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Plenoptic Function

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Synonyms

Image-based rendering (IBR)

Related Concepts

Light Field; Lumigraph

Definition

The plenoptic function describes the intensity of each light ray in the world as a function of visual angle, wavelength, time, and viewing position.

Background

The term plenoptic was derived from the word roots plen- (plenus) and opti- (optos), which means full/complete and eye/view, respectively. The plenoptic function was coined by Bergen and Anderson [1] to describe the intensity of each light ray in the world as a function of visual angle, wavelength, time, and viewing position. It captures everything that can potentially be seen by an optical device and is related to previous concept of J. J. Gibson's “the structure of ambient light” and Leonardo da Vinci's “visual pyramid.”

A light ray in the space can be parameterized by a position with three dimensions and a direction or visual angle in two dimensions (Fig. 1). Therefore, together with the wavelength and time dimensions, the plenoptic...

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  1. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Shing Chow Chan

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

    Katsushi Ikeuchi

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Chan, S.C. (2014). Plenoptic Function. In: Ikeuchi, K. (eds) Computer Vision. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-31439-6_7

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