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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Faro Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Inventors:
Heiko Bauer, Korntal-Münchingen, DE;
Denis Wohlfeld, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Assignee:
FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/23 (2020.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 7/33 (2017.01); G06N 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/23 (2020.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); G06T 7/33 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01);
Abstract
Aspects include a system and method for converting from point cloud data to computer-aided design (CAD) objects. A method includes providing a point cloud and a catalog of CAD objects. One of a plurality of points in the point cloud representing an item is selected. A CAD object in the catalog that corresponds to the item is selected. The CAD object is aligned to the item in the point cloud. A position and orientation of the aligned CAD object is output. The position and orientation are expressed in a coordinate system of the point cloud.