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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2011
Adam R. Gerlach, Oregonia, OH (US);
Paul Thomson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Bruce Walker, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Adam R. Gerlach, Oregonia, OH (US);
Paul Thomson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Bruce Walker, Cincinnati, OH (US);
ECTOSCAN SYSTEMS, LLC, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A surface data acquisition, storage, and assessment system for detecting and quantifying similarities or differences between stored data and data collected from a scan. The system operates utilizing a method that decreases the time required for calculating a pose estimate thus increasing its performance making it more practical for applications that require real-time operations. In a preferred embodiment the system comprises one or more sensing components for scanning and measuring surface features of an object for determining the identity of the object, and determines differences between data obtained from two or more scans.