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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2023
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Sanjeewa Thimirachandra, Kotugoda, LK;
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
A method in a computing device includes: obtaining (i) a point cloud having captured points depicting a plurality of surfaces of a target object, and (ii) an image depicting the plurality of surfaces of the target object; determining, from the point cloud, respective planes corresponding to each of the plurality of surfaces; determining, from the image, respective boundaries of each of the plurality of surfaces; for each of the plurality of surfaces, generating synthetic points, at least some of the synthetic points having positions different from positions of the captured points in the point cloud, the positions of the synthetic points disposed on a corresponding plane of the target object and within a corresponding surface boundary; and providing an enhanced point cloud including (i) at least a portion of the captured points, and (ii) the synthetic points.