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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2005
Nobuo Kochi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Otani, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuharu Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Tadayuki Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuo Kochi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Otani, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuharu Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Tadayuki Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Topcon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a model forming apparatus that can simply and efficiently form a three-dimensional model of an object using previously obtained three-dimensional model data of the object as a starting point. The apparatus comprises a photographing sectionfor photographing an object, an image data storage sectionfor storing three-dimensional model data of the object, a display sectionfor displaying a three-dimensional model based on the three-dimensional model data of the object, a recognition sectionfor recognizing an unmodeled part of the objectbased on the three-dimensional model data stored in the image data storage section, and a photographing instruction information sectionfor obtaining photographing instruction information related to photographing the unmodeled part. The photographing sectionphotographs the objectin accordance with the photographing instruction information obtained by the photographing instruction information section