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Signed distance fields (SDFs) are a form of surface representation widely used in computer graphics, having applications in rendering, collision detection and modelling. In interactive media such as games, high-resolution SDFs are commonly…

Graphics · Computer Science 2022-10-13 Yu Wei Tan , Nicholas Chua , Clarence Koh , Anand Bhojan

Neural signed distance functions (SDFs) are emerging as an effective representation for 3D shapes. State-of-the-art methods typically encode the SDF with a large, fixed-size neural network to approximate complex shapes with implicit…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-01-27 Towaki Takikawa , Joey Litalien , Kangxue Yin , Karsten Kreis , Charles Loop , Derek Nowrouzezahrai , Alec Jacobson , Morgan McGuire , Sanja Fidler

We present a novel deep learning-based approach to the 3D reconstruction of clothed humans using weak supervision via 2D normal maps. Given a single RGB image or multiview images, our network infers a signed distance function (SDF)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-28 Jane Wu , Diego Thomas , Ronald Fedkiw

Due to the unique characteristics of underwater environments, accurate 3D reconstruction of underwater objects poses a challenging problem in tasks such as underwater exploration and mapping. Traditional methods that rely on multiple sensor…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-11 Zeyu Chen , Jingyi Tang , Gu Wang , Shengquan Li , Xinghui Li , Xiangyang Ji , Xiu Li

3D geometric shape completion hinges on representation learning and a deep understanding of geometric data. Without profound insights into the three-dimensional nature of the data, this task remains unattainable. Our work addresses this…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-11 Faezeh Zakeri , Raphael Braun , Lukas Ruppert , Henrik P. A. Lensch

Implicit representations of geometry, such as occupancy fields or signed distance fields (SDF), have recently re-gained popularity in encoding 3D solid shape in a functional form. In this work, we introduce medial fields: a field function…

Graphics · Computer Science 2021-06-08 Daniel Rebain , Ke Li , Vincent Sitzmann , Soroosh Yazdani , Kwang Moo Yi , Andrea Tagliasacchi

This paper proposes a deep-learning-based method for recovering a signed distance function (SDF) of a given hypersurface represented by an implicit level set function. Using the flexibility of constructing a neural network, we use an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-16 Yesom Park , Chang hoon Song , Jooyoung Hahn , Myungjoo Kang

We investigate the generalization capabilities of neural signed distance functions (SDFs) for learning 3D object representations for unseen and unlabeled point clouds. Existing methods can fit SDFs to a handful of object classes and boast…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-10-06 Gene Chou , Ilya Chugunov , Felix Heide

Our work aims to reconstruct hand-held objects given a single RGB image. In contrast to prior works that typically assume known 3D templates and reduce the problem to 3D pose estimation, our work reconstructs generic hand-held object…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-04-15 Yufei Ye , Abhinav Gupta , Shubham Tulsiani

Neural implicit reconstruction via volume rendering has demonstrated its effectiveness in recovering dense 3D surfaces. However, it is non-trivial to simultaneously recover meticulous geometry and preserve smoothness across regions with…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-09 Ziyu Tang , Weicai Ye , Yifan Wang , Di Huang , Hujun Bao , Tong He , Guofeng Zhang

Surface reconstruction from multi-view images is a core challenge in 3D vision. Recent studies have explored signed distance fields (SDF) within Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) to achieve high-fidelity surface reconstructions. However, these…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-23 Baixin Xu , Jiangbei Hu , Jiaze Li , Ying He

Implicit Neural Representations have gained prominence as a powerful framework for capturing complex data modalities, encompassing a wide range from 3D shapes to images and audio. Within the realm of 3D shape representation, Neural Signed…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-28 Amine Ouasfi , Adnane Boukhayma

Neural Signed Distance Functions (SDFs) excel at reconstructing watertight manifolds but fail on thin structures and open boundaries due to strict inside--outside constraints. Conversely, Unsigned Distance Fields (UDFs) accommodate general…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Jiayi Kong , Xuhui Chen , Chen Zong , Fei Hou , Junhui Hou , Wenping Wang , Ying He

Multi-view surface reconstruction is an ill-posed, inverse problem in 3D vision research. It involves modeling the geometry and appearance with appropriate surface representations. Most of the existing methods rely either on explicit…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-09 Zhangjin Huang , Zhihao Liang , Haojie Zhang , Yangkai Lin , Kui Jia

3D point cloud anomaly detection is essential for robust vision systems but is challenged by pose variations and complex geometric anomalies. Existing patch-based methods often suffer from geometric fidelity issues due to discrete…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-18 Bozhong Zheng , Jinye Gan , Xiaohao Xu , Xintao Chen , Wenqiao Li , Xiaonan Huang , Na Ni , Yingna Wu

Active 3D measurement, especially structured light (SL) has been widely used in various fields for its robustness against textureless or equivalent surfaces by low light illumination. In addition, reconstruction of large scenes by moving…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Kazuto Ichimaru , Diego Thomas , Takafumi Iwaguchi , Hiroshi Kawasaki

Fine-detailed reconstructions are in high demand in many applications. However, most of the existing RGB-D reconstruction methods rely on pre-calculated accurate camera poses to recover the detailed surface geometry, where the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-10-25 Lu Sang , Bjoern Haefner , Xingxing Zuo , Daniel Cremers

It is vital to infer a signed distance function (SDF) in multi-view based surface reconstruction. 3D Gaussian splatting (3DGS) provides a novel perspective for volume rendering, and shows advantages in rendering efficiency and quality.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-21 Wenyuan Zhang , Yu-Shen Liu , Zhizhong Han

Accurate and compact representation of signed distance functions (SDFs) of implicit surfaces is crucial for efficient storage, computation, and downstream processing of 3D geometry. In this work, we propose a general learning method for…

Graphics · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Bobo Lian , Zidong Wang , Dandan Wang , Chenjian Wu , Minxin Chen

We present a novel framework for motion planning in dynamic environments that accounts for the predicted trajectories of moving objects in the scene. We explore the use of composite signed-distance fields in motion planning and detail how…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-02-08 Mark Nicholas Finean , Wolfgang Merkt , Ioannis Havoutis