VIEWPOINT-INVARIANT IMAGE MATCHING AND GENERATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS FROM TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGERY

摘要

A method and system for characterizing features in a source multifeatured three-dimensional object, and for locating a best-matching three-dimensional object from a reference database of such objects by performing a viewpoint invariant search among the reference objects. The invention further includes the creation of a three-dimensional representation of the source object by deforming a reference object.