Towards Visual Perception of Periodic Tilings: A Computational Model

Year: 1999 Authors: Kristyann Manske; Amir Assadi; Hamid Eghbalnia; Stephen Palmer

Core claim

Detecting translation and reflection symmetries is sufficient to characterize repetitive planar patterns, and a geometric-statistical algorithm can estimate the fundamental domain for such tilings.

Topics

translation symmetry, periodic tilings, visual perception, computer vision, psychophysics

Domains

geometry, symmetry theory, tiling theory, statistics, linear algebra, pattern design, visual arts, texture analysis

Methods

computational modeling, geometric analysis, statistical considerations, algorithm design, psychophysical comparison

Media

planar surfaces, textured images, robot camera images, spike trains, visual stimuli

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