RECONSTRUCTION OF ELLIPSOIDS ON ROLLERS FROM STEREO IMAGES USING OCCLUDING CONTOURS

Sudanthi N. R. Wijewickrema, Andrew P. Paplińki, Charles E. Esson

2006

Abstract

We describe the reconstruction of quadric surfaces with special attention on ellipsoids, using two different views from calibrated cameras, given that they rest on known objects in space. The technique proposed focuses basically on speed and efficiency and is suitable to be used in resource constrained environments in real time. We model the quadric in dual space and introduce a method of including application specific information in the reconstruction. We also discuss a novel and fast way of adjusting the occluding contours to fit the epipolar tangency constraints before the reconstruction. We further apply this to a real-life application where ellipsoidal fruits are modelled in 3d. Then, we analyze the error of fit for the reconstructed quadrics. Although this paper focuses on ellipsoids, it can be easily extended to incorporate the modelling of other non-degenerate quadrics using two occluding contours in dual space.

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N. R. Wijewickrema S., P. Paplińki A. and E. Esson C. (2006). RECONSTRUCTION OF ELLIPSOIDS ON ROLLERS FROM STEREO IMAGES USING OCCLUDING CONTOURS . In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 2: VISAPP, ISBN 972-8865-40-6, pages 370-376. DOI: 10.5220/0001366903700376


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@conference{visapp06,
author={Sudanthi N. R. Wijewickrema and Andrew P. Paplińki and Charles E. Esson},
title={RECONSTRUCTION OF ELLIPSOIDS ON ROLLERS FROM STEREO IMAGES USING OCCLUDING CONTOURS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 2: VISAPP,},
year={2006},
pages={370-376},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001366903700376},
isbn={972-8865-40-6},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 2: VISAPP,
TI - RECONSTRUCTION OF ELLIPSOIDS ON ROLLERS FROM STEREO IMAGES USING OCCLUDING CONTOURS
SN - 972-8865-40-6
AU - N. R. Wijewickrema S.
AU - P. Paplińki A.
AU - E. Esson C.
PY - 2006
SP - 370
EP - 376
DO - 10.5220/0001366903700376