Exploiting the PANORAMA representation for convolutional neural network classification and retrieval

A novel 3D model classification and retrieval method, based on the PANORAMA representation and Convolutional Neural Networks, is presented. Initially, the 3D models are pose normalized using the SYMPAN method and consecutively the PANORAMA representation is extracted and used to train a convolutional neural network. The training is based on an augmented view of the extracted panoramic representation views. The proposed method is tested in terms of classification and retrieval accuracy on standard large scale datasets.