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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2005
Applicant:
Takeo Iwasaki, Nagoya, JP;
Inventor:
Takeo Iwasaki, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided a three-dimensional shape detecting device comprising: pattern beam projection means which projects a plurality of pattern beams including two pattern beams having different angular widths; image capturing means which captures an image of a subject onto which the pattern beams are projected, from a position a prescribed distance apart from the pattern beam projection means; and three-dimensional shape calculation means which calculates positions of the pattern beams projected on the subject based on the image captured by the image capturing means and thereby determines a three-dimensional shape of the subject.