{"title":"Information in optical flows induced by curved paths of observation.","authors":"J H Rieger","doi":"10.1364/josa.73.000339","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>For a moving observer it is essential to foresee the locomotor course with respect to structures in the environment. Optical flows that are available to a moving observer contain powerful information for visual kinesthesis. In general, optical flows consist of separable translational and rotational components. The information examined here is contained completely in the translational component and its time derivatives. Curved paths of observation are specified by different orientations of the translational components of optical velocity and acceleration fields. Obstacles and their temporal separation from a curvilinearly moving observer are specified in the optical flow, as is the angle of collision.</p>","PeriodicalId":17413,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Optical Society of America","volume":"73 3","pages":"339-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1983-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1364/josa.73.000339","citationCount":"67","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of the Optical Society of America","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1364/josa.73.000339","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 67
Abstract
For a moving observer it is essential to foresee the locomotor course with respect to structures in the environment. Optical flows that are available to a moving observer contain powerful information for visual kinesthesis. In general, optical flows consist of separable translational and rotational components. The information examined here is contained completely in the translational component and its time derivatives. Curved paths of observation are specified by different orientations of the translational components of optical velocity and acceleration fields. Obstacles and their temporal separation from a curvilinearly moving observer are specified in the optical flow, as is the angle of collision.
期刊介绍:
OSA was published by The Optical Society from January 1917 to December 1983 before dividing into JOSA A: Optics and Image Science and JOSA B: Optical Physics in 1984.