November 2001

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Assembling Virtual Pots from 3D Measurements of their Fragments (Geometric Learning)

Presented by Andrew Willis

Division of Engineering, Brown University

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Table of contents

Assembling Virtual Pots from 3D Measurements of their Fragments (Geometric Learning)

Problem

Three Sherd Configuration for a contemporary (experimental ground-truth) pot

Typical Pot Sherds from Petra

How Mother Nature Generates Sherd Geometry

Literature Review

Parameter Estimation

Sherd Break Curve Data Extraction

Break Curve Matching

Good Curve Matches for a Pot

Incorrect Curve Matches for a Pot

Axis and Profile Curve Estimation

Petra Sherd Data

Reconstructed Surfaces and Data Profiles

Probabilistic Framework

Pot Assembly Search Algorithm

Additional Considerations

Conclusions

Author: Andrew Willis

E-mail: Andrew_Willis@brown.edu

Homepage: http://hendrix.lems.brown.edu/~arw