A passive 3D scanner - acquiring high-quality textured 3D-models using a consumer digital-camera

We present a low-cost, passive 3d scanning system using an off-the-shelf consumer digital camera for image acquisition. We have developed a state of the art structure from motion algorithm for camera pose estimation and a fast shape from stereo approach for shape reconstruction. We use a volumetric approach to fuse partial shape reconstructions and a texture mapping technique for appearance recovery. We extend the state of the art by applying modifications of standard computer vision techniques to images of very high resolution to generate high quality textured 3d models. Our reconstruction results are robust and visually convincing.