Document Type : Research Paper

Author

Faculty member in Department of Surveying engineering, Islamic Azad University

Abstract

Facilitation and automation of the process of visual and geometric reconstruction is one of the issues considered in 3D modeling of environment, especially in urban areas. Since the positions of the lenses of a stereo camera are fixed relative to each other, it can be used to facilitate the modeling process. This article shows that producing 3D environment model can be facilitated by using stereo camera calibration data without the needto matchthe process, especially in the areas where the matching has problem because of insufficient information required. Moreover, using camera calibration information, geometric information and depth map of the environment can be extracted and produced without the need to define the specified scale between features. The results of practical studies and the reconstruction done in the urban environment were assessed later in this paper.

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