METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING POSTURE OF OBJECT FROM RANGE IMAGE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a system for automatic posture estimation based on the shape matching of a 3-D model to a range image of a scene without using manual initialization.

SOLUTION: The method and the system determine a posture of an object by comparing an input range image acquired of a scene including the input object to each of a set of reference range images of a reference object, such that each reference range image has an associated different posture, and the reference object is similar to the input object. Then, the posture associated with the reference range image which best matches the input range image is selected as the posture of the input object.

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