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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2006
Song Zhang, Ames, IA (US);
Shing-tung Yau, Cambridge, MA (US);
Xianfeng Gu, Bethpage, NY (US);
Yalin Wang, Tempe, AZ (US);
Dale Royer, Somerville, MA (US);
Song Zhang, Ames, IA (US);
Shing-Tung Yau, Cambridge, MA (US);
Xianfeng Gu, Bethpage, NY (US);
Yalin Wang, Tempe, AZ (US);
Dale Royer, Somerville, MA (US);
GI, LLC, Somerville, MA (US);
Abstract
A method and associated apparatus for capturing an image of a 3D object () which encodes the surface geometry of at least a portion of the object, comprising: 1. projecting () a plurality of fringe patterns (A,A) onto the object; 2. capturing () phase alterations in reflections of the fringe patterns (B,B) from the object; 3. projecting a uniform image (A) onto the object; 4. capturing a reflection of the uniform image (B) from the object; and 5. combining () captured phase alterations and captured uniform image reflection on a pixel-by-pixel basis, thereby forming a holoimage representation of the object.