CSAR Noon Seminar

Eric Shaffer, UIUC/CS

DATE: Wednesday, May 4, 2005
TIME: 12:00 Noon
PLACE: 2240 DCL
1304 W. Springfield Ave., Urbana, IL

TITLE: Smoothing Large Meshes

ABSTRACT

Surface data acquired through range scanning typically requires smoothing to remove measurement noise. We present a novel smoothing algorithm based on the method of moving least squares (MLS). The algorithm allows control over the degree of smoothing, is non-iterative, and is suitable for use on either point sets or meshes. In addition to being simple to implement, the algorithm offers greater scalability than previously proposed smoothing algorithms, allowing it to smooth surfaces efficiently with point counts in the hundreds of millions.