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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
May. 04, 2010
Mark S. Knighton, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Peter J. Delaurentis, Los Angeles, CA (US);
William D. Mckinley, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
David S. Agabra, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
Mark S. Knighton, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Peter J. DeLaurentis, Los Angeles, CA (US);
William D. McKinley, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
David S. Agabra, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
NextEngine, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention may include a scanning device to scan three dimensional objects. The scanning device may generate a three dimensional model. The scanning device may also generate a texture map for the three dimensional model. Techniques utilized to generate the model or texture map may include tracking scanner position, generating depth maps of the object and generation composite image of the surface of the object.