REFERENCES
Hometrica Consulting has provided products and services to a large variety of customers in different sectors. Below is the list of our customers.
MANUFACTURERS OF 3D SCANNERS, SOLUTIONS AND EQUIPMENT:
| TOPCON Corp. (Japan) |
Project managing Products development Technology consulting Market and research surveying |
| [TC]² (USA) |
Distribution Exhibition Advertisement |
| InSpeck Inc. (Canada) |
Distribution Market surveying |
| Artec Group Inc. (USA) | Distribution |
| Precision 3D Ltd. (UK) | Distribution |
| Technodigit (France) | Distribution | Sirona Dental Systems GmbH (Germany) | Technology consulting |
| Human Solutions of North America Inc. (USA) | Market surveying |
| Breuckmann GmbH (Germany) |
Market surveying Publication |
| E3DO LLC (USA) |
Products development Technology consulting |
| TrueVision Systems Inc. (USA) |
Products development Technology consulting |
| Imetric 3D GmbH (Switzerland) | Technology consulting |
| Polygon Technology GmbH (Germany) | Market surveying |
| Markus Blüml IT (Germany) | Market surveying |
| TSI Inc. (USA) | Market surveying |
| STT Ingeniería y Sistemas S.L. (Spain) | Market surveying |
| corpus.e AG (Germany) |
Market surveying Advertisement Publication |
| RSI GmbH (Germany) | Advertisement |
| Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. (Japan) | Advertisement |
| 3D Scanworks GmbH (Germany) | Advertisement |
| GFaI e.V. (Germany) |
Exhibition Advertisement |
| Hamano Engineering Co. Ltd. (Japan) | Advertisement |
| SMARTTECH Sp. zo.o. (Poland) | Advertisement |
| Telmat Industrie (France) | Advertisement |
| Scansystems s.r.l. (Italy) | Advertisement |
| 3D Ouest SARL (France) | Business intermediary |
| GFMesstechnik GmbH (Germany) | Publication |
| Visionix Inc. (USA) | Publication |
MEDICAL SCIENCES AND ERGONOMICS:
| ZZMK University of Zurich (Switzerland) |
Business intermediary Product recommendation |
| MEDLIBRE Forschungsgesellschaft mbH (Germany) |
Feasibility study Market and research surveying |
| Carl Zeiss Vision GmbH (Germany) | Feasibility study |
| Centre Laser Dermatologique (France) | Technology consulting |
| Cardiocentro Ticino (Switzerland) | Technology consulting |
| Medical University Innsbruck (Austria) | Technology consulting |
| Lyon Science Transfer (France) | Technology consulting |
| DIRAME ORTHO nv/sa (Belgium) | Technology consulting |
| ICCAS (Germany) | Technology consulting |
| Carestream Health Inc. (USA) | 3D software |
| Essilor Instruments (France) | Technology information |
| National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (USA) | Technology information |
| Ortopedia Gualerzi s.r.l. (Italy) | Market surveying |
| FSB University of Zagreb (Croatia) | Market surveying |
| Soluciones Antropométricas S.L. (Spain) | Market surveying |
| fig. Corp. LLC (USA) | Market surveying |
| ING corporation s.r.o. (Czech Rep.) | Market surveying |
| KALLISTO (France) | Market Surveying |
| SOSORT (International) | Scientific review |
| D.I.M. Politecnico di Milano (Italy) | Publication |
| IFM University of Bern (Switzerland) | Publication |
| Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum GmbH (Germany) |
Technology information Publication |
| University Medical Center St. Radboud (The Netherlands) | Technology information |
| Thermage, Inc. (USA) | Technology information |
| Studio medico pediatrico e allergolocigo (Switzerland) | Web site management |
FASHION, APPAREL, BEAUTY AND FITNESS:
| IFTH (France) | Product recommendation |
| Promiles-Decathlon Production (France) |
Product recommendation Extended survey |
| CAD MODELLING Ergonomics Srl (Italy) |
Technology consulting Business development Exhibition |
| Stylingcard AG (Switzerland) |
Project managing Business development Products evaluation Market and research surveying |
| TryOnline (The Netherlands) |
Technology consulting Feasibility study |
| Paperdoll (Norway) | Feasibility study |
| eTREND (Canada) | Feasibility study |
| EMPA (Switzerland) | 3D scanner |
| Group INOVIP (France) | Business intermediary |
| adidas-Salomon AG (Germany) | Market surveying |
| FH Mainz (Germany) | Market surveying |
| TNO (The Netherlands) | Market surveying |
| Sievin Jalkine Oy (Finland) | Market surveying |
| PosFit Inc. (South Korea) | Market surveying |
| Riga Technical University (Latvia) |
Market surveying Technology information Scientific review |
| OptiTex Ltd. (Israel) | Exhibition |
| Browzwear International Ltd. (Israel) | Publication |
| BicViolex SA (Greece) | Technology information |
COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND ANIMATION:
| Animazoo Europe SARL (France) | Market surveying |
| Octree Corporation (USA) | Market surveying |
| IEEE (International) | Scientific review |
| CSE University of Washington (USA) | Publication |
| Laboratory for Digital Art and Science (Croatia) | Publication |
| XYZ RGB Inc. (Canada) | Technology information |
I.T., FINANCE AND CONSULTING:
| Zürcher Kantonalbank ZKB (Switzerland) | Technology evaluation |
| Hermos AG (Germany) |
Feasibility study Product recommendation |
| Sanil BV (The Netherlands) | Feasibility study |
| Emory University - Goizueta Business School (USA) | Product recommendation |
| CCTrust Group AG (Switzerland) |
Feasibility study Product recommendation |
| Innovatiecentrum (Belgium) | Market surveying |
| Loeb Enterprises LLC (USA) | Market surveying |
| EVSC Co. Ltd. (South Korea) | Market surveying |
| Strategic Analysis de Centroamerica (Guatemala) | Market Surveying |
| Lincoln International AG (Germany) | Market Surveying |
| i2S Group (France) | Market Surveying |
| Develon s.r.l. (Italy) | Technology information |
| Aduno SA (Switzerland) | Technology information |
| Ticino - Promozione Economica (Switzerland) | Exhibition |
| Lugano - Promozione Economica (Switzerland) | Exhibition |
GEOMATICS AND MEASUREMENTS:
| D.I.I.A.R. Politecnico di Milano (Italy) | Measurement services |
| ISPRS WG V/6 (International) |
Board membership Web site management Scientific review |
| SGPBF (Switzerland) |
National correspondent Scientific review |
| IGP ETH Zurich (Switzerland) |
Teaching Scientific committee membership |
| ASPRS (International) | Scientific review |
| RSPSoc (International) | Scientific review |
| ACIVS (International) | Scientific review |
| Jade University Oldenburg (Germany) | Technology information |
| ARTEA Ingénierie (France) | Business intermediary |
SECURITY:
| QinetiQ (UK) | Market surveying |
ARTS AND SCULPTURE:
| Jantea Architekt (Germany) | Market surveying |
| Marco Hahn (Germany) |
Technology consulting Market surveying |
| Chair of Visual Design ETH (Switzerland) | Technology consulting |
| E-Phidias (France) | Technology consulting |
| Atelier Serge Beltramino (France) | Technology information |
MEDIA:
| Whittles Publishing (UK) | Advertisement |
| Technorama (Switzerland) | Technology information |
| Maverick Television (UK) | Technology information |
| Radio Monte Carlo (Italy) | Technology information |
| MR1-Kossuth Radio (Hungary) | Technology information |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Dr. Nicola D'Apuzzo, principal of Hometrica Consulting, writes scientific and technical articles regarding human body measurement, surface digitization and 3D scanning. Below is an extract of publications (the full list of publications is available here).
Kitamura, K., D'Apuzzo, N., Kochi, N., Kaneko, S., 2010
Automated extraction of break lines in tls data of real environment.
International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 38(5), 331-336.
Download the paper as PDF (0.4 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N., 2009
4D Scanning Systems - Applications in cinematography.
In: D'Apuzzo, N. (Ed.), Human Body Measurement Newsletter, Vol.4 No.1, Zurich, Switzerland, p. 5.
Download the entire newsletter as PDF (1.8 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N., 2009
Recent advances in 3D full body scanning with applications to fashion and apparel.
In: Gruen, A., Kahmen, H. (Eds.), Optical 3-D Measurement Techniques IX, Vienna, Austria.
Download the paper as PDF (1.5 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N. and Mitchell, H., 2008
Medical applications.
In: Li Z., Chen J., Baltsavias E. (Eds.), Advances in Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2008 ISPRS Congress Book, Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-0-415-47805-2.
Download the paper as PDF (0.4 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N. and Verius, M., 2007
Dynamic Monitoring of the Intraoperative Brainshift by Multi Image Photogrammetry.
In: Gruen, A., Kahmen, H. (Eds.), Optical 3-D Measurement Techniques VIII, Zurich, Switzerland.
Download the paper as PDF (1.8 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N., 2007
3D body scanning technology for fashion and apparel industry.
In: 2007, Beraldin, J., Remondino, F., Shortis, M.R. (Eds.), Videometrics IX, Proc. of SPIE-IS&T Electronic Imaging, SPIE Vol. 6491, San Jose (CA), USA.
Download the paper as PDF (1.0 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N., 2006
State of the Art of the Methods for Static 3D Scanning of Partial or Full Human Body.
3D Modelling, Proceedings of Conference, June 13-14, 2006, Paris, France.
Download the paper as PDF (0.7 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N., 2006
Overview of 3D surface digitization technologies in Europe.
In: 2006, Corner B.D., Li P., Tocheri M. (Eds.), Three-Dimensional Image Capture and Applications VI, Proc. of SPIE-IS&T Electronic Imaging, SPIE Vol. 6056, San Jose (CA), USA.
Download the paper as PDF (1.2 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N. and Patias, P., 2005.
Report on the first meeting of ISPRS Working Group V/6 on medical image analysis, human motion and body measurement.
ISPRS Highlights 10(2), 27-30.
Download the paper as PDF (0.7 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N., 2004
Digitization of the human body in the present-day economy.
White paper for Stylingcard AG.
Download the paper as PDF (1.4 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N., 2003.
Surface measurement and tracking of human body parts from multi station video sequences.
Ph.D. Thesis, Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, Mitteilungen No.81. ISBN 3-906467-44-9.
Download the complete book as PDF part 1 (12.3 MB), part 2 (19.4 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N. and Kochi, N., 2003.
Three-dimensional human face feature extraction from multi images.
In: Gruen, A., Kahmen, H. (Eds.), Optical 3-D Measurement Techniques VI, Vol. I, Zurich, Switzerland, pp. 140-147.
Download the paper as PDF (1.0 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N., 2002.
Surface measurement and tracking of human body parts from multi image video sequences.
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 56(5-6), 360-375.
Download the paper as PDF (0.9 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N., 2003.
Human body motion capture from multi-image video sequences.
In: El-Hakim, S.F., Gruen, A., Walton, J.S. (Eds.), Videometrics VIII, Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 5013, Santa Clara, USA, pp. 54-61.
Download the paper as PDF (0.3 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N., 2002.
Measurement and modeling of human faces from multi images.
International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 34(5), 241-246.
Download the paper as PDF (2.0 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N., 2001.
Photogrammetric measurement and visualisation of blood vessel branching casting: A tool for quantitative accuracy tests of MR-, CT- and DS- angiography.
In: El-Hakim, S,F., Gruen, A. (Eds.), Videometrics and Optical Methods for 3D Shape Measurement, Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 4309, San Jose, USA, pp. 34-39.
Download the paper as PDF (0.2 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N. and Willneff, J., 2001.
Extraction of metric information from video sequences of an unsuccessfully controlled chimneys demolition.
In: Gruen, A., Kahmen, H. (Eds.), Optical 3-D Measurement Techniques V, Vienna, Austria, pp. 259-265.
Download the paper as PDF (0.3 MB).
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Dr. Nicola D'Apuzzo, principal of Hometrica Consulting, holds scientific and technical presentations regarding human body measurement, surface digitization and 3D scanning. Below is an extract of presentations.
D'Apuzzo, N., 2010
Chapter 7: Sensor integration. Hand-held scanning, mobile mapping.
Extract from the lecture "Photogrammetry and Machine Vision", from the master course of Geomatics at ETH Zurich, May 5, 2010, Zurich, Switzerland.
Download the presentation as PDF file (4.1 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N., 2010
Chapter 6: Modeling pipeline. Alignment, processing, editing.
Extract from the lecture "Photogrammetry and Machine Vision", from the master course of Geomatics at ETH Zurich, April 28, 2010, Zurich, Switzerland.
Download the presentation as PDF file (2.8 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N., 2010
Chapter 5: Active 3D sensors. Laser, white light, ToF.
Extract from the lecture "Photogrammetry and Machine Vision", from the master course of Geomatics at ETH Zurich, April 21, 2010, Zurich, Switzerland.
Download the presentation as PDF file (4.0 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N., 2009
Recent Advances in 3D Full Body Scanning with Applications to Fashion and Apparel.
Presented at "Optical 3-D Measurement Techniques", July 1-3, 2009, Vienna, Austria.
Download the presentation as PDF file (7.7 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N., 2009
3D Scanning of the Human Body.
Presented at Essilor, France.
Note: edited on-line version (copyrights and NDA issues).
Download the presentation as PDF file (12.8 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N., 2008
3D Monitoring of the Intraoperative Brainshift by Means of Photogrammetry.
Presented at SPIE-IS&T Electronic Imaging 2008, San Jose (CA), USA.
Download the presentation as PDF (13.6 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N., 2007
3D body scanning technology for fashion and apparel industry.
Presented at SPIE-IS&T Electronic Imaging 2007, San Jose (CA), USA.
Download the presentation as PDF (10.2 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N., 2006
State of the Art of the Methods for Static 3D Scanning of Partial or Full Human Body.
Presented at 3D Human, part of 3D Modelling, June 13-14, 2006, Paris, France.
Download the presentation as PDF (14.0 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N., 2006
Medical applications of 3D surface scanning technologies.
Lecture for the ISPRS Summer School on Advances in Medical Imaging, Crete, Greece.
Download the presentation as PDF (9.0 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N., 2006
Overview of 3D surface digitization technologies in Europe.
Presented at SPIE-IS&T Electronic Imaging 2006, San Jose (CA) USA, as invited paper.
Download the presentation as PDF (12.1 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N., 2005
Digitization of the human body in the present-day economy.
Presented at SPIE-IS&T Electronic Imaging 2005, San Jose (CA), USA.
Download the presentation as PDF (5.5 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N., 2004.
Report on ISPRS Congress 2004, Commission V.
SGPBF Meeting, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Download the presentation as PDF (1.0 MB).
D'Apuzzo, N., 2003.
Surface measurement and tracking of human body parts from multi station video sequences.
Ph.D. Thesis Defense, Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Download the presentation as PDF part 1 (12.1 MB), part 2 (9.8 MB).