PTK: A novel depth buffer-based shape descriptor for three-dimensional object retrieval

  • Authors:
  • Geogios Passalis;Theoharis Theoharis;Ioannis A. Kakadiaris

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Athens, Computer Graphics Group, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, 15784, Ilisia, Greece;University of Athens, Computer Graphics Group, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, 15784, Ilisia, Greece;University of Houston, Computational Biomedicine Lab, Department of Computer Science, 77204, Houston, TX, USA

  • Venue:
  • The Visual Computer: International Journal of Computer Graphics
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

The increase in availability and use of digital three-dimensional (3D) synthetic or scanned objects, makes the availability of basic database operations, such as retrieval, necessary. Retrieval methods are based on the extraction of a compact shape descriptor; the challenge is to design a shape descriptor that describes the original object in sufficient detail to make accurate 3D object retrieval possible. Building on previous work, this paper proposes a novel depth buffer-based shape descriptor (called PTK) that encompasses symmetry, eigenvalue-related weighting and an object thickness related measure to provide an accuracy surpassing previous state-of-the-art methods. An evaluation of the novel method’s parameters and a direct comparison to other approaches are carried out using publicly available and widely used databases.