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Inspection system and method for determining three dimensional model of an object

US8515149B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Nils Rothe · Hürth, DE
Alexander Suppes · Garbsen, DE
Eberhard Neuser · Wunstorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 26, 2011
Grant date	Aug 20, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 19, 2031

Classification

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

Abstract

Embodiments of a system and method are described that automate processes to reconstruct models from two-dimensional images. In one embodiment, the systems comprise an apparatus that can acquire a plurality of images of an object and automatedly form a boundary about the object in each of the images. The boundary highlights a portion of the image that will form the basis for the model. The apparatus can also select a primary image from the images, wherein the boundary in the primary image is narrowest relative to an axis that is common to each of the images. In one example, the apparatus can select a secondary image, which is perpendicular to the primary image, and reconstruct the primary image and the second image to generate the model.

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