PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING IMAGES TO BE USED FOR CREATING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL

摘要

This invention introduces, as one aspect, a method for creating a three-dimensional object model, wherein an object is set to be modeled at a plurality of relative positions to a photographing position, the plurality of relative positions including a plurality of different longitudinal orientations and a plurality of latitudinal positions which has different latitudinal distances from a transparent table on which the object is to be placed, the plurality of latitudinal positions including a position below the transparent table, the object is photographed at the plurality of relative positions by using both a front lighting for a front side of the object confronting the photographing position and a back lighting for a back side of the object hidden from the photographing position, and control is carried out so that the object is photographed a plurality of times at a plurality of relative positions for obtaining a plurality of silhouette images in a first mode and is photographed a plurality of times at a plurality of relative positions for obtaining a plurality of texture images under a different lighting condition from the first mode in a second mode, the silhouette images and the texture images are to be used for creating the three-dimensional object model.