Patent ID: 8217993
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. Apparatus to capture three-dimensional images of a subject selected from the group consisting of an animate object, an inanimate object, a human, an animal, a biological mass or a portion of a subject, said apparatus comprising: a plurality of image capturing device groups, each of said groups comprising a plurality of image-capturing devices; a single support structure supporting said plurality of image capturing device groups in predetermined relationship to each other; said predetermined relationship defining a space; said support structure supporting said plurality of image capturing device groups in positions such that each said group is positioned to capture a group of first images of a corresponding surface portion of said subject disposed within said space, each said group of first images captured by the corresponding each of said image capturing device groups capturing a substantially different surface portion of said subject disposed within said space, each said group being disposed on said structure such that the totality of the surface of said subject within said space is captured.