Image processing apparatus, method and program

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8659593
APP PUB NO 20100231583A1
SERIAL NO

12670953

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The image processing apparatus of the present invention comprises signed distance calculation unit calculating signed distance fields from each input 3D shape data, signed distance integration unit integrating all the signed distances calculated by signed distance calculation unit for each shape data, classification unit classifying each voxel to be outside of the observed object, near the surface of the object or the other, estimation unit estimating whether voxel is inside or outside of the object, and determination unit determining voxel to be inside, outside or near-surface of the object based on the calculation results of the previous units.

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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SAITAMA UNIVERSITY255 SHIMO-OKUBO SAKURA-KU SAITAMA-SHI SAITAMA 3388570 ?3388570
TECHNO DREAM 21 CO LTDSAITAMA 330-0072

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Furukawa, Ryo Hiroshima, JP 48 924
Itano, Tomoya Kawasaki, JP 1 21
Kawasaki, Hiroshi Saitama, JP 112 1034
Morisaka, Akihiko Niiza, JP 1 21

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