Image projection method and image projection device for three-dimensional object for projection
A projection device viewpoint image of a three-dimensional projection target is acquired, a three-dimensional model corresponding to the projection target is prepared as projection contents, the three-dimensional model is converted into a two-dimensional image that coincides with the projection device viewpoint image, and the two-dimensional image that coincides with the projector viewpoint image is projected to the projection target.
1. An image projection method for projecting an image to a three-dimensional projection target, the method comprising:
acquiring a projection device viewpoint image that is generated from an image captured by a camera and that includes the three-dimensional projection target;
preparing a three-dimensional model corresponding to the projection target as projection contents;
converting the three-dimensional model into the two-dimensional image such that the three-dimensional model coincides with the three-dimensional projection target included in the projection device viewpoint image; and
projecting the two-dimensional image to the projection target.
2. The image projection method of claim 1 , wherein the converting of the three-dimensional model into the two-dimensional image that coincides with the projection device viewpoint image includes matching points on the three-dimensional model with corresponding points on the three-dimensional projection target included in the projection device viewpoint image.
3. The image projection method of claim 1 , wherein the acquiring of the projection device viewpoint image of the three-dimensional projection target includes using a spatial coding method using a projection device and an imaging device.
4. The image projection method of claim 3 , wherein the converting of the three-dimensional model into two-dimensional image that coincides with the projection device viewpoint image includes matching points on the three-dimensional projection target included in the three-dimensional model with points on the projection device viewpoint image.
5. The image projection method of claim 4 , wherein the points on the three-dimensional projection target included in the projection device viewpoint image corresponding to the points on the three-dimensional model are designated by feature point matching.
6. The image projection method of claim 4 , wherein a graphic user interface is used in order to match the points on the three-dimensional model with the corresponding points on the three-dimensional projection target included in the projection device viewpoint image.
7. The image projection method of claim 6 , wherein the points on the three-dimensional projection target included in the projection device viewpoint image corresponding to the points on the three-dimensional model are designated by an operator via the graphic user interface.
8. The image projection method of claim 6 , wherein the points on the three-dimensional projection target included in the projection device viewpoint image corresponding to the points on the three-dimensional model are designated by feature point matching.
9. The image projection method of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of two-dimensional images are generated by acquiring a plurality of projection device viewpoint images and converting the projection device viewpoint images such that the individual projection device viewpoint images and the three-dimensional model as the projection contents coincide with each other, and the plurality of two-dimensional images are projected to the projection target by respectively corresponding projectors.
10. The image projection method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a user input via a graphic user interface for coinciding the three-dimensional model with the three-dimensional projection target included in the projection device viewpoint image.
11. An image projection apparatus for projecting an image to a three-dimensional projection target, the apparatus comprising:
a calculator configured to
acquire a projection device viewpoint image that is generated by an image captured by a camera and that includes the three-dimensional projection target,
prepare a three-dimensional model corresponding to the projection target as projection contents, and
convert the three-dimensional model into the two-dimensional image such that the three-dimensional model coincides with the three-dimensional projection target included in the projection device viewpoint image; and
a projector configured to project the two-dimensional image to the projection target.
12. The image projection apparatus of claim 11 , wherein
the calculator configured to receive a user input via a graphic user interface for coinciding the three-dimensional model with the three-dimensional projection target included in the projection device viewpoint image.