Saliency detection with flash and no-flash image pairs

• Main Authors: HE, Shengfeng, LAU, Rynson W.H.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: Saliency detection; Flash photography; Background elimination; Surface orientation.; Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/8432; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/9435/viewcontent/Saliency_detection_with_flash_and_no_flash_image_pairs.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In this paper, we propose a new saliency detection method using a pair of flash and no-flash images. Our approach is inspired by two observations. First, only the foreground objects are significantly brightened by the flash as they are relatively nearer to the camera than the background. Second, the...