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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:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2004
Applicant:
Tony Tadin, Woodside, CA (US);
Inventor:
Tony Tadin, Woodside, CA (US);
Assignee:
Amfit, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B007/28 ; A61B005/103 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A three-dimensional (3-D) capture method and system having a 3-D contour capture device for capturing a surface contour of an object, a contoured support device for placing between the surface and the 3-D contour capture device that provides additional support to at least a portion of the surface, wherein a first contour captured by the 3-D contour capture device is modified based on a second contour captured with the contoured support device placed between the surface and the 3-D contour capture device to provide a resultant 3-D contour.