3D color reconstruction based on underwater RGB laser line scanning system

Laser line scanning (LLS) as an optical 3D survey method is recently used for underwater 3D imaging. This paper presents an approach for both 3D reconstruction and color restoration based on the LLS system. The system is set up with RGB laser scanning components for acquiring 3D data and color data at the same time. Direct calibration algorithms and RGB additive color model are involved for processing 3D color data. The experiment result shows that underwater targets can be feasibly 3D reconstructed with color texture simultaneously, at millimeter scales. (C) 2014 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.