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**  image digitizing
**  extended edge input
      tablet
      automated
**  stereo station for ground truth
**  simulating constructing and interpreting rules (TOB)
      matching restricted by terrain model
      can calculate horizontal errors from vertical errors
	combine with knowledge of actual correspondence
**  OTVs and horizontal surfaces (JMM)
    calculate mappings between arrays for ground, and images
      multiple resolution
**  implement inference rules, OTVs, horizontals as ACRONYM rules (JMM)
**  registration (Jeanric Meller)
      epipolar transforms using Gennery's routines
      using vertices by hand


demo
  line drawings with correspondences
    OTVs
    horizontals
  DHMs edges with same correspondences
  stereo station
  HHBs program

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		Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
			    October 25, 1982


Our work on the postdoctoral contract started with building a test facility  for
interactive experimentation on correspondence  algorithms.  Design exercises  on
this lead us to test implementations of selected elements of the mapping system,
particularly those concerned with the representational structures, the  mappings
between them, and components of the  evaluation function. Testing is being  done
with both hand synthesized  data, and data obtained  from an automated  process.
Comparisons will be made of the results of two processes, and possibly a  third:
the  rule-based  but  manual  matching  of  data,  both  hand  synthesized   and
automatically  extracted  data;  an  existing  fully-automated  Stanford  stereo
matching process;  and, if  possible, with  the output  of  a  computer-assisted
human stereo matching process (utilizing the Stanford-JPL stereo station);

The stereo station will be used as  well in determining ground truth of  imagery
for which camera  model information is  not available.  We  are including  image
registration in this phase  of the research.   Stanford has automated  processes
for determining a camera model from stereo imagery.  This will be extended  here
to provide precision adjustment to the camera model using edge terminations  and
vertices.  Research will be ongoing  in determining mappings between ground  and
image arrays, and this at multiple levels of resolution. Rules for inference  of
surface shape from monocular views of orthogonal trihedral vertices (OTV's) will
be examined for implementation within ACRONYM.

A demonstration will  be arranged  where the  various matching  schemes will  be
applied to a common  data set (a building  complex and/or the NASA-AMES  sight).
The demonstration will be  of:
	a) the hand synthesis of extended edges,
	b) rule-based manual matching of these edges,
	c) rule-based manual matching of edges from an automated
	   process [Marimont  1982],
	d) automated matching using Baker's system,
	e) automated matching using Baker's system with Marimont's
	   extended edges, and
	f) computer-assisted matching of contours on the stereo
	   station, to provide observation on human performance
	   (if possible within the time).


			Milestones
			----------
	  Implementation of digitizing facility
		  (primarily completed)                   Nov 1
	  Digitization of Nasa-Ames stereo pair           Nov 8
			  building complex                  "
	  Automated segmentation of Nasa-Ames             Nov 15
			  building complex                  "
	  Stereo station analysis for ground truth
			  building complex (conditional)  Nov 22
	  Automated matching with Baker system
			  building complex                Nov 22
			  Nasa-Ames                       Nov 29
	  Registration of imagery from terminations
		  and vertices: Nasa-Ames                 Nov 29
				building complex            "
	  Simulation of rule system for correspondence
			  Nasa-Ames                       Dec 6
			  building complex                  "
	  Simulation of rule system for correspondence
		  using Marimont edges
			  building complex                Dec 10
			  Nasa-Ames                       Dec 10
	  Automated matching with Baker system,
		  using Marimont edges
			  building complex                Dec 10
			  Nasa-Ames                       Dec 10
	  Examination of OTV inference rules as
		ACRONYM rules (possible implementation)	  Dec 10

	  Demonstration of matching systems               Dec 17
			    


       Hand synthesis    Automated edge     Automated stereo  Stereo station  Registration
       of edge data   extraction(Marimont)  matching (Baker)   analysis

Nov 1         |                |                   |              |                |
Nov 8         X                |                   |              |                |
Nov 15   rule-based            X                   |              |                |
          matching             |                   |              |                |
Nov 22        |   ____________/ \_______________   X              X                |
Nov 29        |  /                              \  X       OTV's in ACRONYM        X
Dec 6         | /                                \ |              |
Dec 10        X-                                  -X              X
Dec 17                   Demonstration