Standard approaches to stereo correspondence have difficulty when scene structure does not lie in or near the frontal parallel
plane, in part because an orientation disparity as well as a positional disparity is introduced. We propose a correspondence
algorithm based on differential geometry, that takes explicit advantage of both disparities. The algorithm relates the 2D
differential structure (position, tangent, and curvature) of curves in the left and right images to the Frenet approximation
of the (3D) space curve. A compatibility function is defined via transport of the Frenet frames, and they are matched by relaxing
this compatibility function on overlapping neighborhoods along the curve. The remaining false matches are concurrently eliminated
by a model of “near” and “far” neurons derived from neurobiology. Examples on scenes with complex 3D structures are provided.
Keywords stereo correspondence - curve matching - position disparity - orientation disparity - relaxation labeling