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In many situations the reflectance function of a surface is approximately linear, and there is an effielent closed-form solution to the shape-from-shading problem. When boundary conditions (e.g., edges, singular points) are not available, good estimates of shape may still be extracted by using the assumption of general viewing position. An improved method for estimating the illuminant direction is also presented.
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Pentland, A.P. Linear shape from shading. Int J Comput Vision 4, 153–162 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00127815
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00127815