Using 3-Dimensional Meshes to Combine Image-Based and Geometry Constraints
Abstract
A unified framework for 3-D shape reconstruction allows us to combine image-based and geometry-based information sources. The image information is akin to stereo and shape-from-shading, while the geometric information may be provided in the form of 3-D points, 3-D features or 2-D silhouettes. A formal integration framework is critical in recovering complicated surfaces because the information from a single source is often insufficient to provide a unique answer. Our approach to shape recovery is to deform a generic object-centered 3-D representation of the surface so as to minimize an objective function. This objective function is a weighted sum of the contributions of the various information sources. We describe these various terms individually, our weighting scheme, and our optimization method. Finally, we present results on a number of difficult images of real scenes for which a single source of information would have proved insufficient.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 24, 1994
- Accession Number
- ADA460009
Entities
People
- Pascal V. Fua
- Yvan G. Leclerc
Organizations
- SRI International