Microsoft Corporation
Surface reconstruction for environments with moving objects

Abstract:

Optimizations are provided for reconstructing geometric surfaces for an environment that includes moving objects. Multiple depth maps for the environment are created, where some of the depth maps correspond to different perspectives of the environment. A motion state identifier is assigned to at least some pixels in at least some of the depth maps corresponding to moving objects in the environment. A composite 3D mesh is built using at least some of the multiple depth maps, by incorporating pixel information from the depth maps, while omitting pixel information identified by the motion state identifiers as being associated with moving objects.