Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

Industry-university Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University

Chang Woo Chu

Bon Ki Koo

Ho Won Kim

Il Kyu Park

Ji Hyung Lee

Ji Young Park

Seong Jae Lim

Young Mi Cha

Seung Wook Lee

Jin Seo Kim

Bon Woo Hwang

Jae Hean Kim

Jeung Chul Park

Jin Sung Choi

Jae Chul Kim

Young Jik Lee

Kap Kee Kim

Bonki Koo

Youngmi Cha

Chang Joon Park

Jung Jae Yu

Hyun Joon Kang

Euee Seon Jang

Bo Youn Kim

Yun Ji Ban

Gil Haeng Lee

Yoon-Seok Choi

Hye Sun Kim

Dong Wan Ryoo

Kyung Kyu Kang

Man Hee Lee

In Kyu Park

Seong Jae Lin

Kyoung Soo Son

Daiyong Kim

Byoungjun Kim

Jaebum Jun

Giseok Son

Disclosed is a method of reconstructing a three-dimensional color mesh and an apparatus for the same. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method includes: receiving mesh information of an object, multiple multi-view images obtained by photographing the object at different positions, and camera parameter information corresponding to the multiple multi-view images; constructing a texture map with respect to the object on the basis of the received information and setting a texture patch referring to a color value of the same multi-view image; correcting a color value of a vertex included for each texture patch; and performing rendering with respect to the object by applying the corrected color value of the vertex to the texture map.

Method of reconstrucing 3D color mesh and apparatus for same

A primitive fitting apparatus is provided. The primitive fitting apparatus may include a selecting unit to receive, from a user, a selection of points used to fit a primitive a user desires to fit from a point cloud, an identifying unit to receive a selection of the primitive from the user and to identify the selected primitive, and a fitting unit to fit the primitive to correspond to the points, using the points and primitive.

Primitive fitting apparatus and method using point cloud

Provided is an apparatus and method for extracting a movement path, the movement path extracting apparatus including an image receiver to receive an image from a camera group in which a mutual positional relationship among cameras is fixed, a geographic coordinates receiver to receive geographic coordinates of a moving object on which the camera group is fixed, and a movement path extractor to extract a movement path of the camera group based on a direction and a position of a reference camera of the camera group using the image and the geographic coordinates.

Apparatus and method for extracting movement path of mutual geometric relationship fixed camera group

Provided are a multi-primitive fitting method including an acquiring point cloud data by collecting data of each of input points, a obtaining a segment for the points using the point cloud data, and a performing primitive fitting using data of points included in the segment and the point cloud data, and a multi-primitive fitting device that performs the method.

Multi-primitive fitting device and operation method thereof

Disclosed are an apparatus and a method of producing a 3D model in which a 3D model having a static background is produced using a point cloud and an image obtained through 3D scanning. The apparatus includes an image matching unit for producing a matched image by matching a point cloud obtained by scanning a predetermined region to a camera image obtained by photographing the predetermined region; a mesh model processing unit for producing an object positioned in the region as a mesh model; and a 3D model processing unit for producing a 3D model for the object by reflecting texture information obtained from the matched image to the mesh model. The disclosed may be used for a 3D map service.

Apparatus and method of producing 3D model

A method for rendering point cloud using a voxel grid, includes generating bounding box including all the point cloud and dividing the generated bounding box into voxels to make the voxel grid; and allocating at least one texture plane to each of the voxels of the voxel grid. Further, the method includes orthogonally projecting points within the voxel to the allocated texture planes to generate texture images; and rendering each voxel of the voxel grid by selecting one of the texture planes within the voxel by using central position of the voxel and the 3D camera position and rendering using the texture images corresponding to the selected texture plane.

Apparatus and method for rendering point cloud using voxel grid

Disclosed is a method of calibrating a depth image based on a relationship between a depth sensor and a color camera, and an apparatus for calibrating a depth image may include a three-dimensional (3D) point determiner to determine a 3D point of a camera image and a 3D point of a depth image simultaneously captured with the camera image, a calibration information determiner to determine calibration information for calibrating an error of a depth image captured by the depth sensor and a geometric information between the depth sensor and a color camera, using the 3D point of the camera image and the 3D point of the depth image, and a depth image calibrator to calibrate the depth image based on the calibration information and the 3D point of the depth image.

Apparatus and method for calibrating depth image based on relationship between depth sensor and color camera

A space segmentation method for 3D point clouds is disclosed. A space segmentation method for 3D point clouds includes equally segmenting a space of the 3D point clouds into a plurality of grid cells; establishing a base plane corresponding to a ground part of the space of the 3D point clouds; accumulating points of all grid cells located perpendicular to the base plane in a grid cell of the base plane; and segmenting the grid cell in which the points are accumulated into an object part and a ground part according to the number of accumulated points.

Space segmentation method for 3D point clouds

A method of deforming a shape of a human body model includes the steps of reorganizing human body model data into a joint-skeleton structure-based Non-Uniform Rational B-spline (NURBS) surface model, generating statistical deformation information about control parameters of the NURBS surface model based on parameters of joints and key section curves for specific motions, and deforming the shape of the human body model based on the NURBS surface model and the statistical deformation information. The human body model data includes three-dimensional (3D) human body scan data and a 3D polygon mesh.

Method and apparatus for deforming shape of three dimensional human body model

The present invention relates to a method of creating an animatable digital clone includes receiving input multi-view images of an actor captured by at least two cameras and reconstructing a three-dimensional appearance therefrom, accepting shape information selectively based on a probability of photo-consistency in the input multi-view images obtained from the reconstruction and transferring a mesh topology of a reference human body model onto a shape of the actor obtained from the reconstruction. The method further includes generating an initial human body model of the actor via transfer of the mesh topology utilizing sectional shape information of the actor's joints, and generating a genuine human body model of the actor from learning genuine behavioral characteristics of the actor by applying the initial human body model to multi-view posture learning images where performance of a predefined motion by the actor is recorded.

Method of creating animatable digital clone from multi-view images

A method for creating a 3D face model by using multi-view image information, includes: creating a mesh structure for expressing an appearance of a 3D face model by using a first multi-view image obtained by capturing an expressionless face of a performer; and locating joints of a hierarchical structure in the mesh structure, by using a second multi-view image obtained by capturing an expression performance of the performer. Further, the method includes creating a 3D face model that is animated to enable reproduction of a natural expression of the performer, by setting dependency between the joints and the mesh structure.

Method and apparatus for creating 3D face model by using multi-view image information

An apparatus for 3D mesh compression based on quantization, includes a data analyzing unit () for decomposing data of an input 3D mesh model into vertices information () property information () representing property of the 3D mesh model, and connectivity information () between vertices constituting the 3D mesh model: and a mesh model quantizing unit () for producing quantized vertices and property information of the 3D mesh model by using the vertices, property and connectivity information (). Further, the apparatus for 3D mesh compression based on quantization includes a decision bit encoding unit () for calculating a decision bit by using the quantized connectivity information and then encoding the quantized vertex information, property information and connectivity information () by using the decision bit.

Method and apparatus for real time 3D mesh compression, based on quanitzation

Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for automatic control of multiple cameras capable of supporting an effective camera view angle in a broadcast, a movie, etc. The automatic control apparatus of multiple cameras includes: a first main camera; a first camera driver controlling an operation of the first main camera; a second main camera; a second camera driver controlling an operation of the second main camera; at least one auxiliary camera; at least one third camera driver controlling an operation of the at least one auxiliary camera; and an interoperation processor changing a view angle of the at least one auxiliary camera by controlling the at least one third camera driver in accordance with a view angle changing reference changed by changing the view angle of the first main camera, the second main camera, or the first and second main cameras.

Method and apparatus for automatic control of multiple cameras

Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for separating a foreground and a background. The apparatus includes a background model creation unit for creating a code book including a plurality of code words in order to separate the foreground and the background, and a foreground/background separation unit for separating the foreground and the background using the created code book. The method includes the steps of creating a code book including a plurality of code words in order to separate the foreground and the background, rearranging the cord words of the created code book on the basis of the number of sample data that belong to each of the code words, and separating the foreground and the background using the code book.

Apparatus and method for separating foreground and background

A method for reconstructing a 3D shape model of an object by using multi-view image information, includes: inputting multi-view images obtained by photographing the object from multiple viewpoints in a voxel space, and extracting silhouette information and color information of the multi-view images; reconstructing visual hulls by silhouette intersection using the silhouette information; and approximating polygons of cross-sections of the visual hulls to a natural geometric shape of the object by using the color information. Further, the method includes expressing a 3D geometric shape of the object by connecting the approximated polygons to create a mesh structure; extracting color textures of a surface of the object by projecting meshes of the mesh structure to the multi-view image; and creating a 3D shape model by modeling natural shape information and surface color information of the object.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Chang Woo Chu