US Patent 8401276 3-D reconstruction and registration

Generating three-dimensional information can include accessing multiple different images of an object taken by one or more cameras; selecting one of the accessed images as a reference image; identifying corresponding features between the reference image and one or more different ones of the accessed images; determining first camera pose information for each accessed image based on one or more of the corresponding features, each first camera pose information indicative of a relationship between an imaging device and the object; determining a first three-dimensional structure of the object based on first camera pose information of two of the accessed images; and generating a second three-dimensional structure and a second camera pose information for each accessed image based on the first three-dimensional structure and the first camera pose information for each accessed image.