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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2004
Carl E. Picciotto, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jun Gao, Saratoga, CA (US);
Neal W. Meyer, Corvallis, OR (US);
Carl E. Picciotto, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jun Gao, Saratoga, CA (US);
Neal W. Meyer, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Determining a displacement of a substantially rigid item relative to a frame of reference between a first time and a second time is described. At the first time, a first set of pointwise measurements of a physical property of the item taken at a plurality of fixed locations relative to the frame of reference is acquired. At the second time, a second set of pointwise measurements of the physical property taken at the plurality of fixed locations is acquired. A first matrix derived from the first set of pointwise measurements is compared to a second matrix derived from the second set of pointwise measurements to determine the displacement.