Automated as-built 3D reconstruction of civil infrastructure using computer vision: Achievements, opportunities, and challenges

H Fathi, F Dai, M Lourakis - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2015 - Elsevier
Image-based 3D reconstruction of civil infrastructure is an emerging topic that is gaining
significant interest both in the scientific and commercial sectors of the construction industry …

LSD-SLAM: Large-scale direct monocular SLAM

J Engel, T Schöps, D Cremers - European conference on computer vision, 2014 - Springer
We propose a direct (feature-less) monocular SLAM algorithm which, in contrast to current
state-of-the-art regarding direct methods, allows to build large-scale, consistent maps of the …

Stereoscan: Dense 3d reconstruction in real-time

A Geiger, J Ziegler, C Stiller - 2011 IEEE intelligent vehicles …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurate 3d perception from video sequences is a core subject in computer vision and
robotics, since it forms the basis of subsequent scene analysis. In practice however, online …

RGB-D map**: Using Kinect-style depth cameras for dense 3D modeling of indoor environments

P Henry, M Krainin, E Herbst… - … international journal of …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
RGB-D cameras (such as the Microsoft Kinect) are novel sensing systems that capture RGB
images along with per-pixel depth information. In this paper we investigate how such …

Autonomous aerial navigation using monocular visual‐inertial fusion

Y Lin, F Gao, T Qin, W Gao, T Liu, W Wu… - Journal of Field …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Autonomous micro aerial vehicles (MAVs) have cost and mobility benefits, making them
ideal robotic platforms for applications including aerial photography, surveillance, and …

Modeling the world from internet photo collections

N Snavely, SM Seitz, R Szeliski - International journal of computer vision, 2008 - Springer
There are billions of photographs on the Internet, comprising the largest and most diverse
photo collection ever assembled. How can computer vision researchers exploit this …

A survey of urban reconstruction

P Musialski, P Wonka, DG Aliaga… - Computer graphics …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This paper provides a comprehensive overview of urban reconstruction. While there exists a
considerable body of literature, this topic is still under active research. The work reviewed in …

On benchmarking camera calibration and multi-view stereo for high resolution imagery

C Strecha, W Von Hansen, L Van Gool… - … IEEE conference on …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we want to start the discussion on whether image based 3-D modelling
techniques can possibly be used to replace LIDAR systems for outdoor 3D data acquisition …

Detailed real-time urban 3d reconstruction from video

M Pollefeys, D Nistér, JM Frahm, A Akbarzadeh… - International Journal of …, 2008 - Springer
The paper presents a system for automatic, geo-registered, real-time 3D reconstruction from
video of urban scenes. The system collects video streams, as well as GPS and inertia …

[PDF][PDF] D4AR–a 4-dimensional augmented reality model for automating construction progress monitoring data collection, processing and communication

M Golparvar-Fard, F Peña-Mora, S Savarese - J. Inf. Technol. Constr, 2009 - Citeseer
Early detection of actual or potential schedule delay in field construction activities is vital to
project management. This entails project managers to design, implement, and maintain a …