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Reference object for three-dimensional modeling

US9715759B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 25, 2013
Grant dateJul 25, 2017
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Expiry dateJan 11, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2210/16
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Images are made of a surface, and images are made of a covering (in the form of a reference object) having a pattern that includes an array of locally non-repetitive pattern elements. A three-dimensional models of the pattern elements on the covering is created using the images. A correlation in scaling between the process of generating three-dimensional models of the pattern elements on the covering and the process of generating a three-dimensional model of the surface is known, and this known correlation in scaling and the known actual distances among pattern elements on the covering can be used as a dimensional scale reference to determine dimensional information of the three-dimensional model of the surface.

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