Development of a design system for reverse engineering using the photometric stereo method

Abstract

Herein, we investigate reverse engineering using116 the photometric stereo method. The advantage of RE is that the designer can easily design complex shapes and shorten the design time. While RE using the photometric stereo method is cheaper and faster than almost any other measurement method, it is less accurate than other methods. In the present study, by varying light location and shutter speed of the camera, we examine the photographic condition in which we can acquire the most optimum output data. As a result, we obtain the best photographic condition to acquire the optimum output data.