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Apparatus and method for generating a two-dimensional representation of an object portion arbitrarily arranged within an object

US8155429B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE

Inventors

Oliver Scholz · Möhrendorf, DE
Guenther Kostka · Erlangen, DE
Thomas Wenzel · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 24, 2007
Grant date	Apr 10, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 28, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30164
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

For generating a two-dimensional representation of an object portion arbitrarily arranged within an object, a first image comprising the object, and subsequently a second image comprising the object are generated by means of an imaging device while the object and the imaging device are moving relative to each other. By means of a signal processor, information about a position and a shape of the object portion of interest within the object and its relative motion is received so as to combine, on the basis of the information received, image portions, within the first and second images, which are associated with the object portion of interest.

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