Abstract In this thesis, we study the problem of static and dynamic multiview reconstruction and texturing, particularly focusing on real applications. First, we propose three reconstruction methods sharing the objective of estimating a representation of a static/dynamic scene from a set of multiple images/videos. Then, we consider the problem of multi-view texturing, focusing on the visual cor...

Automated 3D modeling of building interiors is used in applications such as virtual reality and environment mapping. Texturing these models allows for photo-realistic visualizations of the data collected by such modeling systems. While data acquisition times for mobile mapping systems are considerably shorter than for static ones, their recovered camera poses often suffer from inaccuracies, res...

The friction coefficient is an important parameter in designing magnetic tape transports. We have introduced laser surface texturing to reduce the friction coefficient between guides and magnetic tape. The surface features enhance the formation of an air bearing and hence, reduce the friction coefficient. INTRODUCTION Lateral tape motion (LTM) is defined as the time-dependent motion of the tape...

This paper presents a complete system for scanning the geometry and surface color of a 3D object and for displaying realistic images of the object from arbitrary viewpoints. A stereo system with active light produces several views of dense range and color data. The data is registered and a surface that approximates the data is constructed. The surface estimate can be fairly coarse, as the appea...

Understanding the influence of surface properties (roughness, grooves, discrete textures/dimples) on the performance of hydrodynamically lubricated contacts has been the aim of numerous studies. A variety of different numerical models have been employed by many researchers in order to find optimal texturing parameters (shape, size, distribution) for best performance enhancement in terms of load...

Understanding the influence of surface properties (roughness, grooves, discrete textures/dimples) on the performance of hydrodynamically lubricated contacts has been the aim of numerous studies. A variety of different numerical models have been employed by many researchers in order to find optimal texturing parameters (shape, size, distribution) for best performance enhancement in terms of load...

A maskless plasma textu~ring technique using Reactive Ion Etching for silicon solar cells results in a very low reflectance of 5.4 % before and 3.9 % after SiN deposition. A detailed study of surface recombination and emitter properties was made, then solar cells were fabricated using the DOSS solar cell process. Different plasmadamage removal treatments are tested to optimize low lifetime sola...