DocumentCode
1745645
Title
Processing range data for reverse engineering and virtual reality
Author
Karbacher, S. ; Laboureux, X. ; Schön, N. ; Häusler, G.
Author_Institution
Erlangen-Nurnberg Univ., Germany
fYear
2001
fDate
2001
Firstpage
314
Lastpage
321
Abstract
Optical 3-D sensors are used as tools for reverse engineering and virtual reality to digitize the surface of real three-dimensional objects. We discuss an almost fully automatic method to generate a surface description based on a mesh of curved or flat triangles. The method includes mesh reduction, smoothing, and reconstruction of missing data. The generated meshes feature minimum curvature variations and are therefore especially suited for visualization and rapid prototyping
Keywords
image reconstruction; image registration; reverse engineering; virtual reality; 3-D sensors; automatic method; mesh reduction; rapid prototyping; reverse engineering; smoothing; surface description; virtual reality; visualization; Image reconstruction; Image sensors; Merging; Mesh generation; Optical distortion; Optical sensors; Reverse engineering; Smoothing methods; Surface reconstruction; Virtual reality;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
3-D Digital Imaging and Modeling, 2001. Proceedings. Third International Conference on
Conference_Location
Quebec City, Que.
Print_ISBN
0-7695-0984-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IM.2001.924467
Filename
924467
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