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PolyLayout method estimates multi-room Manhattan layouts using joint polygon optimization

Researchers have introduced PolyLayout, a novel method for estimating multi-room Manhattan layouts from imagery. This approach parameterizes room layouts as 3D polygons and optimizes them jointly, leveraging shared building structures like dominant directions and ground planes. Unlike previous methods that often rely on restrictive geometric assumptions or generalize poorly, PolyLayout separates learned scoring from explicit geometry, enhancing its adaptability to new datasets and camera parameters. The system iteratively refines polygon topology through wall split and merge operations, outperforming existing techniques on new multi-view, multi-room layout benchmarks. AI

IMPACT This research advances indoor scene understanding by improving the accuracy and robustness of multi-room layout estimation.

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PolyLayout method estimates multi-room Manhattan layouts using joint polygon optimization

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Gustav Hanning, Shaohui Liu, R\'emi Pautrat, Marc Pollefeys, Kalle {\AA}str\"om, Viktor Larsson ·

    PolyLayout: Multi-room Manhattan Layout Estimation

    arXiv:2608.03323v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Estimating room layouts from multi-view imagery is a core task for indoor scene understanding. Existing methods are typically limited either by poor generalization to new datasets or restrictive geometric assumptions of the room sha…