Patent ID: 7986825

Claim:
A photographing apparatus comprising: a photographing section for photographing an object; a photographing position measurement section attached to the photographing section for obtaining photographing position information of the photographing section, the photographing position information being information indicating current position where the photographing section is going to photograph the object; an image data storage section for storing plural image data of the object with a known positional point; a model forming section for forming a three-dimensional model of the object using the image data stored in the image data storage section; a recognition section for recognizing an unmodeled part of the object based on the three-dimensional model; a photographing instruction information section for obtaining photographing instruction information related to photographing the unmodeled part; a model display section for displaying the three-dimensional model of the object as viewed from the current position, where the photographing section is going to photograph the object in accordance with the photographing instruction information obtained by the photographing instruction information section; a texture attaching section for dividing the three-dimensional model into plural areas, and attaching a texture of the object to each divided area based on a relationship between the each divided area and a photographing direction in which the photographing section is photographing; photographing position entry screen for graphically displaying the photographing instruction information obtained by the photographing instruction information section as superimposed over a plan view of an area containing, or over a stereo model of, the object; an entry section for designating a photographing position, where the photographing section is going to photograph the object, on the photographing position entry screen; and a display screen for object model for displaying the three-dimensional model of the object as viewed from the photographing position designated.