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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2005
Tong Zhang, Framingham, MA (US);
Janos Rohaly, Acton, MA (US);
Steven V. Weeks, North Andover, MA (US);
Tong Zhang, Framingham, MA (US);
Janos Rohaly, Acton, MA (US);
Steven V. Weeks, North Andover, MA (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Camera motion is determined in a three-dimensional image capture system using a combination of two-dimensional image data and three-dimensional point cloud data available from a stereoscopic, multi-aperture, or similar camera system. More specifically, a rigid transformation of point cloud data between two three-dimensional point clouds may be more efficiently parameterized using point correspondence established between two-dimensional pixels in source images for the three-dimensional point clouds.