Creating a three-dimensional model from two-dimensional images
US6278460A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 15, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 21, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 15, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/10016
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is provided in which three-dimensional models are created from a number of two-dimensional images, e.g., a video stream of two-dimensional images or still images, using a single camera without prior knowledge of the position or orientation of the camera, its focal length, etc. The method derives a relative value related to the position or orientation of the camera for each two-dimensional image and then, based on the derived position or orientation, uses "ray casting" to develop the three-dimensional model based on intersecting rays through common features of sequential two-dimensional images.
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