Automatic registration of range images based on correspondence of complete plane patches

Abstract

One of the difficulties in registering two range images scanned by 3D laser scanners is how to get a correct correspondence over the two images automatically. In this paper, we propose an automatic registration method based on matching of extracted planes. First, we introduce a new class of features: complete plane patches (CPP) on the basis of analysis of properties of real scenes. Then we generate a compact interpretation tree for these features. Finally, the image registration is accomplished automatically by searching the interpretation tree.