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Object modeling system and process employing noise elimination and robust surface extraction techniques

  • US 6,476,803 B1
  • Filed: 01/06/2000
  • Issued: 11/05/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer-implemented process for modeling an object, comprising the actions of:

  • capturing images of the object that collectively depict all the object'"'"'s surfaces which are to be modeled;

    deriving a 3D reconstruction of a portion of the object'"'"'s surfaces from each of a plurality of sets of one or more of the images, said 3D reconstructions comprising a plurality of point locations corresponding to points on the object'"'"'s surfaces;

    registering each 3D reconstruction to a common coordinate system to produce an overall 3D reconstruction of the object'"'"'s surfaces;

    extracting a surface representation of the object from the overall 3D reconstruction; and

    creating a texture map for the surface representation of the object using the previously captured images of the object.

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