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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2006
Toshihiro Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yukihiro Kawano, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Terada, Tokyo, JP;
IHI Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A three-dimensional shape data recording/display method including: a data inputting step Sfor inputting into a computer coordinate values on a three-dimensional shape; a model structuring step Sfor structuring an environment model for partitioning a spatial region into a plurality of voxels made from rectangular solids, of which the boundary surfaces are mutually perpendicular, and stores the positions of the individual voxels; a matching step Sfor setting and recording a representative point and an error distribution within the voxel corresponding to the coordinate value; a model updating step Sfor updating the environment model; and an outputting step Sfor outputting, to an outputting device, at least one of the voxel position, representative point, and error distribution.