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Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2010
Applicants:

Jerold N. Luisi, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Timothy R. Littlefield, Phoenix, AZ (US);

George E. Kechter, Peoria, IL (US);

Jeanne K. Pomatto-hertz, Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Jerold N. Luisi, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Timothy R. Littlefield, Phoenix, AZ (US);

George E. Kechter, Peoria, IL (US);

Jeanne K. Pomatto-Hertz, Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Assignee:

Cranial Technologies, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);

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

A method for processing a three-dimensional image file captured directly from a live subject, the file including the cranium of the subject, comprises: providing a vertex point cloud for the three-dimensional image file; determining a median point for the vertex point cloud; determining a point on the cranium; and utilizing the median point and the cranium point to define a z-axis for the three-dimensional image file.


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