This article proposes several colour points tracking methods which are robust to illumination changes. Firstly, the illumination correction is achieved by computing simultaneously a local photometric model and a motion model during the image sequence. Secondly, some colour invariants are used to compensate in each point for the illumination changes. Then, since most of these attributes are not ...

The high spatial resolution of QuickBird satellite images makes it possible to show spatial variability at fine details. However, the effect of topography-induced illumination variations become more evident, even in moderately sloped areas. Based on a high resolution (1 m) digital elevation model generated with high-frequency real-time kinematic global position system measurements, this study a...

Shifted sinusoidal illumination patterns are useful for appearance capture because they simultaneously separate local and non-local reflections and allow the recovery of surface geometry. Here we show that the same illumination patterns can be used to estimate the local surface reflectance (BRDF) as well, provided that an appropriate correction factor is applied. We derive a closed-form express...

A new illumination system for mask aligner lithography is presented. The illumination system uses two subsequent microlens-based Köhler integrators. The second Köhler integrator is located in the Fourier plane of the first. The new illumination system uncouples the illumination light from the light source and provides excellent uniformity of the light irradiance and the angular spectrum. Spatia...

Recently, the necessity of camera in vehicle industry is increasing now as increasing the smart car needs. Almost smart car concepts are implemented by using the camera system based on image processing technology. Actually, the rear view camera for parking assistance system, the forward view camera for lane departure warning and forward collision warning system, and multi-view camera for vehicl...

In the change detection application of remote sensing, commonly the variation in the brightness values of the pixels/objects in bi-temporal image is used as an indicator for detecting changes. However, there exist effects, other than a change in the objects that can cause variations in the brightness values. One of the effects is the illumination difference on steep surfaces mainly steeproofs o...

Color constancy refers to the ability to recognize the true color of objects in a scene regardless of the illumination which is incident upon them. While the human visual system is color-constant to a large extent, digital cameras have to rely on fast color balancing algorithms, integrated into their image signal processing (ISP) pipeline, in order to estimate the illumination in a scene and co...

BACKGROUND Many digital microscopy images suffer from poor illumination at the peripheries (vignetting), often attributable to factors related to the light path between the camera and the microscope. A commonly used method for correcting this has been to use the illumination of an empty field as a correction filter (white shading correction). AIMS To develop an alternative shading correction ...