Three-dimensional model refinement

1. A method of refining a three-dimensional model comprising the steps of:

providing a three-dimensional model of an object;

obtaining a first two-dimensional image of the object from a first camera pose;

obtaining a second two-dimensional image of the object from a second camera pose, wherein the second two-dimensional image includes a common portion of a surface of the object with the first two-dimensional image;

projecting the first two-dimensional image onto the three-dimensional model, thereby providing a projected two-dimensional image;

deforming the projected two-dimensional image based upon a spatial relationship of the first camera pose, the second camera pose, and the three-dimensional model to obtain an expected image from the second camera pose;

comparing the second two-dimensional image to the expected image to identify one or more discrepancies; and

correcting the three-dimensional model based upon the one or more discrepancies.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first camera pose and the second camera pose include a position and an orientation of a single camera in two dependent positions.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the first camera pose and the second camera pose include a position and an orientation of two offset channels of a multi-aperture camera.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the first camera pose and the second camera pose include a position and an orientation of a single camera in two independent positions.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein a relationship between the first camera pose and the second camera pose is calculated based upon a three-dimensional measurement of the surface of the object from each of the first camera pose and the second camera pose.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising deriving the three-dimensional model from a plurality of three-dimensional measurements of the surface of the object from a plurality of camera poses including the first camera pose and the second camera pose.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising applying the one or more discrepancies to directly refine the three-dimensional model.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising applying the one or more discrepancies to refine a three-dimensional measurement from one or more of the first camera pose and the second camera pose to provide a refined measurement.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising refining a camera path calculation for a camera path used to create the three-dimensional model using the refined measurement to provide a refined camera path.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising using the refined camera path and the refined measurement to refine the three-dimensional model.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the three-dimensional model includes a point cloud or a polygonal mesh.

12. A computer program product for refining a three-dimensional model of an object comprising computer executable code embodied on a computer readable medium that, when executing on one or more computing devices, performs the steps of:

providing a three-dimensional model of an object;

obtaining a first two-dimensional image of the object from a first camera pose;

obtaining a second two-dimensional image of the object from a second camera pose, wherein the second two-dimensional image includes a common portion of a surface of the object with the first two-dimensional image;

projecting the first two-dimensional image onto the three-dimensional model, thereby providing a projected image;

deforming the projected image based upon a spatial relationship of the first camera pose, the second camera pose, and the three-dimensional model to obtain an expected image from the second camera pose;

comparing the second two-dimensional image to the expected image to identify one or more discrepancies; and

correcting the three-dimensional model based upon the one or more discrepancies.

13. The computer program product of claim 12 wherein the first camera pose and the second camera pose include a position and an orientation of a single camera in two dependent positions.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the first camera pose and the second camera pose include a position and an orientation of two offset channels of a multi-aperture camera.

15. The computer program product of claim 12 wherein the first camera pose and the second camera pose include a position and an orientation of a single camera in two independent positions.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein a relationship between the first camera pose and the second camera pose is calculated based upon a three-dimensional measurement of the surface of the object from each of the first camera pose and the second camera pose.

17. The computer program product of claim 12 further comprising code for performing the step of deriving the three-dimensional model from a plurality of three-dimensional measurements of the surface of the object from a plurality of camera poses including the first camera pose and the second camera pose.

18. The computer program product of claim 12 further comprising code for performing the step of applying the one or more discrepancies to directly refine the three-dimensional model.

19. The computer program product of claim 12 further comprising code for performing the step of applying the one or more discrepancies to refine a three-dimensional measurement from one or more of the first camera pose and the second camera pose to provide a refined measurement.

20. The computer program product of claim 19 further comprising code for performing the step of refining a camera path calculation for a camera path used to create the three-dimensional model using the refined measurement to provide a refined camera path.

21. The computer program product of claim 20 further comprising code for performing the step of using the refined camera path and the refined measurement to refine the three-dimensional model.

22. The computer program product of claim 12 wherein the three-dimensional model includes a point cloud or a polygonal mesh.