Patent ID: 7034820

Claim:
A method for generating a three-dimensional model for use in reconstructing a three-dimensional image, the method comprising: a first step, of acquiring three-dimensional data relating to a shape of an object; a second step, of acquiring surface attribute data from image data relating to an appearance of the object, and the three-dimensional data; and a third step, of generating the three-dimensional model by integrating the three-dimensional data and the surface attribute data, wherein a user re-inputs at least one parameter used in the first step and the second step subsequent to one of the first step and the second step, and one of the first step and the second step is executed using at least one re-input parameter, wherein the first step and/or the second step is/are performed according to at least one parameter which is inputted after the first step and/or the second step, wherein the parameter includes at least one of the information to perform a regional division of a three-dimensional image, the information to indicate a specific portion of the three-dimensional image to determine the surface attribute of the object, the information to perform a regional division of the three-dimensional image according to the complexity of the object, the information to set a light source to illuminate the object and the information to specify the category of the surface attribute of the object.