Surface modeling and display from range and color data

Abstract

Two approaches for modeling surfaces from a collection of range maps and associated color images are covered. The first approach presents a method that robustly obtains a closed mesh that approximates the object geometry. The mesh can then be simplified and texture mapped for display. The second approach does not attempt to create a single object model. Instead, a set of models is constructed, one model for each view of the object. several of the view-based models are rendered separately, and their information is combined in a view-dependent manner for display.