We present a recording scheme, image formation model and reconstruction method that enables image-based modeling of flowing bodies of water from multi-video input data. The recorded water is dyed with a fluorescent chemical to measure the thickness of a column of water, which leads to an image formation model based on integrated emissivities along a viewing ray. This model allows for a photo-consistency based error measure for a weighted minimal surface, which is recovered using a PDE obtained from the Euler-Lagrangian formulation of the problem. The resulting equation is solved using the level set method.
Citation:
Ivo Ihrke, Bastian Goldluecke, Marcus Magnor, "Reconstructing the Geometry of Flowing Water," iccv, vol. 2, pp.1055-1060, Tenth IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV'05) Volume 2, 2005