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Piecewise planar reconstruction of three-dimensional scenes

US8933925B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 15, 2009
Grant dateJan 13, 2015
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Expiry dateAug 1, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/20072
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for reconstruction a three-dimensional scene from a collection of two-dimensional images are provided. A computerized reconstruction system executes computer vision algorithms on the collection of two-dimensional images to identify candidate planes that are used to model visual characteristics of the environment depicted in the two-dimensional images. The computer vision algorithms may minimize an energy function that represents the relationships and similarities among features of the two-dimensional images to assign pixels of the two dimensional images to planes in the three dimensional scene. The three-dimensional scene is navigable and depicts viewpoint transitions between multiple two-dimensional images.

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