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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2008
Applicants:
Keith Nugent, Victoria, AU;
Brendan Edward Allman, Victoria, AU;
Inventors:
Keith Nugent, Victoria, AU;
Brendan Edward Allman, Victoria, AU;
Assignee:
Iatia Imaging Pty Ltd., Victoria, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/245 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/245 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method, apparatus, computer code and algorithm for determining the surface profile of an object. The invention involves capturing three or four images of the object at different planes of which some of the images can be taken outside the depth of field of the optical system and some inside the depth of the field of the optical system. The invention may have particular application in instances of surface analysis and security applications under ambient lighting conditions.