Patent ID: 6169817
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A method for producing an interactive virtual reality replica of an object, comprising the steps of: (a) forming a sequence of images of an object, the images being separated from one another in time, and each of the images comprising a plurality of image elements; (b) dividing one of said images of said sequence of images into regions, each of said regions corresponding to a component of said object, by (i) estimating local statistical properties for said image in each of said image elements in the image and (ii) Joining said image elements into said regions in accordance with similarities among said local statistical 410 properties of said image elements; and (c) defining said regions in all of said images by (i) providing a database of characteristics of the components of said object, (ii) estimating a movement of each of said regions in accordance with said database, and (iii) determining locations of said regions in all of said images in accordance with said movement.