UofK HEAD SCANNER DEVELOPMENT

STEP 3: (November 2009) New Hatbox scanner on articulating arm

Above: The Hatbox scanner is mounted on an articulating arm to make surround head scanning easier to perform.

Above: Single scan patch.

Above: We scanned a baby doll head with the Hatbox scanner, merged the scans and formed a watertight skin based on the Poisson method. Our goal is to make the Hatbox scanner capture a head in motion, at a very low cost and have surround capability.

STEP 2: (May 2009) “HatBox” 3-D scanner

In May 2009 we constructed the a portable 3-D scanner we refer to as the “hatbox” scanner because of its cylindrical shape.

Above: The hatbox scanner is operated by a laptop. The camera can be operated by the laptop battery and the projector is battery powered when AC is not available.

Above, the unit has a camera and LED projector. It reassembles into a compact hatbox form factor.

STEP 1: (2006) Lock and Hold scanning system

Thanks to a contract with “Gentle Giant Studios” and “Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation” we developed a scanner system that scanned a high resolution depth image followed by a sequence of 3-D motion frames.