Variable Baseline/Resolution Stereo (2009)
David Gallup, Jan-michael Frahm, Marc Pollefeys
We present a novel multi-baseline, multi-resolution stereo method, which varies the baseline and resolution proportionally to depth to obtain a reconstruction in which the depth error is constant....
Rahul Raguram, Jan-michael Frahm, Marc Pollefeys
Abstract. The Random Sample Consensus (RANSAC) algorithm is a popular tool for robust estimation problems in computer vision, primarily due to its ability to tolerate a tremendous fraction of...
Multi-View Stereo via Graph Cuts on the Dual of an Adaptive Tetrahedral Mesh (2009)
Sudipta N. Sinha, Marc Pollefeys
We formulate multi-view 3D shape reconstruction as the computation of a minimum cut on the dual graph of a semiregular, multi-resolution, tetrahedral mesh. Our method does not assume that the surface...
Joint Feature Tracking and Radiometric Calibration from Auto-Exposure Video (2008)
Seon Joo Kim, Jan-michael Frahm, Marc Pollefeys
To capture the full brightness range of natural scenes, cameras automatically adjust the exposure value which causes the brightness of scene points to change from frame to frame. Given such a video...
Evaluation of Large Scale Scene Reconstruction (2008)
Paul Merrell, Jan-michael Frahm, Marc Pollefeys
We present an evaluation methodology and data for large scale video-based 3D reconstruction. We evaluate the effects of several parameters and draw conclusions that can be useful for practical...
Evaluation of Large Scale Scene Reconstruction (2008)
Paul Merrell, Jan-michael Frahm, Marc Pollefeys
We present an evaluation methodology and data for large scale video-based 3D reconstruction. We evaluate the effects of several parameters and draw conclusions that can be useful for practical...
Abstract A Novel Multimedia System for Archaeology (2008)
John Cosmas, Take Itegaki, Damian Green, Edward Grabczewski, Fred Weimer, Luc Van Gool, ...
MURALE), is creating a set of low-cost multimedia tools for recording, reconstructing, encoding, visualising buildings, building parts, statues, statue parts, pottery, stratigraphy, terrain...
Gregory Welch, Marc Pollefeys, Jan-michael Frahm
We introduce a novel approach to on-line structure from motion, using a pipelined pair of extended Kalman filters to improve accuracy with a minimal increase in computational cost. The two filters, a...
Center for Processing of Speech and Images, K.U.Leuven (2008)
Marc Pollefeys, Luc Van Gool, Maarten Vergauwen, Kurt Cornelis, Frank Verbiest, Jan Tops
In this contribution we intend to present a complete system that takes a video sequence of a static scene as input and generates visual 3D model. The system can deal with images acquired by an...
Fluid in Video: Augmenting Real Video with Simulated Fluids Abstract (2008)
Vivek Kwatra, Marc Pollefeys, Ming C. Lin
We present a technique for coupling simulated fluid phenomena that interact with real dynamic scenes captured as a binocular video sequence. We first process the binocular video sequence to obtain a...
Differential Camera Tracking through Linearizing the Local Appearance Manifold (2008)
Hua Yang, Marc Pollefeys, Greg Welch, Jan-michael Frahm, Adrian Ilie
The appearance of a scene is a function of the scene contents, the lighting, and the camera pose. A set of n-pixel images of a non-degenerate scene captured from different perspectives lie on a 6D...
Fluid in Video: Augmenting Real Video with Simulated Fluids (2008)
Vivek Kwatra, Marc Pollefeys, Ming C. Lin
We present a technique for coupling simulated fluid phenomena that interact with real dynamic scenes captured as a binocular video sequence. We first process the binocular video sequence to obtain a...
KURT CORNELIS AND JAN TOPS Center for Processing of Speech and Images, (2008)
In this paper a complete system to build visual models from camera images is presented. The system can deal with uncalibrated image sequences acquired with a hand-held camera. Based on tracked or...
Differential Camera Tracking through Linearizing the Local Appearance Manifold (2008)
Hua Yang, Marc Pollefeys, Greg Welch, Jan-michael Frahm, Adrian Ilie
The appearance of a scene is a function of the scene contents, the lighting, and the camera pose. A set of n-pixel images of a non-degenerate scene captured from different perspectives lie on a 6D...
Gregory Welch, Marc Pollefeys, Jan-michael Frahm
We introduce a novel approach to on-line structure from motion, using a pipelined pair of extended Kalman filters to improve accuracy with a minimal increase in computational cost. The two filters, a...
Differential Camera Tracking through Linearizing the Local Appearance Manifold (2008)
Hua Yang, Marc Pollefeys, Greg Welch, Jan-michael Frahm, Adrian Ilie
The appearance of a scene is a function of the scene contents, the lighting, and the camera pose. A set of n-pixel images of a non-degenerate scene captured from different perspectives lie on a 6D...
Iso-disparity surfaces for general stereo configurations (2008)
Abstract. This paper discusses the iso-disparity surfaces for general stereo configurations. These are the surfaces that are observed at the same resolution along the epipolar lines in both images of...
Sudipta N. Sinha, Jan-michael Frahm, Marc Pollefeys, Yakup Genc
Abstract This paper describes novel implementations of the KLT feature track-ing and SIFT feature extraction algorithms that run on the graphics processing unit (GPU) and is suitable for video...
Image-based 3D modeling: modeling from reality (2008)
Luc Van Gool, Filip Defoort, Johannes Hug, Gregor Kalberer, Reinhard Koch, Danny Martens, ...
Increasingly, realistic object, scene, and event modeling is based on image data rather than manual synthesis. The paper describes a system for visits to a virtual, 3D archeological site. One can...
3D MURALE: A Multimedia System for Archaeology (2008)
John Cosmas, Take Itegaki, Damian Green, Edward Grabczewski, Fred Weimer, Luc Van Gool, ...
This paper introduces the 3D Measurement and Virtual Reconstruction of Ancient Lost Worlds of Europe system (3D MURALE). It consists of a set of tools for recording, reconstructing, encoding,...
On Satellite Vision-aided Robotics Experiment (2008)
Maarten Vergauwen Marc, Marc Pollefeys, Tinne Tuytelaars, Luc Van Gool
This contribution describes the vision-based robotic control (VBRC) experiments executed on the Japanese research satellite ETS-VII. The VBRC experiments were designed to enhance image quality,...
3D Modeling for Communications (2008)
Luc Van Gool, Filip Defoort, Reinhard Koch, Marc Pollefeys, Marc Proesmans, Maarten Vergauwen
The media and communications providers share an increasing interest in 3D models of people, objects, and scenes. The paper focuses on features that 3D acquisition systems ought to have in order to...
Calibrating a Network of Cameras from Live or Archived Video (2008)
Sudipta N. Sinha, Marc Pollefeys
We present an automatic approach for calibrating a network of cameras using live video captured from them. Our method requires video sequences containing moving people or objects but does not require...
Autonomous Operations of a Micro-Rover for Geo-Science on Mars (2008)
Maarten Vergauwen, Marc Pollefeys, Luc Van Gool
this paper was performed in the scope of the ROBUST project of the European Space Agency (ESA). In this project an end-to-end system is developed for a planetary exploration mission. For a general...
Calibration and 3D Measurement from Martian Terrain Images (2008)
Maarten Vergauwen, Marc Pollefeys, Luc Van Gool
In this paper a new on-Mars calibration procedure of a planetary lander vision system is presented. It is based on recent developments in computer vision. The calibration is retrieved from the images...
3D Capture of Archaeology and Architecture with a Hand-Held Camera (2008)
Marc Pollefeys, Luc Van Gool, Maarten Vergauwen, Kurt Cornelis, Frank Verbiest, Jan Tops
In this paper we present an automated processing pipeline that, from a sequence of images, reconstructs a 3D model. The approach is particularly flexible as it can deal with a hand-held camera...
A Unified Approach to Calibrate a Network of Camcorders and ToF cameras (2008)
In this paper, we propose a unified calibration technique for a heterogeneous sensor network of video camcorders and Time-of- Flight (ToF) cameras. By moving a spherical calibration target around the...
A Unified Approach to Calibrate a Network of Camcorders and ToF cameras (2008)
In this paper, we propose a unified calibration technique for a heterogeneous sensor network of video camcorders and Time-of- Flight (ToF) cameras. By moving a spherical calibration target around the...
Closing the Loop in Appearance-Guided Structure-from-Motion for Omnidirectional Cameras (2008)
Scaramuzza, Davide, Fraundorfer, Friedrich, Pollefeys, Marc, Siegwart, Roland
In this paper, we present a method that allows us to recover a 400 meter tra jectory purely from monocular omnidirectional images very accurately. The method uses a novel combination of...
Closing the Loop in Appearance-Guided Structure-from-Motion for Omnidirectional Cameras (2008)
Scaramuzza, Davide, Fraundorfer, Friedrich, Pollefeys, Marc, Siegwart, Roland
In this paper, we present a method that allows us to recover a 400 meter tra jectory purely from monocular omnidirectional images very accurately. The method uses a novel combination of...
3D Object Reconstruction with Heterogeneous Sensor Data (2008)
Guan, Li, Franco, Jean-Sébastien, Pollefeys, Marc
In this paper, we reconstruct 3D objects with a heterogeneous sensor network of Range Imaging(RIM) sensors and high-res camcorders. With this setup, we first carry out simple but effective depth...
Multi-object shape estimation and tracking from silhouette cues (2008)
Guan, Li, Franco, Jean-Sébastien, Pollefeys, Marc
This paper deals with the 3D shape estimation from silhouette cues of multiple moving objects in general indoor or outdoor 3D scenes with potential static obstacles, using multiple calibrated video...
3D Object Reconstruction with Heterogeneous Sensor Data (2008)
Guan, Li, Franco, Jean-Sébastien, Pollefeys, Marc
In this paper, we reconstruct 3D objects with a heterogeneous sensor network of Range Imaging(RIM) sensors and high-res camcorders. With this setup, we first carry out simple but effective depth...
Multi-object shape estimation and tracking from silhouette cues (2008)
Guan, Li, Franco, Jean-Sébastien, Pollefeys, Marc
This paper deals with the 3D shape estimation from silhouette cues of multiple moving objects in general indoor or outdoor 3D scenes with potential static obstacles, using multiple calibrated video...
Some Geometric Insight in Self-Calibration and Critical Motion Sequences (2007)
Departement Elektrotechniek, Marc Pollefeys, Marc Pollefeys, Luc Van Gool, Luc Van Gool
Self-calibration and critical motion sequences are problems which have received a lot of attention lately. The key concept for these problems is the absolute conic which appears as a natural...
Implementation of a robust 3D-image reconstruction algorithm on a TMS320C67x (2007)
Marc Leemah, Rudy Lauwereins, Marc Pollefeys
Abstract--This paper describes optimisations done on the implementation of a metric 3D-image reconstruction algorithm on a TMS320C6701 DSP. From the optimised code, an abstraction is made for a...
Automatic Generation of 3D from Photographs Models (2007)
Marc Pollefeys, Reinhard Koch, Maarten Vergauwen, Luc Van Gool
Abstract. In this paper a system is presented which automatically extracts a 3D surface model from a sequence of photographs of a static scene. The system can deal with unknown camerasettings. In...
Calibration, Terrain Reconstruction and Path Planning for a Planetary Micro-Rover (2007)
Maarten Vergauwen, Marc Pollefeys, Ronny Moreas, Fuyi Xu, Gianfranco Visentin, Luc Van Gool, ...
path planning. In this paper, three important preparation tasks of a planetary exploration system are described, namely calibration, terrain reconstruction and path planning. The calibration is...
On Satellite Vision-aided Robotics Experiment (2007)
Maarten Vergauwen, Marc Pollefeys, Tinne Tuytelaars, Luc Van Gool
This contribution describes the vision-based robotic control (VBRC) experiments executed on the Japanese research satellite ETS-VII. The VBRC experiments were designed to enhance image quality, rene...
3D Occlusion Inference from Silhouette Cues (2007)
Guan, Li, Franco, Jean-Sébastien, Pollefeys, Marc
We consider the problem of detecting and accounting for the presence of occluders in a 3D scene based on silhouette cues in video streams obtained from multiple, calibrated views. While well studied...
3D Occlusion Inference from Silhouette Cues (2007)
Guan, Li, Franco, Jean-Sébastien, Pollefeys, Marc
We consider the problem of detecting and accounting for the presence of occluders in a 3D scene based on silhouette cues in video streams obtained from multiple, calibrated views. While well studied...
3D occlusion inference from silhouette cues (2007)
Li Guan, Jean-sébastien Franco, Marc Pollefeys
We consider the problem of detecting and accounting for the presence of occluders in a 3D scene based on silhouette cues in video streams obtained from multiple, calibrated views. While well studied...
3D occlusion inference from silhouette cues (2007)
Li Guan, Jean-sébastien Franco, Marc Pollefeys
We consider the problem of detecting and accounting for the presence of occluders in a 3D scene based on silhouette cues in video streams obtained from multiple, calibrated views. While well studied...
3D occlusion inference from silhouette cues (2007)
Li Guan, Jean-sébastien Franco, Marc Pollefeys
We consider the problem of detecting and accounting for the presence of occluders in a 3D scene based on silhouette cues in video streams obtained from multiple, calibrated views. While well studied...
Visual odometry for nonoverlapping views using second-order cone programming (2007)
Jae-hak Kim, Richard Hartley, Jan-michael Frahm, Marc Pollefeys
Abstract. We present a solution for motion estimation for a set of cameras which are firmly mounted on a head unit and do not have overlapping views in each image. This problem relates to ego-motion...
Visual Hull Construction in the Presence of Partial Occlusion (2006)
Guan, Li, Sinha, Sudipa, Franco, Jean-Sébastien, Pollefeys, Marc
In this paper, we propose a visual hull algorithm, which guarantees a correct construction even in the presence of partial occlusion, while "correct" here means that the real shape is located inside...
Visual Hull Construction in the Presence of Partial Occlusion (2006)
Guan, Li, Sinha, Sudipa, Franco, Jean-Sébastien, Pollefeys, Marc
In this paper, we propose a visual hull algorithm, which guarantees a correct construction even in the presence of partial occlusion, while "correct" here means that the real shape is located inside...
GPU-based Video Feature Tracking and Matching (2006)
Sudipta N. Sinha, Jan-michael Frahm, Marc Pollefeys, Yakup Genc
Abstract This paper describes novel implementations of the KLT feature tracking and SIFT feature extraction algorithms that run on the graphics processing unit (GPU) and is suitable for video...
GPU-based Video Feature Tracking and Matching (2006)
Sudipta N. Sinha, Jan-michael Frahm, Marc Pollefeys
Extraction and matching of salient feature points in video is important in many computer vision tasks like object detection, recognition and structure from motion. While certain sequential tasks like...
Ransac for (quasi-)degenerate data (qdegsac (2006)
Jan-michael Frahm, Marc Pollefeys
The computation of relations from a number of potential matches is a major task in computer vision. Often RANSAC is employed for the robust computation of relations such as the fundamental matrix....
Ram Krishan Kumar, Marc Pollefeys, Advisor Anurag Mittal, Anurag Mittal, Ramkrishan Kumar, ...
• Statistics-based change detection for linearly varying data
Abstract. We cast the problem of motion segmentation of feature trajectories as linear manifold finding problems and propose a general framework for motion segmentation under affine projections which...
Visual hull construction in the presence of partial occlusion (2006)
Li Guan, Sudipta Sinha, Jean-sébastien Franco, Marc Pollefeys
In this paper, we propose a visual hull algorithm, which guarantees a correct construction even in the presence of partial occlusion, while “correct ” here means that the real shape is located...
Abstract. We cast the problem of motion segmentation of feature trajectories as linear manifold finding problems and propose a general framework for motion segmentation under affine projections which...
Marcus Magnor, Mpi Informatik, Marc Pollefeys, German Cheung, Wojciech Matusik, Christian Theobalt, ...
Summary III
Auto-calibration of multi-projector display walls (2004)
By treating projectors as pin-hole cameras, we show it is possible to calibrate the projectors of a casually-aligned, multi-projector display wall using the principles of planar auto-calibration. We...
Camera network calibration from dynamic silhouettes (2004)
Sudipta N. Sinha, Marc Pollefeys, Leonard Mcmillan
In this paper we present an automatic method for calibrating a network of cameras from only silhouettes. This is particularly useful for shape-from-silhouette or visual-hull systems, as no additional...
Ruigang Yang, Marc Pollefeys, Hua Yang, Greg Welch
We present a new method for using commodity graphics hardware to achieve real-time, on-line, 2D view synthesis or 3D depth estimation from two or more calibrated cameras. Our method combines a 3D...
A Unified Approach to Real-Time, (2004)
Ruigang Yang, Marc Pollefeys, Hua Yang, Greg Welch
We present a new method for using commodity graphics hardware to achieve real-time, on-line, 2D view synthesis or 3D depth estimation from two or more calibrated cameras. Our method combines a 3D...
Improved Real-Time Stereo on Commodity Graphics Hardware (2004)
Ruigang Yang Marc, Marc Pollefeys, Sifang Li
This paper presents a detailed description of an advanced real-time correlation-based stereo algorithm running completely on the graphics processing unit (GPU). This is important since it allows to...
Video Synchronization Via Space-Time Interest Point Distribution (2004)
Jingyu Yan And, Jingyu Yan, Marc Pollefeys
the same scene from different viewpoints. Our method relies on correlating space-time interest point distribution in time between videos. Space-time interest points represent events in video that...
Synchronization and Calibration of Camera Networks from Silhouettes (2004)
Sudipta N. Sinha, Marc Pollefeys
We propose an automatic approach to synchronize a network of uncalibrated and unsynchronized video cameras, and recover the complete calibration of all these cameras. In this paper, we extend recent...
Automatic Image Alignment for 3D Environment Modeling (2004)
Nathaniel Williams, Kok-Lim Low, Chad Hantak, Marc Pollefeys, Anselmo Lastra
We describe an approach for automatically registering color images with 3D laser scanned models. We use the chisquare statistic to compare color images to polygonal models texture mapped with...
Auto-Calibration of Multi-Projector Display Walls (2004)
By treating projectors as pin-hole cameras, we show it is possible to calibrate the projectors of a casually-aligned, multi-projector display wall using the principles of planar auto-calibration. We...
Towards Calibrating a Pan-Tilt-Zoom Camera Network (2004)
Sudipta Sinha And, Sudipta N. Sinha, Marc Pollefeys
In this paper we discuss the problem of recovering the calibration of a network of pan-tilt-zoom cameras. The intrinsic parameters of each camera over its full range of zoom settings are estimated...
HighResolution Multiscale Panoramic Mosaics from Pan-TiltZoom Cameras (2004)
Sudipta N. Sinha, Marc Pollefeys, Seon Joo Kim
We present an automatic software based approach for building extremely high resolution panoramic mosaics from images captured by an off-the-shelf pan tilt zoom camera. Using numerous zoomed-in images...
A Stereo-Vision System for Support of Planetary Surface Exploration (2003)
Maarten Vergauwen, Marc Pollefeys, Luc Van Gool
In this paper, we present a system that was developed for the European Space Agency (ESA) for the support of planetary exploration. The system that is sent to the planetary surface consists of a...
Ruigang Yang, Marc Pollefeys, Greg Welch
We present two extensions to the Space Carving framework. The first is a progressive scheme to better reconstruct surfaces lacking sufficient textures. The second is a novel photo-consistency measure...
Ruigang Yang, Marc Pollefeys, Greg Welch
We present two extensions to the Space Carving framework. The first is a progressive scheme to better reconstruct surfaces lacking sufficient textures. The second is a novel photo-consistency measure...
Surviving dominant planes in uncalibrated structure and motion recovery (2002)
Marc Pollefeys, Frank Verbiest, Luc Van Gool
Abstract. In this paper we address the problem of uncalibrated structure and motion recovery from image sequences that contain dominant planes in some of the views. Traditional approaches fail when...
ATTEST: Advanced Three-dimensional Television System Technologies (2002)
Andre Redert, Christoph Fehn, Wijnand IJsselsteijn, Marc Pollefeys, Luc Van Gool, ...
We describe the goals of the ATTEST project, which started in March 2002 as part of the Information Society Technologies (IST) programme, sponsored by the European Commission. In the 2-year project,...
How computers can automatically build realistic 3D models from (2002)
Images Acquired With, Marc Pollefeys
this paper. The simplest way to understand how this can be done is by considering our own perception of the 3D world. We can perceive depth because we have two eyes that observe our 3D environment...
Marc Pollefeys, Luc Van Gool, Maarten Vergauwen, Kurt Cornelis, Frank Verbiest, Jan Tops
In this contribution we intend to present a complete system that takes a video sequence of a static scene as input and outputs a 3D model. The system can deal with images acquired by an uncalibrated...
Visual modeling: from images to images (2002)
This paper contains two parts. In the first part an automatic processing pipeline is pre-sented that analyses an image sequence and automatically extracts camera motion, calibra-tion and scene...
Marc Pollefeys, Luc Van Gool, Maarten Vergauwen, Kurt Cornelis, Frank Verbiest, Jan Tops
In this contribution we intend to present a complete system that takes a video sequence of a static scene as input and outputs a 3D model. The system can deal with images acquired by an uncalibrated...
A stereo vision system for support of planetary surface exploration (2001)
Maarten Vergauwen, Marc Pollefeys, Luc Van Gool
Abstract. In this paper a system will be presented that was developed for ESA for the support of planetary exploration. The system that is sent to the planetary surface consists of a rover and a...
A stereo vision system for support of planetary surface exploration (2001)
Maarten Vergauwen, Marc Pollefeys, Luc Van Gool
Abstract. In this paper a system will be presented that was developed for ESA for support of planetary exploration. The system that is sent to the planetary surface consists of a rover and a lander....
Structure and motion from image sequences (2001)
Marc Pollefeys, Maarten Vergauwen, Kurt Cornelis, Jan Tops, Frank Verbiest, Luc Van Gool
In this paper an approach is presented that obtains virtual models from sequences of images. The system can deal with uncalibrated image sequences acquired with a hand held camera. Based on tracked...
Augmented reality using uncalibrated video sequences (2001)
Kurt Cornelis, Marc Pollefeys, Maarten Vergauwen, Luc Van Gool, K. U. Leuven
WWW home page:http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/˜kcorneli Abstract. Augmented Reality(AR) aims at merging the real and the virtual in order to enrich a real environment with virtual information....
3D Acquisition of Archaeological Heritage from Images (2001)
Marc Pollefeys, Maarten Vergauwen, Kurt Cornelis, Frank Verbiest, Joris Schouteden, Jan Tops, ...
In this contribution an approach is proposed that can capture the 3D shape and appearance of objects, monuments or sites from photographs or video. The flexibility of the approach allows us to deal...
Image-Based 3D Acquisition Tool for Architectural Conservation (2001)
Joris Schouteden, Marc Pollefeys, Maarten Vergauwen, Luc Van Gool
In this paper an image-based 3D acquisition tool is presented. The tool has been developed with architectural conservation in mind. The proposed tool is developed as part of a project that aims at...
Image-based 3D Acquisition of Archaeological Heritage and Applications (2001)
Marc Pollefeys, Luc Van Gool, Maarten Vergauwen, Kurt Cornelis, Frank Verbiest, Jan Tops, ...
In this paper an approach is presented that obtains virtual models from sequences of images. The system can deal with uncalibrated image sequences acquired with a hand-held camera. Based on tracked...
Automatic 3D modeling from image sequences (2000)
Marc Pollefeys, Maarten Vergauwen, Luc Van Gool
Modeling of three-dimensional (3D) objects from image sequences is a challenging problem and has been a research topic for many years. Important theoretical and algorithmic results were achieved that...
Three-Dimensional Scene Reconstruction From Images (2000)
Marc Pollefeys, Reinhard Koch, Maarten Vergauwen, Bert Deknuydt, Luc Van Gool
Modeling of three-dimensional (3D) objects from image sequences is a challenging problem and has been a research topic for many years. Important theoretical and algorithmic results were achieved that...
The MURALE project: Image-based 3D modeling (2000)
For Archaeology Luc, Luc Van Gool, Marc Pollefeys, Marc Proesmans, Alexey Zalesny
Murale is a European IST project that will develop 3D capture and visualisation technology for archaeology. The project will put special emphasis on the usability on the site, by the archaeologists...
Tutorial on multiple view geometry (2000)
There exist intricate geometric relations between multiple views of a 3D scene. These relations are related to the camera motion and calibration as
The MURALE Project: Image-Based 3D Modeling for Archaeology. Virtual Archaeology (2000)
Luc Van Gool, Marc Pollefeys, Marc Proesmans, Alexey Zalesny
by the European Commission in order to advance the use of
Realistic 3D scene modeling from uncalibrated image sequences (1999)
Reinhard Koch, Marc Pollefeys, Luc Van Gool
This contribution addresses the problem of obtaining photorealistic 3D models of a scene from images alone with a structure-from-motion approach. The 3D scene is observed from multiple viewpoints by...
Adventurous tourism for couch potatoes (1999)
Luc Van Gool, Tinne Tuytelaars, Marc Pollefeys
Abstract. Two tourist guides are described. One supports a virtual tour through an archaeological site, the other a tour through a real exhibition. The first system is based on the 3D reconstruction...
Adventurous Tourism for Couch Potatoes (1999)
Luc Van Gool, Tinne Tuytelaars, Marc Pollefeys
Two tourist guides are described. One supports a virtual tour through an archaeological site, the other a tour through a real exhibition. The first system is based on the 3D reconstruction of the...
Robust Calibration and 3D Geometric Modeling from Large Collections of Uncalibrated Images (1999)
Reinhard Koch, Marc Pollefeys, Luc Van Gool
In this contribution we focus on calibration and 3D surface modeling from uncalibrated images. A large number of images from a scene is collected with a hand-held camera by simply waving the camera...
Marc Pollefeys, Reinhard Koch, Van Gool
Abstract. In this paper the theoretical and practical feasibility of self-calibration in the presence of varying intrinsic camera parameters is under investigation. The paper’s main contribution is...
Gool, “Flexible acquisition of 3D structure from motion (1998)
Marc Pollefeys, Reinhard Koch, Maarten Vergauwen, Luc Van Gool
In this paper the problem of obtaining 3D models from image sequences is addressed. The pre-sented method deals with uncalibrated monocu-lar image sequences. No prior knowledge about the scene or...
Marc Pollefeys, Reinhard Koch, Van Gool
Abstract. In this paper the theoretical and practical feasibility of self-calibration in the presence of varying intrinsic camera parameters is under investigation. The paper’s main contribution is...
Metric 3D surface reconstruction from uncalibrated image sequences (1998)
Marc Pollefeys, Reinhard Koch, Maarten Vergauwen, Luc Van Gool
Modeling of 3D objects from image sequences is one of the challenging problems in computer vision and has been a research topic for many years. Important theoretical and algorithmic results were...
Euclidean 3D reconstruction from image sequences with variable focal lengths (1996)
Marc Pollefeys, Luc Van Gool, Marc Proesmans
Abstract. One of the main problems to obtain a Euclidean 3D reconstruction from multiple views is the calibration of the camera. Explicit calibration is not always practical and has to be repeated...
From images to 3D models (0000)
The article focuses on the importance of computer graphics in 3-Dimensional (3D) models. Computer graphics allows to render realistic images of the 3D world. But before these images can be generated,...
The article focuses on the importance of computer graphics in 3-Dimensional (3D) models. Computer graphics allows to render realistic images of the 3D world. But before these images can be generated,...
Camera Network Calibration from Dynamic Silhouettes
Sudipta N. Sinha, Marc Pollefeys, Leonard McMillan
In this paper we present an automatic method for calibrating a network of cameras from only silhouettes. This is particularly useful for shape-from-silhouette or visual-hull systems, as no additional...