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Desk-top three-dimensional object scanner

US5894529A · kind A · utility

21Cited by
10References
3Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 28, 1997
Grant dateApr 13, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 28, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01B11/024
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A desk-top three-dimensional object scanner includes a camera body, a base, a retractable lever arm connecting the camera body and the base, and a compensation lighting device disposed at a bottom end of the lever arm. The camera body accommodates therein a sensor that employs lines as sensing points so that the image scanned has better resolution.

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