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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013

Filed:

Feb. 05, 2009
Applicants:

Saad M. Khan, Hamilton, NJ (US);

Pingkun Yan, Peekskill, NY (US);

Mubarak Shah, Oviedo, FL (US);

Inventors:

Saad M. Khan, Hamilton, NJ (US);

Pingkun Yan, Peekskill, NY (US);

Mubarak Shah, Oviedo, FL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G06T 15/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In one embodiment, a system and method for modeling a three-dimensional object includes capturing two-dimensional images of the object from multiple different viewpoints to obtain multiple views of the object, estimating slices of the object that lie in parallel planes that cut through the object, and computing a surface of the object from the estimated slices.


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