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Aspect Graph

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Visual potential graph

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Definition

An aspect is defined as a set of topologically equivalent views of a three-dimensional object. An aspect graph of an object is a graph that contains all aspects of the object as nodes with edges connecting to adjacent aspects. It describes transitions, referred to as visual events, between aspects of the object in a three-dimensional viewer’s space.

Theory

An aspect graph denotes segmentation of the possible view space into regions based on the topology of views of the object. Koenderink and van Doorn originally proposed the concept of aspects [11, 12]. A similar idea can be found in the work of J. J. Gibson [5] and M. Minsky [14]. The work of Chakravarty and Freeman employs a similar concept, referred to as characteristic views [3].

For the sake of a simple explanation, let’s consider the two-dimensional case of view-space...

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    Katsushi Ikeuchi

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Ikeuchi, K. (2021). Aspect Graph. In: Computer Vision. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03243-2_868-1

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