Browsing by Author "Cooper, Victoria L."

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    Estimating Homogeneous Data-driven BRDF Parameters from a Reflectance Map under Known Natural Lighting
    (The Eurographics Association, 2019) Cooper, Victoria L.; Bieron, James C.; Peers, Pieter; Klein, Reinhard and Rushmeier, Holly
    In this paper we demonstrate robust estimation of the model parameters of a fully-linear data-driven BRDF model from a reflectance map under known natural lighting. To regularize the estimation of the model parameters, we leverage the reflectance similarities within a material class. We approximate the space of homogeneous BRDFs using a Gaussian mixture model, and assign a material class to each Gaussian in the mixture model. Next, we compute a linear solution per material class. Finally, we select the best candidate as the final estimate. We demonstrate the efficacy and robustness of our method using the MERL BRDF database under a variety of natural lighting conditions.