Patent ID: 6847371
Filing Date: 2005-01-25
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A texture information assignment method for a shape model comprising the steps of: describing a shape of an object of interest as a shape model by a set of a plurality of three-dimensional shape constituent elements; and assigning texture information for said shape model to each said three-dimensional shape constituent element on the basis of a plurality of object image information captured by shooting said object of interest from different viewpoints, according to both a texture information amount for said three-dimensional shape constituent element of said each object image information and texture continuity between said three-dimensional shape constituent elements, wherein said step of assigning texture information comprises the step of assigning texture information for said shape model from said object image information corresponding to each said three-dimensional shape constituent element so as to minimize an evaluation function that decreases in accordance with increase of said texture information amount and that decreases in accordance with improvement in the texture continuity between said three-dimensional shape constituent elements.