Misidentifying materials—such as mistaking soap for pâté, or vice versa—could lead to
some pretty messy mishaps. Fortunately, we rarely suffer such indignities, thanks largely to …

Gloss is a relatively little studied visual property of objects' surfaces. The earliest recorded
scientific reference to gloss appears to have been by Ingersoll in 1921: studies at this time …

We have developed a technique to study how good computers can be at diagnosing
gastrointestinal lesions from regular (white light and narrow banded) colonoscopic videos …

The three-volume work Perceiving in Depth is a sequel to Binocular Vision and Stereopsis
and to Seeing in Depth, both by Ian P. Howard and Brian J. Rogers. This work is much …

The appearance of surfaces in real-world scenes is determined by the materials, textures,
and context in which the surfaces appear. However, the datasets we have for visualizing and …

Deflectometry as a technique to assess reflective surfaces has now existed for some 40
years. Its different aspects and variations have been studied in multiple theses and research …

Our world consists not only of objects and scenes but also of materials of various kinds.
Being able to recognize the materials that surround us (eg, plastic, glass, concrete) is …

It is easy to visually distinguish a ceramic knife from one made of steel, a leather jacket from
one made of denim, and a plush toy from one made of plastic. Most studies of material …

Three-dimensional shape can be drawn using a variety of feature lines, but none of the
current definitions alone seem to capture all visually-relevant lines. We introduce a new …

Photo editing software allows digital images to be blurred, warped or re-colored at the touch
of a button. However, it is not currently possible to change the material appearance of an …