Visual-based decision for iterative quality enhancement in robot drawing.

Abstract

Kwok, Ka Wai.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 113-116).Abstracts in English and Chinese.ABSTRACT --- p.iChapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1Chapter 1.1 --- Artistic robot in western art --- p.1Chapter 1.2 --- Chinese calligraphy robot --- p.2Chapter 1.3 --- Our robot drawing system --- p.3Chapter 1.4 --- Thesis outline --- p.3Chapter 2. --- ROBOT DRAWING SYSTEM --- p.5Chapter 2.1 --- Robot drawing manipulation --- p.5Chapter 2.2 --- Input modes --- p.6Chapter 2.3 --- Visual-feedback system --- p.8Chapter 2.4 --- Footprint study setup --- p.8Chapter 2.5 --- Chapter summary --- p.10Chapter 3. --- LINE STROKE EXTRACTION AND ORDER ASSIGNMENT --- p.11Chapter 3.1 --- Skeleton-based line trajectory generation --- p.12Chapter 3.2 --- Line stroke vectorization --- p.15Chapter 3.3 --- Skeleton tangential slope evaluation using MIC --- p.16Chapter 3.4 --- Skeleton-based vectorization using Bezier curve interpolation --- p.21Chapter 3.5 --- Line stroke extraction --- p.25Chapter 3.6 --- Line stroke order assignment --- p.30Chapter 3.7 --- Chapter summary --- p.33Chapter 4. --- PROJECTIVE RECTIFICATION AND VISION-BASED CORRECTION --- p.34Chapter 4.1 --- Projective rectification --- p.34Chapter 4.2 --- Homography transformation by selected correspondences --- p.35Chapter 4.3 --- Homography transformation using GA --- p.39Chapter 4.4 --- Visual-based iterative correction example --- p.45Chapter 4.5 --- Chapter summary --- p.49Chapter 5. --- ITERATIVE ENHANCEMENT ON OFFSET EFFECT AND BRUSH THICKNESS --- p.52Chapter 5.1 --- Offset painting effect by Chinese brush pen --- p.52Chapter 5.2 --- Iterative robot drawing process --- p.53Chapter 5.3 --- Iterative line drawing experimental results --- p.56Chapter 5.4 --- Chapter summary --- p.67Chapter 6. --- GA-BASED BRUSH STROKE GENERATION --- p.68Chapter 6.1 --- Brush trajectory representation --- p.69Chapter 6.2 --- Brush stroke modeling --- p.70Chapter 6.3 --- Stroke simulation using GA --- p.72Chapter 6.4 --- Evolutionary computing results --- p.77Chapter 6.5 --- Chapter summary --- p.95Chapter 7. --- BRUSH STROKE FOOTPRINT CHARACTERIZATION --- p.96Chapter 7.1 --- Footprint video capturing --- p.97Chapter 7.2 --- Footprint image property --- p.98Chapter 7.3 --- Experimental results --- p.102Chapter 7.4 --- Chapter summary --- p.109Chapter 8. --- CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE WORKS --- p.111BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.11