Systems and methods for generating a three-dimensional reconstruction of a foot
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a scanning device comprising a support base, a pressure panel disposed on an upper surface of the support base, and a plurality of cameras distributed around an outer perimeter of the support base.
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a processing device, a two-dimensional pressure map of an individual's foot; receiving, by the processing device, a plurality of images of the individual's foot; and computing a three-dimensional reconstruction of the individual's foot in a form of a smooth three-dimensional surface comprising an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the upper portion is computed based on the plurality of images by utilizing a partial differential equation (PDE) to evolve a surface representative of the individual's foot using depth data from the plurality of images by minimizing a fitting score;
and wherein the lower portion is computed based on the two-dimensional pressure map to account for an underside of the individual's foot that is not visible in the plurality of images by applying a penalty to the fitting score based on a mismatch between a boundary of the two-dimensional pressure map and a boundary of the surface.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PDE is a gradient descent PDT that is discretized using finite differences according to a selected three-dimensional grid resolution for the surface representative of the individual's foot.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: causing a pressure panel to capture a series of two-dimensional pressure maps of the individual's foot as the individual steps onto and/or off of the pressure panel.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: generating data descriptive of an orthotic device based on the three-dimensional reconstruction of the individual's foot; and transmitting the data descriptive of the orthotic device to a manufacturing device to fabricate the orthotic device.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the two-dimensional pressure map is received from a pressure panel that is operatively coupled to the processing device, and wherein the plurality of images are captured while the individual is standing on the pressure panel.
6. A system comprising: one or more memory devices; a processing device operatively coupled to the one or more memory devices, wherein the processing device is configured to: receive and store in the one or more memory devices a two-dimensional pressure map of an individual's foot; receive and store in the one or more memory devices a plurality of images of the individual's foot; compute a three-dimensional reconstruction of the individual's foot in a form of a smooth three-dimensional surface comprising an upper portion and a lower portion; utilize a partial differential equation (PDE) to evolve a surface representative of the individual's foot using depth data from the plurality of images by minimizing a fitting score, wherein the upper portion is computed based on the plurality of images, and wherein the lower portion is computed based on the two-dimensional pressure map to account for an underside of the individual's foot that is not visible in the plurality of images by applying a penalty to the fitting score based on a mismatch between a boundary of the two-dimensional pressure map and a boundary of the surface.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the PDE is a gradient descent PDT that is discretized using finite differences according to a selected three-dimensional grid resolution for the surface representative of the individual's foot.
8. The system of claim 6 , wherein to compute the three-dimensional reconstruction of the individual's foot, the processing device is further configured to: apply a penalty to the fitting score based on a mismatch between a boundary of the two-dimensional pressure map and a boundary of the surface.
9. The system of claim 6 , wherein the processing device is further configured to: cause a pressure panel to capture a series of two-dimensional pressure maps of the individual's foot as the individual steps onto and/or off of the pressure panel.
10. The system of claim 6 , wherein the processing device is further configured to: generate data descriptive of an orthotic device based on the three-dimensional reconstruction of the individual's foot; and transmit the data descriptive of the orthotic device to a manufacturing device to fabricate the orthotic device.
11. The system of claim 6 , further comprising: a pressure panel; and a plurality of cameras, wherein the processing device is further configured to: cause the pressure panel to capture the two-dimensional pressure map; and cause the plurality of cameras to capture the plurality of images while the individual is standing on the pressure panel.
12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions encoded thereon that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to: receive a two-dimensional pressure map of an individual's foot; receive a plurality of images of the individual's foot; compute a three-dimensional reconstruction of the individual's foot in a form of a smooth three-dimensional surface comprising an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the upper portion is computed based on the plurality of images, utilize a partial differential equation (PDE) to evolve a surface representative of the individual's foot using depth data from the plurality of images by minimizing a fitting score;
and wherein the lower portion is computed based on the two-dimensional pressure map to account for an underside of the individual's foot that is not visible in the plurality of images by applying a penalty to the fitting score based on a mismatch between a boundary of the two-dimensional pressure map and a boundary of the surface.
13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the PDE is a gradient descent PDT that is discretized using finite differences according to a selected three-dimensional grid resolution for the surface representative of the individual's foot.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein to compute the three-dimensional reconstruction of the individual's foot, the instructions further cause the processing device to: apply a penalty to the fitting score based on a mismatch between a boundary of the two-dimensional pressure map and a boundary of the surface.
15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the processing device is further configured to: cause a pressure panel to capture a series of two-dimensional pressure maps of the individual's foot as the individual steps onto and/or off of the pressure panel.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the instructions further cause the processing device to: generate data descriptive of an orthotic device based on the three-dimensional reconstruction of the individual's foot; and transmit the data descriptive of the orthotic device to a manufacturing device to fabricate the orthotic device.