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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:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Hntb Holdings Ltd., Kansas City, MO (US);
Inventors:
Paul James Digiacobbe, Ridley Park, PA (US);
Christopher Michael Siebern, Lafayette, IN (US);
Assignee:
HNTB HOLDINGS LTD., Kansas City, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); G06T 17/05 (2011.01); G01S 13/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/05 (2013.01); G01S 13/89 (2013.01); G06F 17/5009 (2013.01);
Abstract
Generating a scanned-surface model representing a scanned surface includes various steps. For example, instrument model coordinates may be obtained that represent a position of the instrument in the 3D model. In addition, surface-distance measurements may be derived describing a distance from the scanned surface. Inertial measurements are also recorded. The instrument model coordinates, surface-distance measurements, and inertial measurements are correlated and filtered by a rules based selection process to determine scanned-surface model coordinates.