Image registration system and method
US6658282B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 19, 2002 |
| Grant date | Dec 2, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 23, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B3/113
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus for registering a series of video images of a spherical or quasi-spherical surface subject to movement relies on projecting at least four diffusely scattering spots of light on the surface in a preferred angular manner, and monitoring the movement of images of the light spots relative to a reference image of the light spots.
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