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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 20, 2018
Applicants:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);

Inventors:

Thomas G. Zimmerman, Cupertino, CA (US);

Simone Bianco, San Jose, CA (US);

Rebecca M. McGillivary, San Francisco, CA (US);

Wallace F. Marshall, San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 3/0068 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 17/00 (2013.01); G06T 2200/08 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20048 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01); G06T 2210/56 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes identifying a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) images illustrating a subject performing a rotation, selecting a representative image of the subject, cropping the plurality of 2D images, utilizing the representative image of the subject, to create a cropped plurality of 2D images, aligning each of the cropped plurality of 2D images, thereby creating an aligned plurality of 2D images, selecting a subset of the aligned plurality of 2D images that illustrate a predetermined amount of rotation of the subject, and creating a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud of the subject, utilizing the subset of the aligned plurality of 2D images.


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