Spatial measurement recovery system
US5247487A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 17, 1991 |
| Grant date | Sep 21, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 17, 2011 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S367/907
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A spatial measurement recovery system and method which determining the position, orientation, shape and/or operational characteristics of an environment. The system includes a data gathering apparatus and a model building apparatus. The data gathered may then be transformed into a CADD model of an as-built or as-is environment, or to otherwise map the environment in three dimensions.
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