title: Simulation of curved surfaces from patterns of optical texture.
abstract: Previous research on the perceptual analysis of optical texture has been severely restricted by the lack of an appropriate technique for distributing texture on curved surfaces in a uniform manner. In an effort to overcome this problem, the present article presents a new algorithm for generating stochastically regular distributions of texture on any smooth surface regardless of its curvature. We also present a new technique for representing the global organization of a textured image based on the formal concept of a projected area field.
mesh_terms: D003867:Depth Perception; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions; D009903:Optical Illusions; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual