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While the field of computer vision drives many of today's digital technologies and communication networks, the topic of color has emerged only recently in most computer vision applications. One of the most extensive works to date on color in computer vision, this book provides a complete set of tools for working with color in the field of image understanding.

Based on the authors' intense collaboration for more than a decade and drawing on the latest thinking in the field of computer science, the book integrates topics from color science and computer vision, clearly linking theories, techniques, machine learning, and applications. The fundamental basics, sample applications, and downloadable versions of the software and data sets are also included. Clear, thorough, and practical, Color in Computer Vision explains:

  • Computer vision, including color-driven algorithms and quantitative results of various state-of-the-art methods
  • Color science to

    Table of Contents

    Preface xv

    1 Introduction 1
    1.1 From Fundamental to Applied 2
    1.2 Part I: Color Fundamentals 3
    1.3 Part II: Photometric Invariance 3
    1.4 Part III: Color Constancy 4
    1.5 Part IV: Color Feature Extraction 5
    1.6 Part V: Applications 7
    1.7 Summary 9

    PART I Color Fundamentals 11

    2 Color Vision 13
    2.1 Introduction 13
    2.2 Stages of Color Information Processing 14
    2.3 Chromatic Properties of the Visual System 18
    2.4 Summary 24

    3 Color Image Formation 26
    3.1 Lambertian Reflection Model 28
    3.2 Dichromatic Reflection Model 29
    3.3 Kubelka–Munk Model 32
    3.4 The Diagonal Model 34
    3.5 Color Spaces 36
    3.6 Summary 44

    PART II Photometric Invariance 47

    4 Pixel-Based Photometric Invariance 49
    4.1 Normalized Color Spaces 50
    4.2 Opponent Color Spaces 52
    4.3 The HSV Color Space 52
    4.4 Composed Color Spaces 53
    4.5 Noise Stability and Histogram Construction 58
    4.6 Application: Color-Based Object Recognition 64
    4.7 Summary 68

    5 Photometric Invariance from Color Ratios 69
    5.1 Illuminant Invariant Color Ratios 71
    5.2 Illuminant Invariant Edge Detection 73
    5.3 Blur-Robust and Color Constant Image Description 74
    5.4 Application: Image Retrieval Based on Color Ratios 77
    5.5 Summary 80

    6 Derivative-Based Photometric Invariance 81
    6.1 Full Photometric Invariants 84
    6.2 Quasi-Invariants 101
    6.3 Summary 111

    7 Photometric Invariance by Machine Learning 113
    7.1 Learning from Diversified Ensembles 114
    7.2 Temporal Ensemble Learning 119
    7.3 Learning Color Invariants for Region Detection 120
    7.4 Experiments 124
    7.5 Summary 134

    PART III Color Constancy 135

    8 Illuminant Estimation and Chromatic Adaptation 137
    8.1 Illuminant Estimation 139
    8.2 Chromatic Adaptation 141

    9 Color Constancy Using Low-level Features 143
    9.1 General Gray-World 143
    9.2 Gray-Edge 146
    9.3 Physics-Based Methods 150
    9.4 Summary 151

    10 Color Constancy Using Gamut-Based Methods 152
    10.1 Gamut Mapping Using Derivative Structures 155
    10.2 Combination of Gamut Mapping Algorithms 157
    10.3 Summary 160

    11 Color Constancy Using Machine Learning 161
    11.1 Probabilistic Approaches 161
    11.2 Combination Using Output Statistics 162
    11.3 Combination Using Natural Image Statistics 163
    11.4 Methods Using Semantic Information 167
    11.5 Summary 171

    12 Evaluation of Color Constancy Methods 172
    12.1 Data Sets 172
    12.2 Performance Measures 175
    12.3 Experiments 180
    12.4 Summary 185

    PART IV Color Feature Extraction 187

    13 Color Feature Detection 189
    13.1 The Color Tensor 191
    13.2 Color Saliency 205
    13.3 Conclusions 218

    14 Color Feature Description 221
    14.1 Gaussian Derivative-Based Descriptors 225
    14.2 Discriminative Power 229
    14.3 Level of Invariance 235
    14.4 Information Content 236
    14.5 Summary 243

    15 Color Image Segmentation 244
    15.1 Color Gabor Filtering 245
    15.2 Invariant Gabor Filters Under Lambertian Reflection 247
    15.3 Color-Based Texture Segmentation 247
    15.4 Material Recognition Using Invariant Anisotropic Filtering 249
    15.5 Color Invariant Codebooks and Material-Specific Adaptation 256
    15.6 Experiments 258
    15.7 Image Segmentation by Delaunay Triangulation 263
    15.8 Summary 268

    PART V Applications 269

    16 Object and Scene Recognition 271
    16.1 Diagonal Model 272
    16.2 Color SIFT Descriptors 273
    16.3 Object and Scene Recognition 276
    16.4 Results 280
    16.5 Summary 285

    17 Color Naming 287
    17.1 Basic Color Terms 288
    17.3 Color Names from Uncalibrated Data 304
    17.4 Experimental Results 313
    17.5 Conclusions 316

    18 Segmentation of Multispectral Images 318
    18.1 Reflection and Camera Models 319
    18.2 Photometric Invariant Distance Measures 321
    18.3 Error Propagation 325
    18.4 Photometric Invariant Region Detection by Clustering 328
    18.5 Experiments 330
    18.6 Summary 338

    Citation Guidelines 339

    References 341

    Index 363

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: 05/10/2012
      ISBN13: 9780470890844, 978-0470890844
      ISBN10: 0470890843

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      Book Synopsis

      While the field of computer vision drives many of today's digital technologies and communication networks, the topic of color has emerged only recently in most computer vision applications. One of the most extensive works to date on color in computer vision, this book provides a complete set of tools for working with color in the field of image understanding.

      Based on the authors' intense collaboration for more than a decade and drawing on the latest thinking in the field of computer science, the book integrates topics from color science and computer vision, clearly linking theories, techniques, machine learning, and applications. The fundamental basics, sample applications, and downloadable versions of the software and data sets are also included. Clear, thorough, and practical, Color in Computer Vision explains:

      • Computer vision, including color-driven algorithms and quantitative results of various state-of-the-art methods
      • Color science to

        Table of Contents

        Preface xv

        1 Introduction 1
        1.1 From Fundamental to Applied 2
        1.2 Part I: Color Fundamentals 3
        1.3 Part II: Photometric Invariance 3
        1.4 Part III: Color Constancy 4
        1.5 Part IV: Color Feature Extraction 5
        1.6 Part V: Applications 7
        1.7 Summary 9

        PART I Color Fundamentals 11

        2 Color Vision 13
        2.1 Introduction 13
        2.2 Stages of Color Information Processing 14
        2.3 Chromatic Properties of the Visual System 18
        2.4 Summary 24

        3 Color Image Formation 26
        3.1 Lambertian Reflection Model 28
        3.2 Dichromatic Reflection Model 29
        3.3 Kubelka–Munk Model 32
        3.4 The Diagonal Model 34
        3.5 Color Spaces 36
        3.6 Summary 44

        PART II Photometric Invariance 47

        4 Pixel-Based Photometric Invariance 49
        4.1 Normalized Color Spaces 50
        4.2 Opponent Color Spaces 52
        4.3 The HSV Color Space 52
        4.4 Composed Color Spaces 53
        4.5 Noise Stability and Histogram Construction 58
        4.6 Application: Color-Based Object Recognition 64
        4.7 Summary 68

        5 Photometric Invariance from Color Ratios 69
        5.1 Illuminant Invariant Color Ratios 71
        5.2 Illuminant Invariant Edge Detection 73
        5.3 Blur-Robust and Color Constant Image Description 74
        5.4 Application: Image Retrieval Based on Color Ratios 77
        5.5 Summary 80

        6 Derivative-Based Photometric Invariance 81
        6.1 Full Photometric Invariants 84
        6.2 Quasi-Invariants 101
        6.3 Summary 111

        7 Photometric Invariance by Machine Learning 113
        7.1 Learning from Diversified Ensembles 114
        7.2 Temporal Ensemble Learning 119
        7.3 Learning Color Invariants for Region Detection 120
        7.4 Experiments 124
        7.5 Summary 134

        PART III Color Constancy 135

        8 Illuminant Estimation and Chromatic Adaptation 137
        8.1 Illuminant Estimation 139
        8.2 Chromatic Adaptation 141

        9 Color Constancy Using Low-level Features 143
        9.1 General Gray-World 143
        9.2 Gray-Edge 146
        9.3 Physics-Based Methods 150
        9.4 Summary 151

        10 Color Constancy Using Gamut-Based Methods 152
        10.1 Gamut Mapping Using Derivative Structures 155
        10.2 Combination of Gamut Mapping Algorithms 157
        10.3 Summary 160

        11 Color Constancy Using Machine Learning 161
        11.1 Probabilistic Approaches 161
        11.2 Combination Using Output Statistics 162
        11.3 Combination Using Natural Image Statistics 163
        11.4 Methods Using Semantic Information 167
        11.5 Summary 171

        12 Evaluation of Color Constancy Methods 172
        12.1 Data Sets 172
        12.2 Performance Measures 175
        12.3 Experiments 180
        12.4 Summary 185

        PART IV Color Feature Extraction 187

        13 Color Feature Detection 189
        13.1 The Color Tensor 191
        13.2 Color Saliency 205
        13.3 Conclusions 218

        14 Color Feature Description 221
        14.1 Gaussian Derivative-Based Descriptors 225
        14.2 Discriminative Power 229
        14.3 Level of Invariance 235
        14.4 Information Content 236
        14.5 Summary 243

        15 Color Image Segmentation 244
        15.1 Color Gabor Filtering 245
        15.2 Invariant Gabor Filters Under Lambertian Reflection 247
        15.3 Color-Based Texture Segmentation 247
        15.4 Material Recognition Using Invariant Anisotropic Filtering 249
        15.5 Color Invariant Codebooks and Material-Specific Adaptation 256
        15.6 Experiments 258
        15.7 Image Segmentation by Delaunay Triangulation 263
        15.8 Summary 268

        PART V Applications 269

        16 Object and Scene Recognition 271
        16.1 Diagonal Model 272
        16.2 Color SIFT Descriptors 273
        16.3 Object and Scene Recognition 276
        16.4 Results 280
        16.5 Summary 285

        17 Color Naming 287
        17.1 Basic Color Terms 288
        17.3 Color Names from Uncalibrated Data 304
        17.4 Experimental Results 313
        17.5 Conclusions 316

        18 Segmentation of Multispectral Images 318
        18.1 Reflection and Camera Models 319
        18.2 Photometric Invariant Distance Measures 321
        18.3 Error Propagation 325
        18.4 Photometric Invariant Region Detection by Clustering 328
        18.5 Experiments 330
        18.6 Summary 338

        Citation Guidelines 339

        References 341

        Index 363

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