Orientation estimation for planar textured surfaces based on complex wavelets

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)

3 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The gradient of a road or terrain influences the appropriate speed and power of a vehicle traversing it. Therefore, gradient prediction is necessary if autonomous vehicles are to optimise their locomotion. This paper presents a novel texture-based method for estimating the orientation of planar surfaces under the basic assumption of homogeneity. Based on a backprojection technique, we propose a new method for measuring texture consistency in the Dual-Tree Complex Wavelet Transform (DT-CWT) domain. Texture histograms computed with a new anti-aliasing compensation approach are employed to find the rotation of a planar surface. The proposed method performs well with various types of textured surfaces and outperforms other existing methods with significantly reduced computational complexity up to 35%.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2014 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2014
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages3372-3376
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781479957514
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Jan 2014

Publication series

Name2014 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2014

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 IEEE.

Keywords

  • DT-CWT
  • orientation estimation
  • texture

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Orientation estimation for planar textured surfaces based on complex wavelets'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this