Apparatus and method for creating three-dimensional personalized figure

An apparatus for creating a 3D personalized figure, comprising:

• an information acquisition unit for acquiring face data of a user corresponding to a reconstruction target from a plurality of heterogeneous sensors;
• a face reconstruction unit for extracting feature points for respective regions from the face data, and reconstructing unique 3D models of the user's face, based on the extracted feature points;
• a model creation unit for creating 3D figure models based on the unique 3D models and previously stored facial expression models and body/adornment models;
• and
• a facial expression generation unit for generating facial expressions that match an actually input facial expression of the user, based on the unique 3D models and the previously stored facial expression models;
• a selection unit for selecting a facial expression that stochastically matches that of the actual user from among the created facial expressions, and creates the 3D figure models based on the results of selection;
• a model verification unit for verifying whether each 3D figure model has a structure and a shape corresponding to actual 3D printing, correcting and editing the 3D figure model based on results of verification, and outputting a 3D figure model corresponding to 3D printing,
• wherein the face reconstruction unit comprises:
• a generation unit for generating a front image based on the face data;
• a face area detection unit for detecting a face area from the front image;
• a feature point detection unit for detecting feature points for respective regions from the face area;
• a matching and transformation unit for detecting 3D corresponding points of the face data corresponding to the feature points of a 3D standard model, based on the feature points for respective regions, and then matching and transforming appearance information of the 3D standard model;
• a texture map generation unit for generating a face texture map using the transformed appearance information of the 3D standard model and the front image;
• and a unique 3D model creation unit for creating the unique 3D models of the user's face using the face texture map.