Digitiser
US6051028A · kind A · utility
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5References
9Claims
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 19, 1997 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 19, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/45243
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of digitizing a three dimensional object 10. The method using a point digitizer which defines the envelope dimensions 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of the object 10 and uses a cloud data capture technique to acquire data points as a pen-element of the digitizer is scrubbed or randomly moved across the object 10 surface. The data points being processed by the digitizer to produce a plurality of object contours between opposed edges of the envelope dimension 13, 14, 15, 16 at spaced points Sj, Ej respectively. These object contors defining the object 10 shape for digital mapping within a computer aided design (CAD) system.
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