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Three-dimensional surface/contour processing based on electromagnetic radiation interrogation

US7253766B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 24, 2004
Grant dateAug 7, 2007
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Expiry dateAug 29, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2219/008
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention includes scanning a target with electromagnetic radiation including one or more frequencies in a range of about 200 MHz to about 1 THz; establishing a point cloud representation of the surface of the target from the scan; and performing one or more curve-fitting operations as a function of at least a portion of the points of the point cloud representation to represent at least a portion of the surface of the target.

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