“Rich intrinsic image decomposition of outdoor scenes from multiple views” by Laffont, Bousseau and Drettakis

Intrinsic images aim at separating an image into reflectance and illumination layers to facilitate analysis or manipulation. Most successful methods rely on user indications [Bousseau et al. 2009], precise geometry, or need multiple images from the same viewpoint and varying lighting to solve this severely ill-posed problem. We propose a method to estimate intrinsic images from multiple views of an outdoor scene at a single time of day without the need for precise geometry and with only a simple manual calibration step.

1. Bousseau, A., Paris, S., and Durand, F. 2009. User-assisted intrinsic images. ACM Trans. Graph. 28, 5.