Patent ID: 7162075
Filing Date: 2007-01-09
Classification: B33Y,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for capturing three-dimensional images of objects, said method comprising: providing a plurality of image capturing device groups, each of said groups comprising at least one image-capturing device; positioning said plurality of image capturing device groups to define a space wherein an object may be disposed and the object being movable within said space; further positioning said plurality of image capturing device groups such that each group is positioned to capture a group of first images of a corresponding surface portion of the object disposed within said space, each said group of first images captured by the corresponding each of said image capturing groups capturing a substantially different surface portion of the object disposed within said space; operating said plurality of image capturing device groups to capture first images of the object in said space without constraining the object, such that a plurality of said groups of first images includes the entirety of the object within and including the top of said object; providing processing apparatus to process said plurality of said groups of first images to provide a three-dimensional image of the entirety of said object within said space.