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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1997
Atsushi Marugame, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processor comprising an image pickup portion to take in an image of an object, a reference point extracting portion that extracts a reference point to be used in object extraction from images taken by the image pickup portion,a corresponding point detecting portion that detects a corresponding point in other images, a three dimensional coordinates value calculating portion that calculates a three dimensional coordinates value of an object by using the absolute position and posture parameters calculated by using image of a reference solid and coordinates values of reference point and corresponding point, a contour point extracting portion that extracts a contour point to show contour of an object on the basis of coordinate values of reference point and three dimensional coordinate values, and an object display control portion that extracts an image of the object from images photographed by the image pickup portion based on coordinates value of contour point and displays it on a display device.