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Generating 3D models by combining models from a video-based technique and data from a structured light technique

  • US 6,529,627 B1
  • Filed: 11/10/2000
  • Issued: 03/04/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for generating a 3D model of an object, the method comprising:

  • generating an initial 3D model of the object from a sequence of first images from an imager based on a calibration model of the imager, the object placed in reference to a platform, wherein the calibration model determines relationships between the imager and the platform;

    obtaining, respectively, 3D data of certain areas of the object from a sequence of second images taken by the imager when a structured light beam is swung across respectively the certain areas of the object; and

    deriving the 3D model by integrating the 3D data into the initial 3D model.

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