Image segmentation and line segment extraction for 3-d building reconstruction

  • Ye, Chul-Soo (Spatial Imagery Information Research Team, Spatial Information Technology Center, ETRI- Computer & Software Research Laboratory) ;
  • Kim, Kyoung-Ok (Spatial Imagery Information Research Team, Spatial Information Technology Center, ETRI- Computer & Software Research Laboratory) ;
  • Lee, Jong-Hun (Spatial Imagery Information Research Team, Spatial Information Technology Center, ETRI- Computer & Software Research Laboratory) ;
  • Lee, Kwae-Hi (Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Sogang University)
  • Published : 2002.10.01

Abstract

This paper presents a method for line segment extraction for 3-d building reconstruction. Building roofs are described as a set of planar polygonal patches, each of which is extracted by watershed-based image segmentation, line segment matching and coplanar grouping. Coplanar grouping and polygonal patch formation are performed per region by selecting 3-d line segments that are matched using epipolar geometry and flight information. The algorithm has been applied to high resolution aerial images and the results show accurate 3-d building reconstruction.

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