Patent ID: 7027641
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: G01S

Abstract:
1. A three-dimensional shape measuring system comprising: a measuring section for measuring a three-dimensional shape of an object by scanning the object; a display section for displaying information about an area where the scanning has been completed by the measuring section in accordance with a progress of the scanning; and an imaging section for taking a two-dimensional image of the object, wherein the display section displays information about an area where the scanning has been completed by the measuring section in accordance with a progress of the scanning by displaying the two-dimensional image of the object and identifiably showing an area of the two-dimensional image where the scanning has already completed as well as an area where the scanning has not completed yet, and the display section displays all the measuring points prior to the scanning by superimposing visual indicators of the points on the two-dimensional image, and displays a progress status of the scanning along with the progress of the scanning by changing the display state of the measuring points that were displayed in advance.