VASC Seminar Announcement
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Date: Monday, 7/3/00
Time: 3:45-4:45
Place: NSH 3002

Speaker:  Jean-Sebastien Samson
	Ecole Polytechnique, France
	CMU Robotics Institute

Title: Single View Modeling

Abstract:

Many fields of computer science use accurate three-dimensional 
models.  Various modeling techniques have been developed to 
construct such models from images but most require multiple 
images. The purpose of single view modeling is to reconstruct 
a texture-mapped 3D model from a still image such as a painting 
or photograph.  

Previous single view modeling methods allowed the user to 
extract lengths from one image using a rough model of the 
scene. I will present a new method to directly reconstruct 
point coordinates from a single uncalibrated image.

Furthermore, very few techniques exist for modeling curved 
surfaces from a single view. I will present a method to 
reconstruct 3D models of curved surfaces from a single image. 
The method provides important functionalities such as fast 
computation and modeling discontinuities.

This project is the result of joint work with Steve Seitz.