Target Object Image Extraction from 3D Space using Stereo Cameras

  • Yoo, Chae-Gon (Department of Computer Science Chungnam National Univ) ;
  • Jung, Chang-Sung (Department of Computer Science Chungnam National Univ) ;
  • Hwang, Chi-Jung (Department of Computer Science Chungnam National Univ)
  • Published : 2002.07.01

Abstract

Stereo matching technique is used in many practical fields like satellite image analysis and computer vision. In this paper, we suggest a method to extract a target object image from a complicated background. For example, human face image can be extracted from random background. This method can be applied to computer vision such as security system, dressing simulation by use of extracted human face, 3D modeling, and security system. Many researches about stereo matching have been performed. Conventional approaches can be categorized into area-based and feature-based method. In this paper, we start from area-based method and apply area tracking using scanning window. Coarse depth information is used for area merging process using area searching data. Finally, we produce a target object image.

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