Patent ID: 9646410
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G06K,G06T

Claim:
1. A method of modeling a three-dimensional object from plural image data sources, the method comprising: providing a first point cloud including a first plurality of points defined in space, the first plurality of points being derived using a multiview stereo (MVS) process from a first one or more images of the object, the first one or more images being of a first image type, each point in the first plurality representing a location on a surface of the three-dimensional object, and each point in the first plurality having a first confidence value on a first confidence scale, the first confidence value being based upon an average texturedness value of the first one or more images; providing a second point cloud including a second plurality of points defined in space, the second plurality of points being derived from a second one or more images of the object, the second one or more images being of a second image type, each point in the second plurality representing a location on the surface of the three-dimensional object, and each point in the second plurality having a second confidence value on a second confidence scale; merging the first plurality and the second plurality of points into a third merged point cloud, each point in the third merged point cloud representing a location on the surface of the object, including: