Template Generation From A Small Number of Views

"Data Fusion Corporation (DFC), along with Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space Co. (LMSC), propose the development of a system for synthesizing alternate viewpoint images of an object which has been previously sensed via a short series of images. Thissystem will be used to support model-based object recognition and cataloguing of unknown objects.DFC's approach will be to: enhance LMSC's previously developed system for feature-based matching in image sequences via the incorporation of anisotropic diffusion and morphological operators, and extend DFC's and LMSC's previously developed point-transfervia geometric invariants software for producing novel views using trinocular invariants. DFC's long-term goal is to produce a real-time version of this system. A real-time version is one that produces 3-D models as the images come in (with processingdelays of a fraction of a second). This will require a high level of automation and powerful processing resources. Potential benefactors are in the domains of virtual reality, robotics, industrial inspection, autonomous vehicles, militaryreconnaissance, etc."