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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2002
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Images of a reference object for detecting each camera position are captured by cameras and the relative position between the cameras and is obtained by using the captured images. Then, a target is placed on a turntable onto which reference marks for detecting position are formed, and while the turntable is rotated, images are captured by the cameras and . Based on the reference marks on the turntable , the positional relationship between the camera and the target is determined, and, based on the relative position of the cameras and , the positional relationship between the target and the camera is determined. A three-dimensional model of the target is produced based on the images captured by the cameras and . In this manner, a target of relatively large size is easily three-dimensionally modeled.