3-D Body Scanning - Systems, Methods and Applications for Automatic Interpretation of 3D Surface Anthropometrical Data

Abstract

Since the early beginning of the development of the 3-D digital human and ergonomics tool RAMSIS in 1988, appropriate measurement systems had been developed simultaneously. New integrated approaches and methods for human body measurement have been investigated and developed. TECMATH has developed the VITUS Pro and VITUS Smart 3-D Full Body Laser Scanner family for high precision, and adapted a 2-D video camera-based system that is simple to use and inexpensive. In the past three years, novel applications for mass customization have been developed specifically for the clothing industry. More than 120 systems (3-D and 2-D) have been installed in research environments, clothing shops, army facilities and automobile manufacturers in the past two years. These organizations require measurement systems, methods, and analysis techniques that ensure reliable and precise information about human body dimensions.