THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL CONSTITUTION DEVICE USING SUCCESSIVE SILHOUETTE IMAGE

PURPOSE:To provide a three-dimensional model constitution device which uses successive silhouette images and constitutes a three-dimensional model with the successive silhouette images of an object body on a turntable under normal lighting conditions. CONSTITUTION:Images of the object body 5 rotating on the turntable 4 are successively picked up by a camera 7, and an image processing computer extracts the silhouette images of the object body from the picked-up images, and measures the horizontal distance to the vertical axis of rotation from the silhouette images. A graphic computer 10 generates the three-dimensional model according to the horizontal distance and angle of rotation, extracts only image data on the vertical line positioned on the axis of rotation of the successively picked-up images, and displays the extracted images on the three-dimensional model display device 11.