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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2003
Remo Ziegler, Cambridge, MA (US);
Wojciech Matusik, Arlington, MA (US);
Hanspeter Pfister, Arlington, MA (US);
Remo Ziegler, Cambridge, MA (US);
Wojciech Matusik, Arlington, MA (US);
Hanspeter Pfister, Arlington, MA (US);
Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A method constructs three-dimensional (3D) models of a scene from a set of two-dimensional (2D) input images. The 3D model can then be used to reconstruct the scene from arbitrary viewpoints. A user segments and labels a set of corresponding polygonal regions in each image using conventional photo-editing tools. The invention constructs the model so that the model has a maximum volume that is consistent with the set of labeled regions in the input images. The method according to the invention directly constructs the polygonal model.