2 results about "Distance space" patented technology

A computer-implemented method for computing a surface of a multiple-layer object is disclosed. The method includes obtaining reference data describing a reference surface, obtaining layer data describing a respective thickness and a respective boundary of each layer of the multiple layers defined on the reference surface, and computing, based on the reference data and the layer data, a spatial field that encloses a spatial region located between the reference surface and a region corresponding to a sum of the thicknesses of the multiple layers stacked on the reference surface. The spatial field describes, for each of its constituent field points, a distance of the respective field point to the boundary of the respective layer and to the reference surface. The computing of the spatial field includes computing the spatial field to describe the field to a precision that is based on a distance to the boundary of the respective layer. The computer-implemented method includes computing the surface based on the spatial field.

In a non-contact position and / or distance sensor for determining the distance, spatial orientation, material properties or the like of a target object, and in a method for its operation, it is particularly provided that at least two sensor elements forming a sensor module (100) are provided and signals (103) supplied by the at least two sensor elements are jointly evaluated by means of at least one artificial neural network (110).