View-dependent Transmission of Three-dimensional Mesh Models Using Hierarchical Partitioning

In this paper, we propose a new scheme for sending three-dimensional (3-D) mesh models. In order to make a viewdependent representation of 3-D mesh models, we combine sequential and progressive mesh transmission techniques. After we partition a 3-D mesh model into a hierarchical tree, we determine the amount of information for each submesh. Then, we can send the 3-D model information by view-dependent selection with mesh merging and splitting operations. Experimental results have demonstrated that the proposed scheme can send mesh information adaptively through mesh merging and splitting operations and provides good visual quality in a limited bandwidth channel.