Monocular Depth Ordering using Perceptual Occlusion Cues

Babak Rezaeirowshan, Coloma Ballester, Gloria Haro

2016

Abstract

In this paper we propose a method to estimate a global depth order between the objects of a scene using information from a single image coming from an uncalibrated camera. The method we present stems from early vision cues such as occlusion and convexity and uses them to infer both a local and a global depth order. Monocular occlusion cues, namely, T-junctions and convexities, contain information suggesting a local depth order between neighbouring objects. A combination of these cues is more suitable, because, while information conveyed by T-junctions is perceptually stronger, they are not as prevalent as convexity cues in natural images. We propose a novel convexity detector that also establishes a local depth order. The partial order is extracted in T-junctions by using a curvature-based multi-scale feature. Finally, a global depth order, i.e., a full order of all shapes that is as consistent as possible with the computed partial orders that can tolerate conflicting partial orders is computed. An integration scheme based on a Markov chain approximation of the rank aggregation problem is used for this purpose. The experiments conducted show that the proposed method compares favorably with the state of the art.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Rezaeirowshan B., Ballester C. and Haro G. (2016). Monocular Depth Ordering using Perceptual Occlusion Cues . In Proceedings of the 11th Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 4: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2016) ISBN 978-989-758-175-5, pages 431-441. DOI: 10.5220/0005726404310441

in Bibtex Style

@conference{visapp16,
author={Babak Rezaeirowshan and Coloma Ballester and Gloria Haro},
title={Monocular Depth Ordering using Perceptual Occlusion Cues},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 4: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2016)},
year={2016},
pages={431-441},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005726404310441},
isbn={978-989-758-175-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 11th Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 4: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2016)
TI - Monocular Depth Ordering using Perceptual Occlusion Cues
SN - 978-989-758-175-5
AU - Rezaeirowshan B.
AU - Ballester C.
AU - Haro G.
PY - 2016
SP - 431
EP - 441
DO - 10.5220/0005726404310441