The development and application of 3D body scanning device based on KinectFusion method

To overcome the instability of 3D body scanning by manual operation on Kinect sensor, such as skipping frame, missing data, and time consuming, an automatic 3D scanning device using a single Kinect sensor is designed in terms of the KinectFusion algorithm. The control system of computer - Arduino controller - motor drive - stepper motor power supply has been employed to realize the flap motion and the circular motion of Kinect. The efficiency of the scanning has been improved by automatic control. The optimized scanning parameters have been determined via various scanning tests. Compared to the hand-held scanning, the experimental results indicate that the time cost can be reduced, and the quality of point cloud obtained can be improved significantly.