Cooperative computation of stereo disparity

Science. 1976 Oct 15;194(4262):283-7. doi: 10.1126/science.968482.

Abstract

The extraction of stereo-disparity information from two images depends upon establishing a correspondence between them. In this article we analyze the nature of the correspondence computation and derive a cooperative algorithm that implements it. We show that this algorithm successfully extracts information from random-dot stereograms, and its implications for the psychophysics and neurophysiology of the visual system are briefly discussed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Depth Perception / physiology
  • Information Theory
  • Models, Biological
  • Visual Perception / physiology*