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Transparent Layers

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Synonyms

Transparency

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Polarized Light in Computer Vision; Transparency and Translucency

Definition

In computer vision, the term transparent layers refers to physical objects located at different depths from an imaging device, in such a configuration that irradiance coming from all these objects contributes to non-negligible portions of the final intensities of the same pixels, giving the perception of transparency.

Solving a transparent layer problem entails estimating a subset of the following values: intensity/color of each layer, depth of each layer, geometric parameters related to the camera pose and scene structure, and optical properties of the transparent layers.

Background

Phenomena of transparent layers can appear in many imaging processes. The most typical transparent layers occur due to transparency. For instance, objects seen through a textured and transparent material, for example, a tinted glass window or a thin curtain, where the layers include a front...

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  1. Corporate R&D, Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, CA, USA

    Yanghai Tsin

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  1. Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Katsushi Ikeuchi

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Tsin, Y. (2014). Transparent Layers. In: Ikeuchi, K. (eds) Computer Vision. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-31439-6_561

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