Abstract: Aspects disclosed herein provide methods, systems, and devices for 3D image capture based on a Structure from Motion (SFM) imaging technique with simplified pose detection. The present disclosure provides a straightforward method to directly track a camera's motion (pose detection) thereby removing a substantial portion of the computing load needed to build a dimensionally accurate 3D model from a sequence of images taken by the camera.

Abstract: Method and System for 3D capture based on SFM with simplified pose detection is disclosed. This invention provides a straightforward method to directly track the camera's motion (pose detection) thereby removing a substantial portion of the computing load needed to build the 3D model from a sequence of images.

Abstract: 3D Modeling System and Apparatus for mobile devices with limited processing capability is disclosed. This invention uses the standard camera and computing resources available on consumer mobile devices such as smart phones. A light projector (e.g. laser line generator) is attached as an accessory to the mobile device or built as a part of the mobile device. Processing requirements are significantly reduced by including a known object or reference template in the scene to be captured which is used to determine the pose and position of the camera relative to the object or scene to be modeled. The position and pose of the camera and projector is facilitated by image distortions of known dimensions of the reference template or known object in a sequence of captured images. The distortions also facilitates the proper registration between all images in the sequence.