Patent · US Expired

Method and device for three-dimensionally detecting objects and the use of this device and method

US7388678B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Frank Forster · Oberkirch, DE
Christian Hoffmann · Leonberg, DE
Peter Rummel · Festenbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 17, 2003
Grant date	Jun 17, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 13, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06V20/64
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In order to determine three-dimensional coordinates of a surface (2) of an object (3) to be detected, the changes in color of a color pattern (5), which is projected by a projector (4) onto the surface (2), are to be encoded by using a redundant code. An analyzing method, which analyzes the changes in color occurring in an image (7) recorded by a camera (6), is insensitive to changes on the surface (2). In addition, the contour of the object (3) can be determined with a single recording. The method is thereby also suited for moving objects.

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