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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:
Oct. 01, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward D Huber, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rick A Williams, Orinda, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356376 ; 382154 ;
Abstract
A measurement device or system (11) for determining features of a three-dimensional object (20) from two-dimensional images includes a projector (27) for projecting a pattern (73) upon the object (20), at least one imager (17, 19) for obtaining multiple sets of image data of the illuminated object (20) and a processor (47) for obtaining a three-dimensional image (81) of the object (20) from the multiple sets of data.