Data-Driven Approaches for Sparse Reflectance Modeling and Acquisition

Abstract

Description of the cover imageThe front cover of this thesis illustrates BRDFs in the form of multiple rendered spheres along BRDF curves (RGB signals) where the glossy BRDF curves are placed above the diffuse BRDF curves. The front illustration portrays the results of the thesis contents. The blue wave signals in the back cover represent sparse signals which serve as the BRDF encoding process (thesis's contributions) to reconstruct the BRDF signals in the front cover. The orange abstract waves in the background indicate that the BRDF is a type of signals around us. The materials used to render all the spheres are measured isotropic BRDFs from Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL).