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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:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas N Thomas, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382100 ; 382217 ;
Abstract
A non destructive method and apparatus generates unique characterization data for a painting. The method and apparatus spatially correleates points in a photograph of the painting with data defining a physical property of the viewing surface or of the internal structure of the painting.