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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2016
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Hyun Kang, Daejeon, KR;
Jae-Hean Kim, Sejong, KR;
Chang-Joon Park, Daejeon, KR;
Jin-Sung Choi, Daejeon, KR;
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
A 3D scanning apparatus and method using lighting based on a smart phone. The 3D scanning apparatus includes: an image capturing unit for capturing the image of a 3D object using a camera and a lighting apparatus installed in a terminal; an image processing unit for generating a color-enhanced image corresponding to the light emitted by the lighting apparatus; and a scanning unit for scanning the 3D object in 3D by extracting a scan area from the color-enhanced image based on the light and by extracting position information corresponding to the scan area.