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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:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
May. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gavriel J. Iddan, Haifa, IL;
Giora Yahav, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
3DV Systems, Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/500 ; G01C 3/08 ; G01J 1/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/500 ; G01C 3/08 ; G01J 1/20 ;
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for 3D imaging of an object comprising a scanning light beam encoded with position data corresponding to the spatial position of the scanning light beam, and an imaging system that images localized surface areas of the object illuminated by the scanning light beam, which imaging system records the position data coded into the scanning beam so that three spatial coordinates of the localized surface areas imaged are determinable using the recorded position data.