Patent ID: 6434277
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
An image processing apparatus for generating, from a two-dimensional image, expanded images obtained by expanding, on a two-dimensional plane, a plurality of surfaces constituting a three-dimensional object displayed in said two-dimensional image, said image processing apparatus comprising:operating means for designating shape information on the shape of a surface among the surfaces constituting said three-dimensional object, and characteristic points in said two-dimensional image which are included in the surface; computing means for computing, based on the shape information and the characteristic points, a transform expression for transforming each surfaces constituting said three-dimensional object into each expanded image; transforming means for transforming, based on the transform expression, each of the surfaces constituting said three-dimensional object displayed in said two-dimensional image into one of the expanded images; and connecting means for generating a connected image by connecting the expanded images of the surfaces in accordance with connecting relationship among the surfaces.