Title :
Automatic editing and curve-fitting of 3-D surface scan data of the human body
Author :
Li, Peng ; Jones, Peter R M
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Human Sci., Loughborough Univ. of Technol., UK
Abstract :
This paper presents an automatic method to trim arms from the surface scan data of the human body. Curve and surface approximation are employed to refill the data gap after the trimming process. This delivers a more realistic torso model for further applications
Keywords :
computational geometry; curve fitting; edge detection; solid modelling; 3D surface scan data; automatic editing; curve-fitting; data gap; human body; surface approximation; torso model; trimming process; Anthropometry; Arm; Biological system modeling; Curve fitting; Detection algorithms; Displays; Humans; Shape; Spline; Torso;
Conference_Titel :
3-D Digital Imaging and Modeling, 1997. Proceedings., International Conference on Recent Advances in
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7943-3
DOI :
10.1109/IM.1997.603879
