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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1997
Katsumi Iijima, Hachioji, JP;
Shigeki Okauchi, Kodaira, JP;
Masakazu Matsugu, Chiba, JP;
Masayoshi Sekine, Tokyo, JP;
Kotaro Yano, Yokohama, JP;
Sunao Kurahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Tatsushi Katayama, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhiko Mori, Kawasaki, JP;
Motohiro Ishikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A three-dimensional information processing apparatus for obtaining three-dimensional information from an object having a three-dimensional shape, and performing predetermined information processing, comprises: a camera for sensing images of the object from a plurality of coordinate positions using an image sensing system having one or a plurality of optical systems. A plurality of depth information are extracted from image sensing related information sensed by the camera at the plurality of coordinate positions, and the plurality of extracted depth information are converted and unified into depth information expressed by a unified coordinate system.