Lidar-Monocular Surface Reconstruction Using Line Segments

Victor Amblard,Timothy P. Osedach,Arnaud Croux,Andrew Speck,John J. Leonard,Victor Amblard,Timothy P. Osedach,Arnaud Croux,Andrew Speck,John J. Leonard

Structure from Motion (SfM) often fails to estimate accurate poses in environments that lack suitable visual features. In such cases, the quality of the final 3D mesh, which is contingent on the accuracy of those estimates, is reduced. One way to overcome this problem is to combine data from a monocular camera with that of a LIDAR. This allows fine details and texture to be captured while still ac...