Bidirectional Texture Functions

The Bidirectional Texture Function is the best recent visual texture representation which can still be simultaneously measured and modeled using state-of-the-art measurement devices and computers as well as the most advanced mathematical models of visual

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Michal Haindl r Jiˇrí Filip

Visual Texture Accurate Material Appearance Measurement, Representation and Modeling

Michal Haindl Inst. of Information Theory & Automation Acad. of Sciences of the Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic

Jiˇrí Filip Inst. of Information Theory & Automation Acad. of Sciences of the Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic

Series Editors Prof. Sameer Singh Research School of Informatics Loughborough University Loughborough UK

Dr. Sing Bing Kang Microsoft Research Microsoft Corporation Redmond, WA USA

ISSN 2191-6586 ISSN 2191-6594 (electronic) Advances in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition ISBN 978-1-4471-4901-9 ISBN 978-1-4471-4902-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-4902-6 Springer London Heidelberg New York Dordrecht Library of Congress Control Number: 2013930058 © Springer-Verlag London 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

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Preface

The main purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive state-of-the-art survey of the newly emerging area of physically correct visual texture modeling. Multidimensional visual texture is the appropriate paradigm for physically correct representation of material visual properties. The