Large Area 3-D Reconstructions from Underwater Optical Surveys
dc.contributor.author | Pizarro, Oscar | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Eustice, Ryan M. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Singh, Hanumant | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-08-18T18:24:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-08-18T18:24:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-04 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Pizarro, O.; Eustice, R.M.; Singh, H. (2009). "Large Area 3-D Reconstructions from Underwater Optical Surveys." IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering 34(2): 150-169. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/86036> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0364-9059 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/86036 | |
dc.description.abstract | Robotic underwater vehicles are regularly performing vast optical surveys of the ocean floor. Scientists value these surveys since optical images offer high levels of detail and are easily interpreted by humans. Unfortunately, the coverage of a single image is limited by absorption and backscatter while what is generally desired is an overall view of the survey area. Recent works on underwater mosaics assume planar scenes and are applicable only to situations without much relief. We present a complete and validated system for processing optical images acquired from an underwater robotic vehicle to form a 3D reconstruction of the ocean floor. Our approach is designed for the most general conditions of wide-baseline imagery (low overlap and presence of significant 3D structure) and scales to hundreds or thousands of images. We only assume a calibrated camera system and a vehicle with uncertain and possibly drifting pose information (e.g., a compass, depth sensor, and a Doppler velocity log). Our approach is based on a combination of techniques from computer vision, photogrammetry, and robotics. We use a local to global approach to structure from motion, aided by the navigation sensors on the vehicle to generate 3D sub-maps. These sub-maps are then placed in a common reference frame that is refined by matching overlapping sub-maps. The final stage of processing is a bundle adjustment that provides the 3D structure, camera poses, and uncertainty estimates in a consistent reference frame. We present results with ground truth for structure as well as results from an oceanographic survey over a coral reef. | en_US |
dc.publisher | IEEE | en_US |
dc.title | Large Area 3-D Reconstructions from Underwater Optical Surveys | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Engineering | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Joint Program in Oceanographic Engineering of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543 USA. | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/86036/1/opizarro-12.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1109/JOE.2009.2016071 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of (EECS) |
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