INCORPORATING VIDEO META-DATA IN 3D MODELS

A moving object detected and tracked within a field of view environment of a two-dimensional data feed of a calibrated video camera is represented by a three-dimensional model through localizing a centroid of the object and determining an intersection with a ground-plane within the field of view environment. An appropriate three-dimensional mesh-based volumetric model for the object is initialized by using a back-projection of a corresponding two-dimensional image as a function of the centroid and the determined ground-plane intersection. A texture of the object is projected onto the three-dimensional model, and two-dimensional tracks of the object are upgraded to three-dimensional motion to drive a three-dimensional model.