We present an approach to creating 3D models of objects depicted in
Web images, even when each object may only be shown in a single image.
Our approach uses a comparatively small collection of existing 3D
models to guide the reconstruction process. These existing shapes are
used to derive information about shape structure. Our guiding idea is
to jointly analyze the images and the available 3D models. Joint
analysis of all images along with the available shapes regularizes the
formulated optimization problems, stabilizes estimation of camera
parameters and construction of dense pixel-level correspondences, and
leads to reasonable reproduction of object appearance in the absence
of traditional multi-view cues. Joint work with Qixing Huang and Hai
Wang.