Patent Document ID: 5511153
Application ID: 08183142
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of generating, from a multiple-frame video recording of an object, geometrically specified digital pixelmaps that collectively represent a three-dimensional model of the object, the method comprising the steps of: a. digitizing each frame of the video recording into a pixelmap; b. selecting at least seven object features from a first digitized video frame; c. tracking the features among a plurality of digitized video frames to determine changes in the relative distances therebetween; d. based on changes in the relative distances, recursively estimating a plurality of unknown parameters including camera focal length, camera translation, camera rotation, and spatial locations of the tracked features; e. based on the estimated parameters, defining spatial vectors that specify the spatial locations of object details depicted by each pixel of a plurality of digitized video frames; and f. based on the spatial vectors, mapping each pixel from the plurality of digitized video frames to pixel locations within a plurality of final pixelmaps that collectively define a digital representation of the object.