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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2015
Geodigital International Inc., Hamilton, CA;
Richard James Pollock, Aurora, CA;
Alastair Nigel Jenkins, Etobicoke, CA;
Douglas Jared Parent, Oakville, CA;
GEODIGITAL INTERNATIONAL INC., Hamilton, Ontario, unknown;
Abstract
Image data obtained from an image sampling of a physical surface is integrated with position data obtained from a three-dimensional surface sampling of the same physical surface by combining data from the images with the measured surface points from the surface sampling to create additional 'implied' surface points between the measured surface points. Thus, the originally obtained point cloud of measured surface points is densified by adding the implied surface points. Moreover, the image data can be used to apply colors to both the implied data points and the measured data points, resulting in a colored three-dimensional representation of the physical surface that is of higher resolution than a representation obtained from only the measured surface points.