Patent ID: 7433502
Filing Date: 2008-10-07
Classification: A43D,A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for three-dimensional, digitized sensing of the spatial shape of bodies or body parts, comprising the steps of: covering the body, the body part or the body parts to be digitized with an elastic, tight-fitting cover which comprises high-contrast marks that are photogrammetrically analyzable, placing the body, the body part or the body parts onto a support which is also provided with marks that are photogrammetrically analyzable, mechanically moving at least one imaging sensor around the body, the body part or the body parts on a fixed path in space, taking image shots of the body, body part or body parts in successive shooting positions, whose image cutouts partially overlap each other, at least one said image is taken which covers both the body, the body part or the body parts and, simultaneously, a plurality of the marks of the support that are photogrammetrically analyzable, and evaluating in these image shots both the marks of the support and the marks on the tight-fitting cover by methods of photogrammetry and digital image processing and pattern recognition, such that the precise shooting positions in space of the imaging sensor and the precise space coordinates of the photographed body, the body part or the body parts are determined.