Shape Analysis in Archaeology
Juan Antonio Barceló · IGI Global eBooks · 2011
In order to be able to acquire visual information, our automated “observer” is equipped with range and intensity sensors. The former acquire range images, in which each pixel encodes the distance between the sensor and a point in the scene. The latter are the familiar TV cameras acquiring grey-level images. That is to say, what the automated archaeologist “sees” is just the pattern of structured light projected on the scene (Trucco, 1997). To understand such input data is the spatial pattern of visual bindings should be differentiated into sets of marks (points, lines, areas, volumes) that express the position and geometry of perceived boundaries, and retinal properties (color, shadow, texture) that carry additional information necessary for categorizing the constituents of perception. Request access from your librarian to read this chapter's full text.