Image processing apparatus and method, and information providing medium

Abstract

The invention provides an image processing apparatus and method and an information providing medium by which a three-dimensional model can be plotted accurately. A model data production section performs a model data production process for shape data and surface color data of a measured object in a corresponding relationship to each other to produce model data and outputs the model data to a model data optimization program section. The model data optimization program section performs a model data optimization process for the model data supplied from the model data production section based on conditions such as a size on a display of the measurement object supplied from a model plotting section, an arithmetic processing performance and a data transmission performance to produce optimization model data, and supplies the optimization model data to the model plotting section. The model plotting section causes the optimization model data supplied from the model data optimization section to be plotted on a VRAM and to be displayed on a display unit.

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