Methods of generating three-dimensional digital models of objects by wrapping point cloud data points
US6377865B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 11, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 23, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V30/144
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of automatic conversion of a physical object into a three-dimensional digital model. The method acquires a set of measured data points on the surface of a physical model. From the measured data points, the method reconstructs a digital model of the physical object using a Delaunay complex of the points, a flow strcuture of the simplicies in the Delaunay complex and retracting the Delaunay complex into a digital model of the physical object using the flow structure. The method then outputs the digital model of the physical object.
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