Patent ID: 8559702
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: G01C,G06T

Abstract:
1. A photographing apparatus comprising: a photographing section for photographing an object; a photographing position designating section for allowing designation of a photographing position of the photographing section; an image data storage section for storing plural image data of the object with a known positional point; a model forming section for forming a three-dimensional model of the object using the image data stored in the image data storage section; a model display section for displaying, for the three-dimensional model of the object formed by the model forming section, a three-dimensional model image of the object as viewed from the designated photographing position of the photographing section based on the image data stored in the image data storage section and the photographing position designated by the photographing position designating section, a recognition section for recognizing an unmodeled part of the object based on the three-dimensional model formed by the model forming section; a photographing instruction information section for obtaining photographing instruction information related to photographing the unmodeled part; a photographing position entry screen for graphically displaying the photographing instruction information obtained by the photographing instruction information section as superimposed over a plan view of an area containing, or over a stereo model of, the object; and a display screen for object model for displaying the three-dimensional model of the object as viewed from a photographing position designated, wherein the photographing position where the photographing section is going to photograph the object, is designated on the photographing position entry screen using the photographing position.