Patent ID: 6633326
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
A device which captures three-dimensional object images, the device for capturing images three-dimensionally comprising:a rail (2) extending in the form of a loop around the three-dimensional object images of which are to be captured, an image pickup head (3) movable along the rail (2), a signal cable (8) interconnecting a head terminal (81) provided on the image pickup head (3) and a signal relay terminal (82) provided at a specified position relative to the rail (2), an auxiliary cable (83) interconnecting a head-side connecting point (85) provided on the image pickup head (3) and a rail-side connecting point (84) provided at specified position relative to the rail (2) and in the vicinity of the signal relay terminal (82), and a connecting member (9) movable along the rail (2) and having the signal cable (8) and the auxiliary cable (83) slidably reeved therearound for turning back the cables in directions opposite to each other, the signal cable (8) being provided along a path extending from the head terminal (81) in one direction along the rail (2), turned back on the connecting member (9) and extending along the rail (2) to the signal relay terminal (82), while the auxiliary cable (83) is provided along a path extending from the head-side connecting point (85) in the other direction opposite to said one direction along the rail (2), turned back on the connecting member (9) and extending along the rail (2) to the rail-side connecting point (84).