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HEURISTIC 3D RECONSTRUCTION OF IRREGULAR SPACED LIDAR
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| Title | HEURISTIC 3D RECONSTRUCTION OF IRREGULAR SPACED LIDAR |
| Author | Shorter, Nicholas
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| Keywords | 3D Reconstruction
LIDAR
FSART
Greedy Insertion
Triangulation
Fuzzy ART
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| Abstract | As more data sources have become abundantly available, an increased interest in 3D reconstruction has emerged in the image processing academic community. Applications for 3D reconstruction of urban and residential buildings consist of urban planning, network planning for mobile communication, tourism information systems, spatial analysis of air pollution and noise nuisance, microclimate investigations, and Geographical Information Systems (GISs). Previous, classical, 3D reconstruction algorithms solely utilized aerial photography. With the advent of LIDAR systems, current algorithms explore using captured LIDAR data as an additional feasible source of information for 3D reconstruction. Preprocessing techniques are proposed for the development of an autonomous 3D Reconstruction algorithm. The algorithm is designed for autonomously deriving three dimensional models of urban and residential buildings from raw LIDAR data. First, a greedy insertion triangulation algorithm, modified with a proposed noise filtering technique, triangulates the raw LIDAR data. The normal vectors of those triangles are then passed to an unsupervised clustering algorithm – Fuzzy Simplified Adaptive Resonance Theory (Fuzzy SART). Fuzzy SART returns a rough grouping of coplanar triangles. A proposed multiple regression algorithm then further refines the coplanar grouping by further removing outliers and deriving an improved planar segmentation of the raw LIDAR data. Finally, further refinement is achieved by calculating the intersection of the best fit roof planes and moving nearby points close to that intersection to exist at the intersection, resulting in straight roof ridges. The end result of the aforementioned techniques culminates in a well defined model approximating the considered building depicted by the LIDAR data. |
| Adviser | Kasparis, Takis
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| Publisher | University of Central Florida |
| Degree | M.S.E.E.
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| Degree Discipline | School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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| Degree Grantor | Engineering and Computer Science
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| Degree Program | Electrical Engineering
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| Graduation Date | 2006-08-01 |
| Type | Master's thesis
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| Access Level | Public - Allow Worldwide Access
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| Release Date | 2006-09-13 |
| Repository | University Archives
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| Repository Collection | Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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| Identifier | CFE0001315 |
| Access Link | http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0001315 |
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