The Body Silhouette: A New Data Processing Technique for Point Cloud Data Generated by a 3D Laser Body Scanner

2009-01-2299

06/09/2009

Event
Digital Human Modeling for Design and Engineering Conference and Exhibition
Authors Abstract
Content
The ability to effectively use point cloud data produced by various scanning devices continues to be a major issue in reverse engineering and anthropometric-related fields of study. The body silhouette provides a new way of interpreting point cloud data depicting a human form. Redundancy in raw point cloud data is removed by a relatively simple programming algorithm. The remaining data can be used to determine geometric properties such as cross sectional area or circumference of each horizontal slice plane of the volume. When cross sectional area or circumference is computed for each horizontal plane of the body's torso and plotted as a function of the torso's height, a profile or silhouette of the body is produced. The body silhouette provides a unique way of interpreting point cloud data which can be used to develop new health assessment techniques and apparel design methods.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-01-2299
Pages
6
Citation
Lerch, T., Harder, D., MacGillivray, M., Domina, T. et al., "The Body Silhouette: A New Data Processing Technique for Point Cloud Data Generated by a 3D Laser Body Scanner," SAE Technical Paper 2009-01-2299, 2009, https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-01-2299.
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Published
Jun 9, 2009
Product Code
2009-01-2299
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English