Generation of digital 3D models of body surfaces with automatic feature identification

A method comprising, by a computer system comprising one or more computing devices:

• obtaining at least one 3-dimensional scan of a body surface at a first resolution;
• automatically identifying, based on the at least one 3-dimensional scan of the body surface, a feature of the body surface, including comparing the at least one 3-dimensional scan against a database of reference images of the identified feature;
• based on the identified feature, obtaining an additional 3-dimensional scan of the body surface at a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution;
• and
• generating a digital 3-dimensional model of the body surface based on the at least one 3-dimensional scan at the first resolution, the additional 3-dimensional scan at the second resolution, and the identified feature of the body surface.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions configured to cause a computer system to perform steps comprising:

• obtaining at least one 3-dimensional scan of a body surface at a first resolution;
• automatically identifying, based on the at least one 3-dimensional scan of the body surface, a feature of the body surface, including comparing the at least one 3-dimensional scan against a database of reference images of the identified feature;
• based on the identified feature, obtaining an additional 3-dimensional scan of the body surface at a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution;
• and
• generating a digital 3-dimensional model of the body surface based on the at least one 3-dimensional scan at the first resolution, the additional 3-dimensional scan at the second resolution, and the identified feature of the body surface.

A computer system comprising one or more computing devices including at least one processor and memory, the memory having stored therein computer-executable instructions configured to cause the computing device to perform steps comprising:

• obtaining at least one 3-dimensional scan of a body surface at a first resolution;
• automatically identifying, based on the at least one 3-dimensional scan of the body surface, a feature of the body surface, including comparing the at least one 3-dimensional scan against a database of reference images of the identified feature;
• based on the identified feature, obtaining an additional 3-dimensional scan of the body surface at a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution;
• and
• generating a digital 3-dimensional model of the body surface based on the at least one 3-dimensional scan at the first resolution, the additional 3-dimensional scan at the second resolution, and the identified feature of the body surface.

A system, comprising:

• a body feature unit including computational circuitry configured to generate a human body feature digital model responsive to one or more 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional digital representations of the human body feature;
• an augmented feature unit including computational circuitry configured to modify a sub-feature of the human body feature digital model responsive to one or more feature augmentation inputs and to generate a sub-feature modified digital model of the human body feature including surface geometry of the sub-feature;
• and
• a reverse-feature unit including computational circuitry configured to generate a reverse-feature digital model of at least a portion of the sub-feature modified model of the human body feature,
• wherein the reverse feature digital model includes a surface that is the reverse of the surface geometry of the sub-feature in the sub-feature modified model.