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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2002
Jose Luis Moctezuma DE LA Barrera, Freiburg, DE;
Donald W. Malackowski, Schoolcraft, MI (US);
Jose Luis Moctezuma de la Barrera, Freiburg, DE;
Donald W. Malackowski, Schoolcraft, MI (US);
Howmedica Leibinger Inc., Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of registering an article having a surface to previously created scan data of the article includes the steps of providing a flexible substrate having multiple tracking points attached to the substrate, applying the substrate to the article to be registered, creating a model of the surface of the article from a location of each tracking point; and registering the model with the previously created scan data. A method of creating a model of a surface having a shape and an article to enable the creation of a model of a surface are also disclosed.