General Electric Company

Eric Scott Foster

Francis Howard Little

Robert August Kaucic

Harry Israel Ringermacher

Patrick Joseph Howard

Donald Robert Howard

Yanyan Wu

Xiaodong Tao

Zhaohui Harry Sun

Matthew Edward Dragovich

A method for determining 3D distances on a 2D pixelized image of a part or object includes acquiring a real 2D pixelized image of the object, creating a simulated image of the object using the 3D CAD model and the 2D pixelized image, determining a specified cost function comparing the simulated image with the real 2D pixilated image and repositioning the simulated image in accordance with iterated adjustments of a relative position between the CAD model and the 2D pixilated image to change the simulated image until the specified cost function is below a specified value. Then, the workstation is used to generate a 3D distance scale matrix using the repositioned simulated image, and to measure and display distances between selected pixels on a surface of the real image using 2D distances on the 2D pixelized image of the object and the 3D distance scale matrix.

Methods and apparatus for measuring 3D dimensions on 2D images

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Eric Scott Foster