Image processing apparatus
US6980690B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 24, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 27, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30244
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A 3-D model of an object is created by processing images taken from a series of camera positions. An initial sequence of the images is processed to define respective image co-ordinates of matching features to generate a set of model data defining model points in a 3-D space of the model and to obtain respective camera solutions representative of positions and orientations of virtual cameras in the 3-D space defining views of the model corresponding to the images. A new image is added to the sequence and processed to obtain a camera solution for a corresponding new virtual camera for use in generating further model data.
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