The Difference-Stereogram

  • Authors:
  • András G. Radványi

  • Affiliations:
  • Analogic & Neural Computing Systems Laboratory, Computer & Automation Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1518 Budapest, POB 63, Hungary. radvanyi@sztaki.hu

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

In simple hypothetical experiments for producing randomstereograms by stereo-photographic means together with a patternprojection technique, we arrive at the concept ofdifference-stereogram showing changes on a surface rather than thesurface itself. After the analysis of projector-camera arrangement,an algorithmic definition of difference-stereogram is given,revealing several of its structural properties. The related conceptof difference surface is introduced to describe the percept inducedby difference-stereogram. A two-way mapping between a surface and itsdifference surface is derived, proving that the difference-stereogramis the autostereogram of the difference surface. It is also provedand demonstrated that a difference-stereogram placed beside its basicpattern is forming a stereopair that shows the original surface.