CopyMe3D: Scanning and Printing Persons in 3D

Summary, in English

In this paper, we describe a novel approach to create 3D miniatures of persons using a Kinect sensor and a 3D color printer. To achieve this, we acquire color and depth images while the person is rotating on a swivel chair. We represent the model with a signed distance function which is updated and visualized as the images are captured for immediate feedback. Our approach automatically fills small holes that stem from self-occlusions. To optimize the model for 3D printing, we extract a watertight but hollow shell to minimize the production costs. In extensive experiments, we evaluate the quality of the obtained models as a function of the rotation speed, the non-rigid deformations of a person

during recording, the camera pose, and the resulting self-occlusions. Finally, we present a large number of reconstructions and fabricated figures to demonstrate the validity of our approach.

• Author: Jürgen Sturm; Erik Bylow; Fredrik Kahl; Daniel Cremers
• Editor: Joachim Weickert; Matthias Hein; Bernt Schiele
• Department/s: Mathematics (Faculty of Engineering); ELLIIT: the Linköping-Lund initiative on IT and mobile communication; eSSENCE: The e-Science Collaboration
• Publishing year: 2013
• Language: English
• Pages: 405-414
• Publication/Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 8142 (Pattern Recognition, 35th German Conference, GCPR 2013, Saarbrücken, Germany, September 3-6, 2013. Proceedings)
• Volume: 8142
• Full text: - 2 MB; Download statistics
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40602-7_43
• Document type: Conference paper
• Publisher: Springer
• Topic: Mathematics
• Conference name: 35th German Conference on Pattern Recognition (GCPR 2013)
• Conference date: 2013-09-03 - 2013-09-06
• Conference place: Saarbrücken, Germany
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 0302-9743; ISSN: 1611-3349; ISBN: 978-3-642-40601-0 (print); ISBN: 978-3-642-40602-7 (online)