Method and apparatus for three-dimensional color scanning
CA 2308619 A1 · Owner: Mueller, Frederick E. · Inventors: Mueller, Frederick E.; Miramonti, John L.
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The invention provides a three-dimensional digital scanner which includes a multiple view detector which is responsive to a broad spectrum of visible light. The multiple view detector is operative to develop a plurality of images of a three-dimensional object which is being scanned. The plurality of images are taken from a plurality of relative angles with respect to the object, and the plurality of images depict a plurality of surface portions of the object. A digital processor including a computational unit is coupled to the detector and is responsive to the plurality of images so that it develops 3-D coordinate positions and related image information for the plurality of surface …
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- Filed October 24, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 24, 2017.
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