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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:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2004
Applicants:
Harlan P. Foote, Richland, WA (US);
Thomas E. Hall, Kennewick, WA (US);
Douglas L. Mcmakin, Richland, WA (US);
Inventors:
Harlan P. Foote, Richland, WA (US);
Thomas E. Hall, Kennewick, WA (US);
Douglas L. McMakin, Richland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention includes scanning a target with electromagnetic radiation including one or more frequencies in a range of about 200 MHz to about 1 THz; establishing a point cloud representation of the surface of the target from the scan; and performing one or more curve-fitting operations as a function of at least a portion of the points of the point cloud representation to represent at least a portion of the surface of the target.