Locating the source of topological error in reconstructed 3D models

Eric Firestone; Craig Povey; Zoë J. Wood

doi:10.1117/12.766863

25 February 2008 Locating the source of topological error in reconstructed 3D models

Eric Firestone, Craig Povey, Zoë J. Wood

Proceedings Volume 6805, Three-Dimensional Image Capture and Applications 2008; 68050F (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.766863
Event: Electronic Imaging, 2008, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Although range scanning technology has offered great improvements to digital model creation in recent years, it has also introduced some new concerns. Specifically, recent work shows that topological errors such as tiny handles can significantly lower the overall quality of range-scanned models for down-stream applications (such as simplification and parameterization). In this paper we present our investigation into the source of this topological error in the range scanning process, and our methods to alleviate the error. We concentrated our investigation of the scanning process on: (1) signal noise or calibration error in the laser scanner (resulting in bad data points) and (2) error during the model reconstruction phase. We found that by modifying the surface reconstruction phase of the range scanning process, we were able to reduce the amount of topological noise in the resulting 3D model by up to 60 percent.

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Eric Firestone, Craig Povey, and Zoë J. Wood "Locating the source of topological error in reconstructed 3D models", Proc. SPIE 6805, Three-Dimensional Image Capture and Applications 2008, 68050F (25 February 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.766863

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