Method and system for acquiring a three-dimensional shape description

US6510244B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• K.U. Leuven Research & Development · BE

Inventors

• Marc Proesmans · Leuven, BE
• Luc Van Gool · Leuven, BE
• André J. J. Oosterlinck · Lovenjoel, BE
• Filip Pieter Defoort · Zwevegem, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 16, 1999
• Grant date: Jan 21, 2003
• Expiry date: Mar 16, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06V10/145
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Method for acquiring a three-dimensional shape or image of a scene, wherein a predetermined pattern of lines is projected onto the scene and the shape is acquired on the basis of relative distances between the lines and/or intersections of the lines of the pattern.