Digital Preservation Technology for Cultural Heritage 2012

"Digital Preservation Technology for Cultural Heritage" discusses the technology and processes in digital preservation of cultural heritage. It covers topics in five major areas: Digitization of cultural heritage; Digital management in the cultural heritage preservation; Restoration techniques for rigid solid relics; Restoration techniques for paintings; Digital museum. It also includes application examples for digital preservation of cultural heritage.The book is intended for researchers, advanced undergraduate and graduate students in Computer Graphics and Image Processing as well as Cultural heritage preservation.Mingquan Zhou is a professor at the College of Information Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, China. Guohua Geng is a professor at the College of Information Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, China. Zhongke Wu is a professor at the College of Information Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, China.

"Digital Preservation Technology for Cultural Heritage" discusses the technology and processes in digital preservation of cultural heritage. It covers topics in five major areas: Digitization of cultural heritage; Digital management in the cultural heritage preservation; Restoration techniques for rigid solid relics; Restoration techniques for paintings; Digital museum. It also includes application examples for digital preservation of cultural heritage. The book is intended for researchers, advanced undergraduate and graduate students in Computer Graphics and Image Processing as well as Cultural heritage preservation. Mingquan Zhou is a professor at the College of Information Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, China. Guohua Geng is a professor at the College of Information Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, China. Zhongke Wu is a professor at the College of Information Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, China.

1 Introduction		1	(12)
1.1 Review of Cultural Heritage Using Digital Protection		1	(2)
1.2 Meaning and Value of Cultural Heritages Digital Protection		3	(2)
1.3 Targets of Digital Cultural Heritage Protection		5	(1)
1.4 Status of Digital Cultural Heritage Protection		5	(3)
1.4.1 Status of International Digital Cultural Heritage Protection		6	(1)
1.4.2 Status of Digital Cultural Heritage Protection in China		7	(1)
1.5 Strategies and Requirements of Digital Preservation of Cultural Heritage		8	(1)
1.6 Research Contents of Digital Preservation in Reference to Cultural Heritage		9	(4)
1.6.1 Digital Acquisition, Record and Preservation		9	(1)
1.6.2 Digital Reconstruction and Appearance		10	(1)
References		11	(2)
2 Fundamentals of Digital Preservation of Cultural Heritage		13	(56)
2.1 Representations of Cultural Relics and Ancient Ruins		13	(12)
2.1.1 Polygon Mesh and Triangle Mesh		13	(1)
2.1.2 Point Cloud		14	(2)
2.1.3 Surface Representation		16	(3)
2.1.4 Constructive Solid Geometry Representation		19	(1)
2.1.5 Volume Graphics		19	(1)
2.1.6 Procedural Modeling		20	(5)
2.2 Three-dimensional Geometry Processing		25	(16)
2.2.1 Geometric Processing on Triangle Mesh		25	(8)
2.2.2 Geometric Processing on Point Cloud		33	(4)
2.2.3 Processing in Volume Graphics		37	(2)
2.2.4 Parametric Surface		39	(2)
2.2.5 Implicit Surface		41	(1)
2.3 Rendering Technology		41	(12)
2.3.1 Methods of Rendering		42	(5)
2.3.2 Rendering Acceleration		47	(6)
2.4 Computer Animation and Simulation Technology		53	(5)
2.4.1 Physics Based Animation		53	(1)
2.4.2 Character Animation		54	(2)
2.4.3 Group Animation		56	(2)
2.5 Content-Based 3D Model Retrieval Technology		58	(11)
References		63	(6)
3 Digitization of Cultural Heritage		69	(32)
3.1 Digitization Technology		69	(6)
3.2 Three-Dimension Based on Range Image Reconstruction		75	(8)
3.3 3D Reconstruction Technology Based on 2D Images		83	(8)
3.3.1 Stereo matching		84	(1)
3.3.2 Camera calibration		85	(2)
3.3.3 Three-dimension reconstruction based on images		87	(4)
3.4 Digitalization of Cultural Site Scenes		91	(10)
3.4.1 Generation of 3D Terrain		91	(2)
3.4.2 Agent Modeling of Historic Sites		93	(4)
3.4.3 Cultural Heritage and Other Objects' Modeling		97	(1)
3.4.4 Seamless Integration of Scene Modeling		98	(1)
References		98	(3)
4 Digital Management of Cultural Heritage Protection		101	(34)
4.1 Digital Auxiliary Investigation		101	(10)
4.1.1 Research Contents of Digital Auxiliary Investigation		103	(2)
4.1.2 Functions of Digital Auxiliary Investigation Platform		105	(2)
4.1.3 Key Techniques		107	(4)
4.2 Digital Environmental Archaeology		111	(4)
4.2.1 Concept of Digital Environmental Archaeology		111	(1)
4.2.2 Process of Digital Environment Archaeology		112	(1)
4.2.3 Typical Application Analysis		113	(2)
4.3 Dynamic Environmental Monitoring System		115	(4)
4.3.1 Application of Dynamic Environment Monitoring in China		115	(1)
4.3.2 Objectives and Processes		116	(2)
4.3.3 Typical Application Analysis		118	(1)
4.4 Case Analysis of Archeological Site Space Information System		119	(12)
4.4.1 Requirement Analysis		119	(2)
4.4.2 Framework of ASIS		121	(1)
4.4.3 Core Technologies		122	(4)
4.4.4 System Functions		126	(5)
4.5 Summary and Prospects		131	(4)
References		132	(3)
5 Virtual Rigid Artifact Restoration Technology		135	(52)
5.1 Fragment Classification		135	(5)
5.1.1 Gabor Transform Feature Extraction		137	(2)
5.1.2 SVM Classification		139	(1)
5.2 The Representation of Space Contour Curve		140	(5)
5.2.1 Chain Code		140	(1)
5.2.2 Spline		141	(1)
5.2.3 Polygonal Approximation		142	(1)
5.2.4 Feature Extraction Based on Scale Space		142	(1)
5.2.5 Representation of Space Curves Based on Various Invariant		143	(2)
5.3 Repair Method Based on Matching Fracture Lines		145	(18)
5.3.1 Basic Principles		145	(1)
5.3.2 Methods of Extracting Fracture Line of Artifact		146	(5)
5.3.3 Special Contour Noise Elimination		151	(2)
5.3.4 Matching of Fragments		153	(5)
5.3.5 Fragments Assembly		158	(5)
5.4 Repair Holes		163	(5)
5.4.1 Hole Boundary's Projection and Internal Point's Insertion		163	(1)
5.4.2 Hole Repair Technique Based on Radial Basis Function		164	(2)
5.4.3 Technique of Hole Repair Based on Moving Least Square Method		166	(2)
5.5 Restoration of Revolution Surface		168	(19)
5.5.1 Workflow		170	(1)
5.5.2 Incomplete Pottery-shape Artifact Restoration		171	(10)
References		181	(6)
6 Virtual Restoration Techniques of Calligraphy and Painting		187	(20)
6.1 Issues of Calligraphy and Painting Restoration		187	(2)
6.2 Defaced Calligraphy and Painting Restoration		189	(18)
6.2.1 Recognition of Damaged Region		189	(4)
6.2.2 Restoration of Damaged Region		193	(11)
References		204	(3)
7 Digital Museum		207	(28)
7.1 Foundation of Digital Museum		208	(10)
7.1.1 Definition of Digital Museum		208	(1)
7.1.2 Functionality of Digital Museum		209	(1)
7.1.3 Digital Museum's Model Type		210	(1)
7.1.4 Digital Museum's Framework and Software		211	(3)
7.1.5 Exhibit Database and Management		214	(4)
7.2 Standards and Norms of Exhibition Digitization		218	(5)
7.2.1 Content Classification and Index System		218	(2)
7.2.2 Metadata Specification of Digitalized Exhibitions		220	(1)
7.2.3 Content and Type of Media Material Bank		221	(2)
7.3 Virtual Exhibition of Digital Museum		223	(3)
7.3.1 Two-dimensional Technology of Exhibition		224	(1)
7.3.2 3D Display Technology of Exhibitions		224	(2)
7.4 Copyright Protection of Digitizing Collection		226	(9)
7.4.1 Digital Watermarking Technology		226	(3)
7.4.2 Image Watermarking Technology		229	(1)
7.4.3 3D Watermarking Technology		230	(3)
References		233	(2)
8 Application Examples of Cultural Heritage Digitization Protection		235	(16)
8.1 Digitization of Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang		235	(10)
8.1.1 Fragment Assembly and Virtual Restoration of Pottery		236	(5)
8.1.2 Reconstruction and Display of Original Excavation Site		241	(4)
8.2 Digitalization and Virtual Display of Tang Paradise		245	(6)
References		250	(1)
Appendix Demos of Cases Study		251	(6)
Index		257