Cluster-Based Construction of Tree Crown from Scanned Data

It is a challenge task to reconstruct a real tree from scattered scanned points in virtual reality. Although many progresses have been made on main branch structures and overall tree shape, reconstructions are still not faithful in terms of silhouette and details. We push the idea that 3D reconstruction of the tree crown shapes may help to constrain reconstruction of complete real tree geometry. We propose here a new approach to reconstruct tree crown based on clusters of points, where the data are unevenly distributed points in a volume rather than lying on a surface. From this approach several extracted silhouette mesh models can be generated; every mesh model represents a crown section of the reconstructed tree crown. Experimental result shows that our technique works well on crown shape of real trees.