Integration of range and image sensing for photorealistic 3D modeling

Articles:

Title:: Integration of range and image sensing for photorealistic 3D modeling
Author(s):: Stamos, Ioannis
Allen, Peter K.
Date:: 2000
Type:: Articles
Department:: Computer Science
Permanent URL:: http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:15196
Book/Journal Title:: Proceedings: 2000 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation: April 24-28, 2000, San Francisco Hilton Hotel, San Francisco, California
Publisher:: IEEE
Publisher Location:: Piscataway, N.J.
Abstract:: The automated extraction of photorealistic 3-D models of the world that can be used in applications such as virtual reality, tele-presence, digital cinematography and urban planning, is the focus of this paper. The combination of range (dense depth estimates) and image sensing (color information) provides data-sets which allow us to create photorealistic models of high quality. The challenges are the simplification of the 3-D data set, the extraction of meaningful features in both the range and 2-D images and the fusion of those data-sets using the extracted features. We address all these challenges and provide results on data we gathered in outdoor scenes by a range and image sensor based on a mobile robot. Our ultimate goal is an autonomous 3-D model creation system which minimizes the amount of human interaction.
Subject(s):: Computer science
DOI:: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2000.844799