Steinbeis Research Center

Computer Graphics and Digitalization

Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 144
D-53113 Bonn
Phone:	0228-734201
Fax:	0228-734212
E-Mail:	SU0986(keenAffallpostatkeenAffallpost)stw.de

Data collection
- Capturing, processing and compression of the reflection functions of a variety of materials
  - BRDF
  - BTF
  - BSSRDF
  - Spectral effects
- Digital capturing, processing and compression of the emission characteristics of light sources
- Digital capturing, processing and compression of geometry
  - Photogrammetric
  - Laser scanning
- Fusion of geometry, texture and reflection characteristics
Material design
- Texture, BTF and geometry synthesis
- Shader programming
Visualization
- Processing and rendering of CAD data
  - Mesh repair algorithms
  - Mesh generation
  - Parameterization
  - Real-time tessellation (NURBS data)
  - Collision detection
- Photo-realistic rendering based on measured optical material parameters
  - Integration in VR applications (real-time)
  - High-end visualization
- Real-time processing of major data packages
  - Point clouds
  - Networks
  - Volume data
- Terrain rendering
  - LOD techniques for real-time visualization of records on any scale (out-of-core)
  - Model expansion, integration of terrestrial data
  - Integration of GIS systems
  - Segmentation and annotation
  - Navigation
- 3D interaction techniques
- Video-based hand tracking
- Automatic navigation support
Content-based searches
- Retrieval methods for 3D objects
- Partial 3D object matching

Cooperation project (BMWi) 2008-2010, in collaboration with the company RSS GmbH
Development of efficient processes for automating the reconstruction and visualization of high resolution 3D city models

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