Talk:Optical flow

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The author specifically states that the optical flow is, essentially, a dense motion field. That would make it a noun. However, both this article and the motion estimation article use the term as a verb. Will DIP please make up their collective minds about this and stop confusing the rest of us. Alternatively, please stop using this redundant term all together. Dhatfield (talk) 07:26, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

On more careful consideration I think that this should be merged into motion estimation. Any expert volunteers? Dhatfield (talk) 07:34, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

I would be inclined to keep optical flow and motion estimation as distinct topics. Motion estimation is the term used in image coding, while optical flow is used in animal and machine vision. Optical flow is used by humans (and other animals) in ways that have little to do with the image coding algorithms. Optical flow is usually about recovering 3D structure and 3D egomotion, while motion estimation is a pure 2D concept in typical usage. Dicklyon (talk) 06:06, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification Dick. Overhaul complete. I'm fairly sure it contains errors, but it's improved. Dhatfield (talk) 18:34, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

I copyedited your stuff to be more concise, fix misspellings and grammar, etc. Dicklyon (talk) 18:41, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Merge with optic flow? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.215.58.129 (talk) 06:39, 28 April 2008 (UTC)