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3D surface reconstruction from multiview photographic images using 2D edge contours

  • Simant Prakoonwit
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  • Ralph Benjamin
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Abstract

Most techniques for reconstructing 3D shapes from multi-view 2D photographic images require a large number of images. In this paper, we present a new method for reconstructing 3D surfaces, represented by sets of polygons, using a small number, e.g. 10, of 2D photographic images with full prior knowledge of camera configurations. The method is automatic. Unlike most currently available silhouette-based multiview reconstruction methods, 3D surface points and surfaces are reconstructed directly from 2D edges without costly intermediate voxel reconstruction. The surfaces reconstructed by the proposed method are self-optimized. More surface points and polygons are automatically generated on highly curved parts of a surface. Experiments on computer generated objects and real physical objects were conducted to verify the method.

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Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 6-18

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

3D Research (Volume 3, Issue 4)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 01/01/2012

Publication status

Published - 01/01/2012

ISSN

2092-6731

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/271658
  • Scopus: 84874448784

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