Signal and Image Processing with Generative Models Patrick Wolfe Todd Zickler DEAS, Harvard University

General Framework Source System “Raw Signal” Source Model System Model Enhanced Signal Inference Engine Wolfe/Zickler 2005

General Framework Zickler Wolfe Source Model System Model Modeling visual phenomena Computer vision Source Model System Model Inference Engine Wolfe Some stuff here Some stuff here, too Wolfe/Zickler 2005

Zickler Research Appearance Capture Vision Beyond Lambert “vision” SHAPE REFLECTANCE “vision” Wolfe/Zickler 2005

Modeling Visual Phenomena Example 1: Helmholtz Stereopsis [Helmholtz 1925] Wolfe/Zickler 2005

Modeling Visual Phenomena Example 1: Helmholtz Stereopsis Wolfe/Zickler 2005

Modeling Visual Phenomena Example 2: SUV Color Space DIFFUSE = + SPECULAR [Shafer, 1985] Wolfe/Zickler 2005

Modeling Visual Phenomena Example 2: SUV Color Space R B G S U V Wolfe/Zickler 2005

General Framework Zickler Wolfe Source Model System Model Modeling visual phenomena Computer vision Source Model System Model Inference Engine Wolfe Some stuff here Some stuff here, too Wolfe/Zickler 2005

Wolfe Research Wolfe/Zickler 2005