A Contour Method for Real-Time Range Imaging
Nicolas Chauvin, Guy P. Marti, Kurt Konolige · Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) · 1998
Real-time or near real-time range images are available from a variety of sources.Many proposed uses for these devices require significant post-processing to extract relevant 3-D information.We propose a new method based on a generalization of contour maps that has several advantages over current methods in tasks such as terrain reconstruction and obstacle avoidance.The method is illustrated with examples from obstacle avoidance on a mobile robot.