Section: Software

Patch-based Multi-view Stereo Software (PMVS)

PMVS is a multi-view stereo software that takes a set of images and camera parameters, then reconstructs 3D structure of an object or a scene visible in the images. Only rigid structure is reconstructed. The software outputs a set of oriented points instead of a polygonal (or a mesh) model, where both the 3D coordinate and the surface normal are estimated at each oriented point. The software and its documentation are available at http://www.di.ens.fr/pmvs/ . The software is distributed under GPL. A US patent corresponding to this software “Match, Expand, and Filter Technique for Multi-View Stereopsis” was issued on December 11, 2012 and assigned patent number 8,331,615.