Digital Reality Lab

 
[Post-processing of Scanned 3D Surface Data]

Post-processing of Scanned 3D Surface Data

Tim Weyrich1,  Mark Pauly2,  Richard Keiser1,  Simon Heinzle1,  Sascha Scandella1,  Markus Gross1

1 ETH Zurich
2 Stanford University

Abstract

3D shape acquisition has become a major tool for creating digital 3D surface data in a variety of application fields. Despite the steady increase in accuracy, most available scanning techniques cause severe scanning artifacts such as noise, outliers, holes, or ghost geometry. To apply sophisticated modeling operations on these data sets, substantial post-processing is usually required. In this paper, we address a variety of scanning artifacts that are created by common optical scanners and provide a comprehensive set of user-guided tools to process corrupted data sets. These include an eraser tool, low-pass filters for noise removal, a set of outlier detection methods, and various up-sampling and hole-filling tools. These techniques can be applied early in the content creation pipeline. Therefore, all our tools are implemented to operate directly on the acquired point cloud. We also emphasize the need for extensive user control and an efficient visual feedback loop. The effectiveness of our scan cleaning tools is demonstrated on various models acquired with commercial laser-range scanners and low-cost structured light scanners.

Citation Style:    Publication

Post-processing of Scanned 3D Surface Data.
Tim Weyrich, Mark Pauly, Richard Keiser, Simon Heinzle, Sascha Scandella, Markus Gross.
In Proceedings of Eurographics Symposium on Point-Based Graphics, pp. 85–94, Zurich, Switzerland, Jun 2-4, 2004.Tim Weyrich, Mark Pauly, Richard Keiser, Simon Heinzle, Sascha Scandella, and Markus Gross. Post-processing of scanned 3D surface data. In Proceedings of 1st Eurographics Symposium on Point-Based Graphics 2004, pages 85–94, Zurich, Switzerland, June 2004.Weyrich, T., Pauly, M., Keiser, R., Heinzle, S., Scandella, S., and Gross, M. 2004. Post-processing of scanned 3D surface data. In Proceedings of 1st Eurographics Symposium on Point-Based Graphics 2004, 85–94.T. Weyrich, M. Pauly, R. Keiser, S. Heinzle, S. Scandella, and M. Gross, “Post-processing of scanned 3D surface data,” in Proceedings of 1st Eurographics Symposium on Point-Based Graphics 2004, Zurich, Switzerland, Jun. 2004, pp. 85–94.
thumbnailPDF
BibTeXBibTeXBibTeX

Privacy: This page is free of cookies or any means of data collection. Copyright disclaimer: The documents contained in these pages are included to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work on a non-commercial basis. Copyright and all rights therein are maintained by the authors or by other copyright holders, notwithstanding that they have offered their works here electronically. It is understood that all persons copying this information will adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author's copyright. These works may not be reposted without the explicit permission of the copyright holder.