3D Body Scanning in a Mirror Cabinet

  • Authors:
  • Sven Molkenstruck;Simon Winkelbach;Friedrich M. Wahl

  • Affiliations:
  • Institute for Robotics and Process Control, Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany D-38106;Institute for Robotics and Process Control, Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany D-38106;Institute for Robotics and Process Control, Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany D-38106

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 30th DAGM symposium on Pattern Recognition
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Body scanners offer significant potential for use in many applications like clothing industry, orthopedy, surgery, healthcare, monument conservation, art, as well as film- and computer game industry. In order to avoid distortions due to body movements (e.g. breathing or balance control), it is necessary to scan the entire surface in one pass within a few seconds. Most body scanners commercially available nowadays require several scans to obtain all sides, or they consist of several sensors making them unnecessarily expensive. We propose a new body scanning system, which is able to fully scan a person's body or an object from three sides at the same time. By taking advantage of two mirrors, we only require a single grayscale camera and at least one standard line laser, making the system far more affordable than previously possible. Our experimental results prove efficiency and usability of the proposed setup.