DEVICE FOR AND METHOD OF PROCESSING 3-D SHAPE DATA

In a 3-D shape data processing device for producing 3-D shape data from color image data and range image data, a virtual plane is defined at the rear of a range image, and a color image is projected onto the virtual plane. A human figure region rectangle is defined as a rectangle which surrounds a human figure region on the virtual plane, and the range image and the virtual plane are sliced along cutting planes. A line connects an outermost point of measurement and a point at the end of the human figure region rectangle which lie on each of the cutting planes, and a point at the end of the human figure region on the line is defined as a reference point. A region lying between the reference point and the outermost point of measurement is defined as a no-data region, and an additional point is produced in the no-data region. Thus, the device can easily complement the range image data, thereby to easily produce the 3-D shape data based on the range image data.