An efficient method for fully automatic 3D digitization of unknown objects

Souhaiel Khalfaoui

doi:10.1016/j.compind.2013.04.005

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An efficient method for fully automatic 3D digitization of unknown objects

2013-12-01

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Souhaiel Khalfaoui *

Ralph Seulin

David Fofi

DOI：10.1016/j.compind.2013.04.005

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Our goal is to develop a complete and automatic scanning strategy with minimum prior information about the object shape. We aim to establish a methodology for the automation of the 3D digitization process. The paper presents a novel approach to determine the Next Best View (NBV) for an efficient reconstruction of highly accurate 3D models. Our method is based on the classification of the acquired surfaces into Well Visible and Barely Visible combined with a best view selection algorithm based on mean shift, which avoids unreachable positions. Our approach is applicable to all kinds of range sensors. To prove the efficiency and the robustness of our method, test objects are first scanned manually by experts in 3D digitization from the VECTEO company. The comparison of results between manual and automatic scanning shows that our method is very efficient and faster than trained experts. The 3D models of the different objects are obtained with a strongly reduced number of acquisitions while moving efficiently the ranging device. The obtained results prove the effectiveness and the versatility of our 3D reconstruction approach for industrial applications. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Keywords:

3D digitization

Automation

Automatic scanning

View planning

Next Best View