Patent Document ID: 20040179728
Application ID: 10385307
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
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.