A Survey of Image-based Rendering Techniques

《A Survey of Image-based Rendering Techniques》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在应用文档-天天文库。

1、TMASurveyofImage-basedRenderingTechniquesSingBingKangCRL97/4August1997CambridgeResearchLaboratoryTheCambridgeResearchLaboratorywasfoundedin1987toadvancethestateoftheartinbothcorecomputingandhuman-computerinteraction,andtousetheknowledgesogainedtosupportth

2、eCompanyscorporateobjectives.Webelievethisisbestaccomplishedthroughinterconnectedpur-suitsintechnologycreation,advancedsystemsengineering,andbusinessdevelopment.Weareac-tivelyinvestigatingscalablecomputing;mobilecomputing;vision-basedhumanandscenesensing;

3、speechinteraction;computer-animatedsyntheticpersona;intelligentinformationappliances;andthecapture,coding,storage,indexing,retrieval,decoding,andrenderingofmultimediadata.Werecognizeandembraceatechnologycreationmodelwhichischaracterizedbythreemajorphases:

4、Freedom:ThelifebloodoftheLaboratorycomesfromtheobservationsandimaginationsofourresearchstaff.Itisherethatchallengingresearchproblemsareuncovered(throughdiscussionswithcustomers,throughinteractionswithothersintheCorporation,throughotherprofessionalinterac-

5、tions,throughreading,andthelike)orthatnewideasareborn.Foranysuchproblemoridea,thisphaseculminatesinthenucleationofaprojectteamaroundawellarticulatedcentralresearchquestionandtheoutliningofaresearchplan.Focus:Onceateamisformed,weaggressivelypursuethecreati

6、onofnewtechnologybasedontheplan.ThismayinvolvedirectcollaborationwithothertechnicalprofessionalsinsideandoutsidetheCorporation.Thisphaseculminatesinthedemonstrablecreationofnewtechnologywhichmaytakeanyofanumberofforms-ajournalarticle,atechnicaltalk,aworki

7、ngprototype,apatentapplication,orsomecombinationofthese.Theresearchteamistypicallyaugmentedwithotherresidentprofessionalsengineeringandbusinessdevelopmentwhoworkasintegralmembersofthecoreteamtopreparepreliminaryplansforhowbesttoleveragethisnewknowledge,ei

8、therthroughinternaltransferoftechnologyorthroughothermeans.Follow-through:Weactivelypursuetakingthebesttechnologiestothemarketplace.Forthoseopportunitieswhicharenotimmediatelytransferredinternallyandwheretheteamhasi