APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING MODEL CONSIDERING DIFFERENCES OF LEVEL-OF-DETAIL BETWEEN QUERY AND RETRIEVAL TARGET MODELS

摘要

The present invention relates to a model search apparatus and method, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for searching a model by considering a difference in precision between a query model and a search target model. A model search apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an input unit for receiving a query model; A model simplification unit for simplifying at least one original model to be searched to generate a simplified model; A similarity analyzer for comparing the query model with the shape of the simplified model to analyze the similarity between the query model and the simplified model; And an output unit for determining and outputting a search model from the simplified model based on the similarity.