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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
May. 28, 2008
Rupen Melkisetoglu, Princeton, NJ (US);
Tong Fang, Morganville, NJ (US);
Fred Mcbagonluri, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Gregory G. Slabaugh, Princeton, NJ (US);
Rupen Melkisetoglu, Princeton, NJ (US);
Tong Fang, Morganville, NJ (US);
Fred McBagonluri, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Gregory G. Slabaugh, Princeton, NJ (US);
Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Corporation, Iselin, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method and system for side detection of an undetailed 3D ear impression is disclosed. In order to determine whether a received 3D undetailed ear impression is a left or right ear impression, a local coordinate system of the 3D undetailed ear is defined based on side independent features of the 3D undetailed ear impression. A skeleton (or center spline) of the 3D undetailed ear impression is detected, and it is determined whether the 3D undetailed ear impression is a left or right ear impression based on the skeleton and the local coordinate system.