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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2012
Mark Rahmes, Melbourne, FL (US);
J. Hartan Yates, Melbourne, FL (US);
Morteza Akbari, Rockledge, FL (US);
Gnana Bhaskar Tenali, Melbourne, FL (US);
Mark Rahmes, Melbourne, FL (US);
J. Hartan Yates, Melbourne, FL (US);
Morteza Akbari, Rockledge, FL (US);
Gnana Bhaskar Tenali, Melbourne, FL (US);
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Abstract
Method for improving the quality of a set of a three dimensional (3D) point cloud data representing a physical surface by detecting and filling null spaces (). The method includes analyzing () the data to identify the presence of a plurality of level 1 fractals (), each defined by a plurality of voxels () containing data points arranged in one of a plurality of three-dimensional patterns. The method also includes selectively filling () voxels in the 3D point cloud data with a first predetermined limited number of data points to increase a number of instances where level 2 fractals () can be used for representing the 3D point cloud data. Each level 2 fractal is defined as a common plurality of the level 1 fractals having a common three-dimensional pattern, where the common plurality of level 1 fractals are also arranged in accordance with the common three dimensional pattern.