Abstract: The proposed algorithm uses the local bilateral filter function near the surface of the point model as the surface reconstruction function. The function value at a given position near the model surface can be computed directly by the bilateral filter function of the nearest K-neighbors. Compared with previous methods, this algorithm doesn’t need solve any linear system or non-linear equations and doesn’t need any internal or external support points. In addition, it can handle the noising data and preserve sharp features, since the function is based on a bilateral filter. Experiment results show that it can reconstruct high quality surfaces for complex 3D objects.

Key words: computer application, implicit surface reconstruction, bilateral filter, sampled point model