Patent ID: 11941763
Assignee: SQUARE ENIX LIMITED
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A method of controlling a model creation apparatus which is configured to create a 3D model representing an appearance of a target, the method comprising:
registering information of article types in a server;
obtaining a captured image of the target by an image sensor;
determining based on the captured image whether the target is an article of a pre-registered type of the article types registered in the server;
creating a 3D model of the target included in the captured image, if the target is of the pre-registered type of the article types registered; and
providing the 3D model of the target created,
wherein if the at least one processor determines that the target included in the captured image is a movable figure including a plurality of movable portions and being capable of changing a pose thereof at the movable portions, and the target is not being continuously moved by a user in a real world, creating the 3D model of the target comprises:
analyzing the captured image to specify the movable portions of the movable figure based on the captured image;
analyzing the captured image to specify a state of each of the specified movable portions of the movable figured included in the captured image;
setting, to the 3D model, a joint set at a portion corresponding to each of the specified movable portions of the movable figure; and
changing a state value of each joint of the 3D model based on the specified state of each of the specified movable portions.