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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:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2001
Applicants:
Mark R. Stevens, Worcester, MA (US);
William B. Culbertson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mark R. Stevens, Worcester, MA (US);
William B. Culbertson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of testing for color consistency between corresponding portions of two-dimensional images or photographs that are used to create three-dimensional models of scenes or objects. The testing method makes use of histograms in order to determine whether color consistency exists. In the event that color consistency does exist, voxels or other modeling primitives that are viewed in the portions of the images tested are included in the three-dimensional model.