An Optimal Optical Flow (Q5700550)

The author considers the optical flow equation \[ \frac{\partial }{\partial t}I+V\cdot\nabla I=0,\quad I(0)=I_0 \tag{1} \] in \([0,T]\times \Omega\), \(\Omega\in \mathbb{R}^d\), and given a target image \(I_1\) at \(T\) he finds \(V\) such that \(I(T)=I_1\). The vector field \(V(t,x)\) in (1) is constructed in the form \[ V(t)=| I(t)-I_1| ^{p-1} \text{sign} (I(t)-I_1)\Phi(| \nabla I(t)| )\nabla I(t) \] for some function \(\Phi\) and proved to solve the optimal control problem in the sense that \(V\) maximizes the functional \[ J(I,V)=\int_0^\tau\int_\Omega \left[\frac{\alpha(| \nabla I(t,x)| )}{q}| V(t,x)| ^q+\frac{\beta(| \nabla I(t,x)| )}{p}| I(t,x)-I_1(x)| ^p\right]dxdt \] where \(\frac 1q+\frac 1p=1\), \[ \tau=\inf\left\{t:\int_\Omega \beta(| \nabla I(t,x)| ){p}| I(t,x)-I_1(x)| ^pdx=0\right\} \] and nonnegative functions \(\alpha,\beta\) are chosen appropriately.