//Main flow of the full 3D scanning problem
//This is one way of breaking the problem down. They may be other (better) ways
static int Main(string[] args)
{
CameraModel model = new CameraModel(/*Loaded from device dependent configuration.*/);
List <KeyValuePair <Image2D, CameraOrientation> > imageStream = FetchImageStream();
List <Point3D> pointCloud = ImageStreamTo3DPointCloud(imageStream, model);
//Optional part
Mesh3D mesh = PointCloudTo3DMesh(pointCloud);
return(0);
}
/// <summary>
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/// <param name="imageStream">The sequence of images captured from the camera along with the camera positions at the time of capture.</param>
/// <param name="cameraModel"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
static List <Point3D> ImageStreamTo3DPointCloud(List <KeyValuePair <Image2D, CameraOrientation> > imageStream, CameraModel cameraModel)
{
/*
* General idea: The given *sequence* of images is aligned. Note: Alignment is NOT the same as image stiching. We don't have to stich the images.
* We just need to understand "hey... this pixel(5,10) in this image corresponds to the pixel(100, 103) in the other image"
* Definition of correspondence: If pixel A in image 1 CORRESPONDS to pixel B in image 2, it means that there is a single 3D point in the real world of which A and B are the "pictures".
*
* Once the images are aligned, for every world point, we have the views from different positions, we derive the 3D point from this information.
*
* Note: I'm decoupling the alignment and 3d reconstruction phases for the sake of clarity. It is quite possible that the ideal solution would do these 2 in a single step by optimizing them jointly.
*/
/*
* alignment = mapping from worldPoint ID to <imageID, Pixel> pairs
* e.g. alignment[5] = [
* {1, (5,8)},
* {2, (6,9)},
* {3, (7,9)}
* ]
* means that a point in the 3D world with the ID 5 corresponds to pixel (5,8) in the first image, (6,9) in the second image and (7,9) in the third image.
*/
List <List <KeyValuePair <int, Point2D> > > alignment = AlignImages(imageStream.Select(ci => ci.Key));
List <Point3D> pointCloud = new List <Point3D>();
//Now, for each of the world points, since we have stereo images, we can derive the 3D points
//Again, note how each point is solved for in isolation, ideally, we might do this jointly.
for (int realWorldPointID = 0; realWorldPointID < alignment.Count; realWorldPointID++)
{
Point3D worldPoint = StereoToPoint3D(alignment[realWorldPointID].Select(kvp => new KeyValuePair <Point2D, CameraOrientation>(kvp.Value, imageStream[kvp.Key].Value)), cameraModel);
pointCloud.Add(worldPoint);
}
return(pointCloud);
}
private static Point3D StereoToPoint3D(IEnumerable <KeyValuePair <Point2D, CameraOrientation> > stereoImages, CameraModel cameraModel)
{
//This is a straightforward problem to solve once we know the cameraModel
//Basically, each data point in stereoImages constrains the position of the 3D point to a line,
//the point to return is the intersection of all the lines
//ideally, we need only 2 images from different positions to compute the 3D point
//This is the problem that we should try to solve first!
return(null);
}