A probabilistic framework for next best view estimation in a cluttered environment

  • Authors:
  • Christian Potthast;Gaurav S. Sukhatme

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation
  • Year:
  • 2014

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Abstract

In this article, we present an information gain-based variant of the next best view problem for occluded environment. Our proposed method utilizes a belief model of the unobserved space to estimate the expected information gain of each possible viewpoint. More precise, this belief model allows a more precise estimation of the visibility of occluded space and with that a more accurate prediction of the potential information gain of new viewing positions. We present experimental evaluation on a robotic platform for active data acquisition, however due to the generality of our approach it also applies to a wide variety of 3D reconstruction problems. With the evaluation done in simulation and on a real robotic platform, exploring and acquiring data from different environments we demonstrate the generality and usefulness of our approach for next best view estimation and autonomous data acquisition.