Dissertations and Theses
Date of Award
2013
Document Type
Thesis
Department
Computer Science
Keywords
Computer Sciences, 3D Modeling, Visual Impairment
Abstract
"Real-time, low-resource corridor reconstruction using a single consumer grade RGB camera is a powerful tool for allowing a fast, inexpensive solution to indoor mobility of a visually impaired person or a robot. The perspective and known geometry of a corridor is used to extract the important features of the image and create a 3D model from a single image. Multiple 3D models can be combined to increase confidence and provide a global 3D model. This paper presents our results on 3D corridor modeling using single images. First a simple but effective 3D corridor modeling approach is introduced which makes very few assumptions of the camera information. Second, a perspective based Hough transform algorithm is proposed to detect vertical lines in order to determine the edges of the corridor. Finally, issues in real-time implementation on a smartphone are discussed. Experimental results are provided to validate the proposed approach. Index Terms-- indoor modeling, vanishing point, visual impairment, perspective based Hough transform."
Recommended Citation
Olmschenk, Gregory M., "3D Hallway Modeling Using a Single Image" (2013). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cc_etds_theses/190