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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2011
Applicants:
Yunqian MA, Plymouth, MN (US);
Jindrich Dunik, Plzen, CZ;
Jan Lukas, Melnik, CZ;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An example embodiment includes a method including receiving a three-dimensional set of range data including a plurality of points from one or more range finders. The method also includes extracting one or more surface features. Extracting includes segmenting the set of range data into a plurality of surfaces based on one or more edges, selecting one or more of the plurality of surfaces as the one or more surface features, and describing the one or more surface features based on a generic descriptor that can describe both planar and non-planar surface features.