Patent · US Expired

Device for manually guided registration for overlaying two datasets

US6856310B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Hendrik Ditt · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
Norbert Rahn · Forchheim, DE
Siegfried Wach · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 9, 2002
Grant date	Feb 15, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 26, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/0346
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a device for manually guided registration for overlaying two datasets, a quality of the registration is calculated and is used to generate an answerback control signal to a three-dimensionally manipulable input device, which is used to control the registration. If the quality of the registration deteriorates, the answerback signal causes the input unit to oppose further manipulation in at least one direction which would continue or increase the deterioration of the registration. The answerback signal can brake the input unit from further manipulation in at least one manipulation direction, or can cause the input unit to attempt to return to an initial or previous position.

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