Graph-cut-based 3D model segmentation for articulated object reconstruction

The three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of objects has been well studied in the literature of augmented reality (AR) [1, 2]. Most existing studies have assumed that the to-be-constructed target object is rigid, whereas objects in the real world can be dynamic or deformable. Therefore, AR systems are required to deal with non-rigid objects to be adaptive to environmental changes. In this paper, we address the problem of reconstructing articulated objects as a starting point for modeling deformable objects. An articulated object is composed of partially rigid components linked with joints. After building a mesh model of the object, the model is segmented into the components along their boundaries by a graph-cut-based approach that we propose.