Establishing Base Elements of Perspective in Order to Reconstruct Architectural Buildings from Photographs

World Multidisciplinary Earth Sciences Symposium 2017

Dzwierzynska, Jolanta^1

Department of Architectural Design and Engineering Graphics, Rzeszow University of Technology, Poznanska 2, Rzeszow

35-084, Poland^1

关键词: Architectural buildings;    Architectural environment;    Camera calibration;    Geometric construction;    Geometrical analysis;    Perspective geometry;    Perspective projections;    Reconstruction process;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/95/3/032022/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/95/3/032022

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The use of perspective images, especially historical photographs for retrieving information about presented architectural environment is a fast developing field recently. The photography image is a perspective image with secure geometrical connection with reality, therefore it is possible to reverse this process. The aim of the herby study is establishing requirements which a photographic perspective representation should meet for a reconstruction purpose, as well as determination of base elements of perspective such as a horizon line and a circle of depth, which is a key issue in any reconstruction. The starting point in the reconstruction process is geometrical analysis of the photograph, especially determination of the kind of perspective projection applied, which is defined by the building location towards a projection plane. Next, proper constructions can be used. The paper addresses the problem of establishing base elements of perspective on the basis of the photograph image in the case when camera calibration is impossible to establish. It presents different geometric construction methods selected dependently on the starting assumptions. Therefore, the methods described in the paper seem to be universal. Moreover, they can be used even in the case of poor quality photographs with poor perspective geometry. Such constructions can be realized with computer aid when the photographs are in digital form as it is presented in the paper. The accuracy of the applied methods depends on the photography image accuracy, as well as drawing accuracy, however, it is sufficient for further reconstruction. Establishing base elements of perspective presented in the paper is especially useful in difficult cases of reconstruction, when one lacks information about reconstructed architectural form and it is necessary to lean on solid geometry.