Publications associées à Monocular 3D Reconstruction of Locally Textured Surfaces

Aggregating Spatial and Photometric Context for Photometric Stereo

Photometric stereo, a computer vision technique for estimating the 3D shape of objects through images captured under varying illumination conditions, has been a topic of research for nearly four decades. In its general formulation, photometric stereo is an ...

EPFL2024

A Full-Wave Reference Simulator for Computing Surface Reflectance

Mengqi Xia

Computing light reflection from rough surfaces is an important topic in computer graphics. Reflection models developed based on geometric optics fail to capture wave effects such as diffraction and interference, while existing models based on physical opti ...

ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY2023

Atomic-Level and Surface Structure of Calcium Silicate Hydrate Nanofoils

Paul Bowen, Karen Scrivener, Aslam Kunhi Mohamed, Ziga Casar

Deciphering the calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) surface is crucial for unraveling the mechanisms of cement hydration and property development. Experimental observations of C-S-H in cement systems suggest a surface termination which is fundamentally differ ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2023

The Canopy Pavilion: A lightweight shading structure using a deployable auxetic linkage membrane

Etienne Bouleau, Dieter Dietz, Mark Pauly, Arthur François Blanc, Florin Isvoranu, Tian Chen

We present the Canopy Pavilion, a lightweight shading structure for a social gathering space. The shading surface is realized as a tensioned auxetic linkage membrane, composed of two double-curved anticlastic layers separated by a compression pole. The mem ...

2020

Theory and application of a data-driven approach to compressive spectrometry in the assessment of neurophotic stimulation

Forrest Simon Webler

Recent advances in biology and neuroscience have elucidated pathways in which visible light initiates a signaling process, via the eye, responsible for activating direct and indirect biological responses. While the full impact of unnatural light patterns o ...

EPFL2022

Ray-tracing MRT and human thermophysiology model combination for local discomfort prediction

Dolaana Khovalyg, Arnab Chatterjee, Mohamad Rida

Thermal comfort and discomfort based on the local sensation of different body parts have been an important development in thermal comfort studies from the past decade. The human thermophysiology model can be a handy tool to predict local skin and core temp ...

TU Delft2022

Light Path Gradients for Forward and Inverse Rendering

Tizian Lucien Zeltner

Physically based rendering is a process for photorealistic digital image synthesis and one of the core problems in computer graphics. It involves simulating the light transport, i.e. the emission, propagation, and scattering of light through a virtual scen ...

EPFL2021

The Impact of Light Distribution and Furniture Layout on Meeting Light Exposure Objectives in an Office – A Simulation Case Study

Marilyne Andersen, Siobhan Francois Rockcastle, Megan Nicole Danell, Steffen Lutz Hartmeyer

The present simulation case study compares the impact of electric lighting distributions in relation to work-desk location and orientation on work-plane and eye-level illumination within a small private office. The aim of this study is to better understand ...

2021

High-Efficiency Deep-Red Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cell Based on a Trinuclear Ruthenium(II)-Silver(I) Complex

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin

Turn-on time is a key factor for lighting devices to be of practical application. To decrease the turn-on time value of a deep-red light-emitting electrochemical cells (DR-LECs), two novel approaches based on molecularly engineered ruthenium phenanthroimid ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Integrating non-visual effects of light in the automated daylight-responsive control of blinds and electric lighting

Marta Benedetti

The use of daylight in buildings is important because it contributes to energy savings by reducing the use of electric lighting and space heating. It also impacts on biological functions and on well-being. Indeed, light not only allows vision, but has non- ...

EPFL2021

A method to numerically determine the secondary electron yield considering effects of the surface morphology

Ning Yang, Guang-Yu Sun

Secondary electron emission (SEE) of solid materials due to electron bombardment is influenced by numerous properties of materials, where the surface condition plays a critical role in the value of secondary electron yield (SEY). Here, a 3D random microstr ...

2021

Validation of Spectral Simulation Tools for the Prediction of Indoor Electric Light Exposure

Marilyne Andersen, Clotilde Marie A Pierson, Myrta Gkaintatzi-Masouti

As the interest in design applications related to responses to light beyond vision is growing, two simulation tools, ALFA and Lark, have been developed to incorporate spectral characteristics of light in the evaluation of indoor lighting conditions. The sp ...

Commission Internationale de L'Eclairage2021

A Non-Exponential Transmittance Model for Volumetric Scene Representations

Wenzel Alban Jakob, Delio Aleardo Vicini

We introduce a novel transmittance model to improve the volumetric representation of 3D scenes. The model can represent opaque surfaces in the volumetric light transport framework. Volumetric representations are useful for complex scenes, and become increa ...

ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY2021

Leveraging Spatial and Photometric Context for Calibrated Non-Lambertian Photometric Stereo

Pascal Fua, Engin Türetken, David Honzátko

The problem of estimating a surface shape from its observed reflectance properties still remains a challenging task in computer vision. The presence of global illumination effects such as inter-reflections or cast shadows makes the task particularly diffic ...

IEEE COMPUTER SOC2021

Assessment of Commercial Building Lighting as a Frequency Regulation Resource

Alexandra Cameron Karpilow

This paper evaluates the potential for automated lighting control as a resource for frequency regulation of the electric grid system in the context of current energy policies, economic incentives, and technological trends. The growing prevalence of renewab ...

2020

Self-commissioning glare-based control system for integrated venetian blind and electric lighting

Laurent Deschamps, Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Ali Motamed

Rule-based control logics have proven to be efficient for automation of shading and lighting systems. However, successful commissioning of these systems for multiple stores non-residential buildings, regardless of the control logic, requires time-consuming ...

2020

Tolerancing the surface form of aspheric microlenses manufactured by wafer-level optics techniques

Wilfried Noell, Toralf Scharf, Jeremy Béguelin

Tolerancing is an important step toward the fabrication of high-quality and cost-effective lens surfaces. It is critical for wafer-level optics, when up to tens of thousands microlenses are fabricated in parallel and whose surfaces cannot be formed individ ...

OPTICAL SOC AMER2020

Energy distribution of harmonic 1-forms and Jacobians of Riemann surfaces with a short closed geodesic

Jürgpeter Buser, Robert Silhol

We study the energy distribution of harmonic 1-forms on a compact hyperbolic Riemann surface S where a short closed geodesic is pinched. If the geodesic separates the surface into two parts, then the Jacobian variety of S develops into a variety that split ...

2021

Specular Manifold Sampling for Rendering High-Frequency Caustics and Glints

Wenzel Alban Jakob, Tizian Lucien Zeltner

Scattering from specular surfaces produces complex optical effects that are frequently encountered in realistic scenes: intricate caustics due to focused reflection, multiple refraction, and high-frequency glints from specular microstructure. Yet, despite ...

ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY2020

Impact of dynamic lighting control on light exposure, visual comfort and alertness in office users

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Mirjam Münch, Ali Motamed, Lenka Maierova, Marta Benedetti

The lighting environment at indoor workplaces is important not only to provide vision and visual comfort, but also for light's direct influence on human physiology, cognitive performance and mood. The purpose of this ongoing study is to investigate the imp ...

IOP Science2019