Patent ID: 6040836
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A modelling method for creating a three-dimensional model of an object in a screen, comprising the steps of:positioning a two-dimensional image within a virtual three-dimensional space, the two-dimensional image corresponding to a real three-dimensional object;dividing said two-dimensional image into plural portions;positioning first and second existing models within a virtual three-dimensional space, the first and the second existing models corresponding to one and the other of said portions of said two-dimensional image;creating a first partial model and a second partial model by correcting said first and said second existing models so that a projection image of each of said first and said second existing models accords with each of said portions of said two-dimensional image; andcombining said first partial model and said second partial model so that projection images of said first partial model and said second partial model accord with the two-dimensional image of said real three-dimensional object.