of building façade images. First, individual façades are isolated from general city block images. This step is based on accumulation of directional color gradients, assuming that façade structures are aligned. Then sky region is detected based on segmentation approach and color marker extraction. Finally, the images are split in fl...

This paper discusses the automatic texturing of building facades from thermal infrared image sequences. A fully automatic method is presented to refine GPS based positions using a relative orientation of the image sequence and preknowledge of a given building model in a bundle adjustment process. The resulting refined orientation parameters are used to project the infrared images of the sequenc...

In this paper we propose an approach for building façade interpretation ranging from uncalibrated images of an image sequence to the extraction of objects such as windows. The approach comprises several novel features, such as determination of the façade planes by robust least squares matching, learning of implicit shape models for objects, particularly windows, and a determination of the latte...