Generating a parallax free two and a half (2.5) dimensional point cloud using a high resolution image

A system comprising:

• one or more memories having computer readable instructions;
• and
• one or more processors for executing the computer readable instructions, the computer readable instructions controlling the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
• retrieving a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud of an environment and a two-dimensional (2D) image of the environment, the 3D point cloud comprising 3D points, the 2D image comprising pixels having resolution information;
• transforming the 3D point cloud to a coordinate system of the 2D image;
• and
• generating a two and a half dimension (2.5D) point cloud by creating 2.5D points, wherein the generating comprises providing the resolution information to 3D points in a field-of-view captured by the 2D image thereby creating the 2.5D points, the generating further comprising creating one or more of the 2.5D points between a given at least three of the 3D points.

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• retrieving a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud of an environment and a two-dimensional (2D) image of the environment, the 3D point cloud comprising 3D points, the 2D image comprising pixels having resolution information;
• transforming the 3D point cloud to a coordinate system of the 2D image;
• and
• generating a two and a half dimension (2.5D) point cloud by creating 2.5D points, wherein the generating comprises providing the resolution information to 3D points in a field-of-view captured by the 2D image thereby creating the 2.5D points, the generating further comprising creating one or more of the 2.5D points between a given at least three of the 3D points.