Patent ID: 8823775
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: A61B,G01B,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining a front image data set based on stereoscopically imaging a front-side of a subject using first and second front-side digital cameras collectively positioned in a first static position; projecting a front visual pattern on the front-side of the subject to create a front artificial texture using a front projector; determining a back image data set based on stereoscopically imaging a back-side of the subject using first and second back-side digital cameras collectively positioned in a second static position; projecting a back visual pattern on the back-side of the subject to create a back artificial texture using a back projector; determining a mesh, which fills at least a portion of a non-imaged occlusion between the front and back image data sets, based on the front and back image data sets; optimizing a disparity map based on and determining a three-dimensional whole body surface image, without repositioning any of the front-side or back-side cameras from the first and second static positions, based on the (a) mesh, (b) front and back artificial textures, (c) the front and back image data sets; and (d) the optimized disparity map.