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US 12,249,027 · App. 17/746,190 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Three-dimensional model generation method, information processing device, and medium

Inventors: Toru Matsunobu (Osaka, JP); Satoshi Yoshikawa (Hyogo, JP); Masaki Fukuda (Osaka, JP); Kensho Teranishi (Osaka, JP); Pradit Mittrapiyanuruk (Singapore, SG); Keng Liang Loi (Singapore, SG); Pongsak Lasang (Singapore, SG)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,249,027
App. No.
17/746,190
Filed
May 17, 2022
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2612
USPC
345/427
Abstract

A three-dimensional model generation method executed by an information processing device includes: obtaining a first three-dimensional model from a measuring device that emits an electromagnetic wave and obtains a reflected wave which is the electromagnetic wave reflected by a measurement target to thereby generate a first three-dimensional model including first position information indicating first three-dimensional positions in the measurement target; obtaining a multi-viewpoint image generated by one or more cameras shooting the measurement target from different positions; and generating a second three-dimensional model by enhancing the definition of the first three-dimensional model using the multi-viewpoint image.

Claims (40)

1. A three-dimensional model generation method executed by an information processing device, the three-dimensional model generation method comprising:

obtaining a first three-dimensional model generated by a measuring device that emits an electromagnetic wave and obtains a reflected wave which is the electromagnetic wave reflected by a measurement target, the first three-dimensional model including first position information indicating first three-dimensional positions in the measurement target;

obtaining a multi-viewpoint image generated by one or more cameras shooting the measurement target from different positions; and

generating a second three-dimensional model of the measurement target based on the multi-viewpoint image and the first three-dimensional model by enhancing color definition of the first three-dimensional model using the multi-viewpoint image, the second three-dimensional model having an increased amount of color information per unit area relative to the first three-dimensional model.

2. The three-dimensional model generation method according to claim 1 , wherein

in the generating, a positional relationship between the multi-viewpoint image and the first three-dimensional model in a three-dimensional coordinate system is identified, and the second three-dimensional model is generated based on the positional relationship between the multi-viewpoint image and the first three-dimensional model.

3. The three-dimensional model generation method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first three-dimensional model includes color information indicating color of the measurement target, and

the enhancing of the color definition is enhancing definition of the color information included in the first three-dimensional model using the multi-viewpoint image.

4. The three-dimensional model generation method according to claim 1 , wherein

in the generating, the second three-dimensional model is generated by:

generating a third three-dimensional model using the multi-viewpoint image;

identifying a first positional relationship between the first three-dimensional model and the multi-viewpoint image by matching a three-dimensional coordinate axis of the first three-dimensional model and a three-dimensional coordinate axis of the third three-dimensional model; and

enhancing the color definition of the first three-dimensional model using the first positional relationship identified and the multi-viewpoint image.

5. The three-dimensional model generation method according to claim 4 , wherein

in the generating, the second three-dimensional model is generated by adding, for each of the first three-dimensional positions, second color information as color information corresponding to the first three-dimensional position, using the first positional relationship and the multi-viewpoint image, the second color information being based on a pixel of the multi-viewpoint image which corresponds to the first three-dimensional position.

6. The three-dimensional model generation method according to claim 4 , wherein

the first three-dimensional model further includes items of first color information each indicating a color of the measurement target in a different one of the first three-dimensional positions, the first color information being generated using an image of the measurement target shot by the measuring device,

each of images included in the multi-viewpoint image is an image having a resolution higher than a resolution of the image shot by the measuring device, and

in the generating, the second three-dimensional model is generated by changing, for each of the first three-dimensional positions, the item of first color information corresponding to the first three-dimensional position to an item of second color information which is based on a pixel of the multi-viewpoint image which corresponds to the first three-dimensional position, using the first positional relationship and the multi-viewpoint image.

7. The three-dimensional model generation method according to claim 4 , wherein

in the generating, the second three-dimensional model is generated by interpolating, using the first positional relationship and the multi-viewpoint image, a second three-dimensional position which is between two or more positions included in the first three-dimensional positions in the measurement target, the second three-dimensional model including the first three-dimensional positions and the second three-dimensional position interpolated.

8. The three-dimensional model generation method according to claim 4 , wherein

in the generating, the second three-dimensional model is generated by detecting a defective portion of the first position information and interpolating a third three-dimensional position in the measurement target corresponding to the defective portion interpolated, using the first positional relationship and the multi-viewpoint image, the second three-dimensional model including the first three-dimensional positions and the third three-dimensional position interpolated.

9. The three-dimensional model generation method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining (i) an identified image for which a second positional relationship with the first three-dimensional model is identified and (ii) the second positional relationship, wherein

in the generating, the second three-dimensional model is generated by:

generating a third three-dimensional model using the multi-viewpoint image and the identified image;

identifying a first positional relationship between the first three-dimensional model and the multi-viewpoint image, using the third three-dimensional model and the second positional relationship; and

enhancing the color definition of the first three-dimensional model using the first positional relationship identified and the multi-viewpoint image.

10. An information processing device comprising:

a receiver configured to receive:

a first three-dimensional model generated by a measuring device that emits an electromagnetic wave and obtains a reflected wave which is the electromagnetic wave reflected by a measurement target, the first three-dimensional model including first position information indicating first three-dimensional positions in the measurement target; and

a multi-viewpoint image generated by one or more cameras shooting the measurement target from different positions; and

a processor configured to generate a second three-dimensional model of the measurement target based on the multi-viewpoint image and the first three-dimensional model by enhancing color definition of the first three-dimensional model using the multi-viewpoint image, the second three-dimensional model having an increased amount of color information per unit area relative to the first three-dimensional model.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a computer to execute a three-dimensional model generation method, wherein

the three-dimensional model generation method includes:

obtaining a first three-dimensional model generated by a measuring device that emits an electromagnetic wave and obtains a reflected wave which is the electromagnetic wave reflected by a measurement target, the first three-dimensional model including first position information indicating first three-dimensional positions in the measurement target;

obtaining a multi-viewpoint image generated by one or more cameras shooting the measurement target from different positions; and

generating a second three-dimensional model of the measurement target based on the multi-viewpoint image and the first three-dimensional model by enhancing color definition of the first three-dimensional model using the multi-viewpoint image, the second three-dimensional model having an increased amount of color information per unit area relative to the first three-dimensional model.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2022
From: MATSUNOBU, TORU; YOSHIKAWA, SATOSHI; FUKUDA, MASAKI; TERANISHI, KENSHO; MITTRAPIYANURUK, PRADIT; LOI, KENG LIANG; LASANG, PONGSAK
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-002517 · Jan 10, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020047575 · Dec 18, 2020
Related Publication 20220277516A1 · Sep 1, 2022
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