Patent ID: 6381346
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: G06K,G06T

Abstract:
A method for generating an image using a memory unit, a processor and a display, wherein the method comprises the following steps:(a) storing in the memory unit image feature part shapes, wherein the stored image feature part shapes are three-dimensional surface images of image parts; (b) assigning a feature code to each image feature part shape; (c) analyzing with the processor a first image to determine the image feature part shapes selected from memory that best match the first image; (d) identifying the feature codes for the image features part shapes that match the first image; (e) storing in memory the feature codes for the first image that was identified in step (d); (f) generating, using the processor, a second image from a three-dimensional assembly of the image feature part shapes stored in step (a) that correspond to the feature codes identified for the first image in step (d); (g) showing the second image generated in step (f) on the display; (h) storing in a memory unit a listing of image codes comprised of a set of feature codes where each image code corresponds to a particular image; (i) matching the feature codes identified in step (d) to at least one of the image codes stored in step (h); (j) generating a third image corresponding to the at least one image code matched in step (i) from an assembly of the image feature shapes, and (k) comparing the third image generated in step (j) to the second image generated in step (f).