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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
May. 21, 2004
Applicant:
Cornelis Van Berkel, Hove, GB;
Inventor:
Cornelis Van Berkel, Hove, GB;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 27/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An unknown object shape is computed using repeated iterations of electrostatic calculations on a predetermined shaped object and sensed electrostatic measurements. The predetermined object shape is morphed toward the unknown object shape at each iteration until the object shape is determined. The morphing of the shape is based on calculating the zero contour of the electrostatic potential, which potential depends on a charge distribution applied to the predetermined shape.