Computer Reconstruction of Bodies Bounded by Quadric Surfaces from a Set of Imperfect Projections.

Abstract

This thesis describes a computer program for constructing a description of solid bodies from a set of n pictures of the bodies. The bodies are assumed to be bounded by faces which are quadric or planar, and they are restricted to have all their vertices formed by exactly three faces. The pictures are taken from different vantage points, with the restriction that a slight shift in vantage point will not alter the topology of the picture. It is assumed that the program receives outline information from a preprocessor which has extracted this information from the pictures. The outline information (set of line structures) may be imperfect in that some junctions may be erroneously reported and some lines may be missing. However, all lines due to shadows are assumed to have been eliminated by the preprocessor.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA035563

Entities

People

  • Ruth Shapira

Organizations

  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Ambiguity
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Bodies
  • Boundaries
  • Coefficients
  • Computer Programs
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Equations
  • Image Processing
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Language
  • Photographs
  • Solid Bodies
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Graph Algorithms and Convex Optimization.
  • Theoretical Analysis.