A Hand-held Photometric Stereo Camera for 3-D Modeling

This paper presents a simple yet practical 3-D modeling method for recovering surface shape and reflectance from a set of images. We attach a point light source to a hand-held camera to add a photometric constraint to the multi-view stereo problem. Using the photometric constraint, we simultaneously solve for shape, surface normal, and reflectance. Unlike prior approaches, we formulate the problem using realistic assumptions of a near light source, non-Lambertian surfaces, perspective camera model, and the presence of ambient lighting. The effectiveness of the proposed method is verified using simulated and real-world scenes.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: ICCV
• Authors: Tomoaki Higo, Yasuyuki Matsushita, Neel Joshi, Katsushi Ikeuchi
• Keywords: Computer Vision, ICCV 2009, Photometric Stereo Camera