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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2000
Mark S. Knighton, Santa Monica, CA (US);
David S. Agabra, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
William D. McKinley, Los Angeles, CA (US);
John Z. Zheng, San Gabriel, CA (US);
David D. Drobnis, Mar Vista, CA (US);
J. Douglas Logan, Cerritos, CA (US);
Basel F. Bahhour, Riverside, CA (US);
Jill E. Haynie, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Kevin H. Vuong, Baldwin Park, CA (US);
Amit Tandon, Torrance, CA (US);
Kent E. Sidney, West Los Angeles, CA (US);
Peter L. Diaconescu, Anaheim, CA (US);
NextEngine, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus to digitize three-dimensional objects. A projection assembly is retained in fixed relation to an imaging assembly. The projection assembly projects a fixed gradient light pattern into a focal zone of the imaging assembly. The imaging assembly integrates the illumination over time such that the fixed gradient reveals the features of the three dimensional object.