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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2005
Applicants:
Daichi Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Teruyuki Nakahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Kawamura, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Daichi Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Teruyuki Nakahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Kawamura, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus for generating a three-dimensional model of a three-dimensional object from an image displaying the object in two dimensions includes a three-dimensional model generator operable to generate the three-dimensional model of the object from the image, and an extender operable to extend a lateral region of the three-dimensional model in a depth direction orthogonal to the two dimensions.