IMAGE PATTERN CREATION METHOD, CREATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To create an accurate image pattern for obtaining, from texture drawn on a surface of a real solid object, the identical texture through transfer to a solid object having the same shape feature.SOLUTION: An image pattern creation method includes the steps of applying a reference pattern to a first solid object having the same shape feature and the same scale as a solid object, acquiring three-dimensional information and texture information for the first solid object, acquiring three-dimensional information and texture information for a second solid object which has the same shape feature as the first solid object and with which texture is drawn on the surface thereof, acquiring image conversion information for converting corresponding points between the reference pattern and the texture information for the first solid object, acquiring three-dimensional coordinate transform information for performing transformation between the three-dimensional information for the first solid object and the three-dimensional information for the second solid object, and using the acquired information to produce an image pattern by projecting the texture information for the second solid object on a plane having the same two-dimensional coordinate system as the reference pattern.