Curved surface reconstruction using monocular vision

Abstract

In monocular vision, a priori knowledge is necessary to perform 3D reconstruction. This paper describes how to evaluate two out of six external parameters of a camera in order to project an image on a curved surface (generalized cylinder). The final aim consists of reconstructing the model of the surface. Afterwards, with this model we can derive a flat representation of the scene without any distortions due to the projective geometry. In this work based on one projected view of the scene, we develop two methods to detect the projection of the revolution axis of the curved surface. With this axis, we can then extract the external parameters of a camera. The first one is based on the derivation of a polynomial function and the second one is based on the detection of the common normal between curves.