Device and method for obtaining appearance information
US7397565B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 14, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00215
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device has first and second units that lights an object at first or second incident angles; a unit that generates image signals according to the intensity of the received light; units that guides diffusely and specularly reflected light from the object to the image-input unit; units that generates glossiness information, and texture information for the object, and image data based on image signals generated; a unit that generates and outputs the image data from glossiness information, texture information, and image data.
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