Augmented representation of underwater scenes by segmentation and reconstruction of 3D acoustic images

Author

Giannitrapani, Riccardo ; Murino, Vittorio

Author_Institution

Dept. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Udine Univ., Italy

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

36342

Firstpage

1036

Abstract

In this paper, a system aimed at the augmented representation of underwater scenes is presented. The system operates on three-dimensional acoustic images and is composed of several modules devoted to noise filtering, segmentation in pipe-shaped structures, recognition and reconstruction. Finally, identified objects are backprojected in the acoustic image in order to facilitate its interpretation. The final aim is to obtain an augmented (or virtual) representation of such images providing a useful tool to support a human operator for navigating in and inspecting underwater environments

Keywords

acoustic imaging; augmented reality; image reconstruction; image representation; image segmentation; augmented representation; noise filtering; recognition; reconstruction; segmentation; three-dimensional acoustic images; underwater environments; underwater scenes; Acoustic noise; Cameras; Computer science; Filtering; Image analysis; Image reconstruction; Image segmentation; Layout; Skeleton; Underwater acoustics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Multimedia Computing and Systems, 1999. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Florence

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0253-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MMCS.1999.778651

Filename

778651