Motion Field and Optical Flow
Outline Motion Field and Optical Flow Definition, Example, Relation Optical Flow Constraint Equation Assumptions & Derivation, Related Problems Space-Time Diagram Definition, Example
Motion Field Projection of the 3-D velocity field on the 2-D image plane.
Optical Flow Apparent motion of the brightness pattern in the image.
Optical Flow Motion Field
Optical Flow Constraint Equation 1.Assumptions uniform illumination Lambertian surface reflectance translation // image plane
Optical Flow Constraint Equation 2.Equation Derivation
OFCE: Correspondence Problem
OFCE: Aperture Problem
OFCE: Smoothness Restraints Small gradient of the optical flow ( Es ) Small error in OFCE ( Ec ) Objective : minimize ( Es + k Ec )
Space-Time Diagram