97 results about "Surface mapping" patented technology

A system comprising a convergent parameter instrument and a laser digital image projector for obtaining a surface map of a target anatomical surface, obtaining images of that surface from a module of the convergent parameter instrument, applying pixel mapping algorithms to impute three dimensional coordinate data from the surface map to a two dimensional image obtained through the convergent parameter instrument, projecting images from the convergent parameter instrument onto the target anatomical surface as a medical reference, and applying a skew correction algorithm to the image.

A method of medical imaging includes creating an anatomical map of an inner wall of a cavity in a body of a subject by inserting a probe into the body and collecting data using the probe. A three dimensional (3-D) contour is delineated in a 3-D image of the cavity based on the map.

The present invention relates to a convergent parameter instrument and method for performing real-time imaging using multiple imaging techniques. More particularly, the present invention relates to a handheld convergent parameter instrument providing some or preferably all of real-time imaging, including surface mapping, color imaging, perfusion imaging, thermal imaging, and near infrared spectroscopy, and including a common control set and a common display.

A method, and corresponding apparatus, of imaging sub-surface features at a plurality of locations on a sample includes coupling an ultrasonic wave into a sample at a first lateral position. The method then measures the amplitude and phase of ultrasonic energy near the sample with a tip of an atomic force microscope. Next, the method couples an ultrasonic wave into a sample at a second lateral position and the measuring step is repeated for the second lateral position. Overall, the present system and methods achieve high resolution sub-surface mapping of a wide range of samples, including silicon wafers. It is notable that when imaging wafers, backside contamination is minimized.

A surface mapping and generating device which has devices for the process and/or cost optimization, in particular raw material recovery devices, an automatic control of the intensity of a used laser light, devices for carrying out a calibrating procedure by evaluating overlap errors at matching points, devices for archiving especially three-dimensional data of the jaw and/or for modeling the bite position of the upper and the lower jaws, devices for the optimized preparation of at least one dental stump for the production and placement of a dental prosthesis thereon and/or devices for taking into consideration the bite position of the upper and lower jaws. It can be provided that the devices for the process and/or cost optimization are designed to ensure that two half frames showing different positions or views are evaluated, whereby preferably a pulsed laser for exposure purposes is included and/or that an image recording device, in particular a CCD chip, is arranged so as to ensure that lines, taking into account the Scheimpflug angle, are located perpendicular to the direction of travel of a measuring table. Methods according to the present invention use such devices and function correspondingly. In addition, the invention also makes available a patient data archiving system which comprises a chip card and/or decentralized data storage systems especially for dental data.

The invention discloses a rapid image splicing method based on wide-angle lenses. The method includes the steps that firstly, distortion correction is conducted on images acquired through the wide-angle lenses; secondly, cylindrical surface mapping is conducted on the images on which distortion correction is conducted, and a two-dimensional discrete coordinate mapping table is generated for each wide-angle lens; thirdly, the two-dimensional discrete coordinate mapping table of each wide-angle lens is loaded, and distortion correction and cylindrical surface mapping are sequentially conducted on the distortion images acquired through the wide-angle lenses according to the tables; fourthly, translation parameters between adjacent visual angle images on which cylindrical surface mapping is conducted are acquired, and the adjacent visual angle images are registered; fifthly, the registered adjacent visual angle images are fused, wherein Laplacian pyramids are established for registered adjacent visual angle image sequences respectively, linear fusion is conducted on a high-frequency pyramid image overlaying region and a low-frequency pyramid image overlaying region, and then a fused image of the adjacent visual angle images is obtained. The method has the advantages of being high in splicing speed and real-time performance.

A system for measuring the height of bin contents includes transmitters for transmitting pulses of wave energy towards the upper surface of the contents and receivers for receiving echoes of the pulses and producing corresponding signals. The transmitters and receivers are distributed aerially above the contents. The system also includes a processing apparatus, for using the received signals to map the upper surface, that includes correlators that correlate pulse waveforms with the signals, and a beamformer. In one embodiment, the beamformer computes, from the signals considered as corresponding to echoes, of pulses from fewer synthetic transmitters, received at a synthetic receiver array, respective directions of arrival of the signals. In another embodiment, the beamformer computes respective directions of transmission and arrival of the signals, and the processing apparatus also includes a processor that selects, according to the computed transmission and arrival directions, which signals to use for the mapping.

Surface mapping and/or generation device is provided, with a device for mapping 3D data of at least one denture base object such as a tooth stump or an implantation abutment, and an environment thereof, as well as with a device for the data-based generation and production of a denture part incorporating the 3D data of the denture base object. Additionally provided are a device for determining and/or defining a placement direction of the denture part that is to be slipped onto the denture base object, and a device for determining and producing a primary part that is to be slipped onto the denture base object before the denture part and that yields a desired placement direction for the denture part which is different from the placement direction that exists for slipping the primary part onto the denture base object. The device for data-based generation and production of a denture part is designed to generate and produce the latter by incorporating the 3D data of the primary part. Surface mapping and/or generation method is provided, wherein 3D data from a denture base object such as a tooth stump or an implantation abutment and an environment thereof are mapped and then, based on this 3D data of the denture base object, a denture part to be slipped thereon is produced. Before production of the denture part, a placement direction of the denture part onto the denture base object is determined or defined. On the basis of this 3D data of the denture base object, a primary part is determined and produced, with which a desired placement direction that differs from the placement direction that exists for slipping the primary part onto the denture base object is created for the denture part. On the basis of the 3D data, the denture part is generated and produced based on data so as to fit when pushed onto the primary part.

A method of displacing a tessellated surface, based on features of a displacement map, by analyzing a model to determine the level of detail in the model. Where the level of detail is high the number of polygons, typically triangles, used to represent the high detail area is increased through the use of “sub-triangles”. The positions of the sub-triangles are also strategically located and constrained to better represent the high detail area, particularly any edges in the area. The level of detail can be determined using a displacement map for the surface. The positions of the triangles can be located by determining feature points (or sub-triangle vertices) in the areas of detail where the feature points can be moved toward the areas of high rate of change and additional feature points can be added. The feature points can be connected to form the sub-triangles with an emphasis or constraint on connecting points along an edge or border.

A method and system collects and manipulates information from various sources for the purpose of determining the location of loads of material in a bulk material storage container and tracing the number and identity of bulk material sources, such as farms or processing plants, for loads located within a bulk material storage container. Such production source information is thus uniquely associated with a particular non-liquid bulk material load. Surface mapping of a surface of bulk material stored in a storage container is performed before and after material is added to the container, and are used to determine position of loads within the storage container. Embodiments of the present invention, using knowledge of the position of loads within the container, may be used for the purposes of preplanning and enhancing blended load-out batches.

The invention discloses a three-dimensional visualization method to process the thermal comfort of clothing. A human body-clothing thermal comfort model which is based on two nodes and multiple nodes adopts three-dimensional true human body and clothing surface mapping, mesh segmentation and cutting to constitute a true human body and clothing geometric model; a human body thermal regulation simulation model which is based on a three-dimensional finite element adopts unit surface mapping and cutting algorithm to constitute the true human body and clothing geometric model, so as to realize visualized display of a virtual reality environment. The invention is designed against the model in the visualization requirement of the human body-clothing thermal and moisture simulation, the invention realizes the visualized display of the virtual reality environment of the human body-clothing thermal and moisture transfer process and the clothing comfort by the implementation of the visualization treatment of the invention, so as to facilitate the realization of system integration and virtual reality application, and consequently obtain good visualization effect of the clothing thermal comfort simulation.

The present invention provides an optical method and a system for obtaining positional and/or motional information of an object with respect to a reference surface, including detecting if the object touches the reference surface, by using a projector and one camera. A surface map is used for mapping a location on the reference surface and a corresponding location in a camera-captured image having a view of the reference surface. In particular, a camera-observed shadow length, i.e. a length of the object's shadow observable by the camera, estimated by using the surface map, is used to compute the object's height above the reference surface (a Z coordinate). Whether or not the object touches the reference surface is also obtainable. After an XY coordinate is estimated, a 3D coordinate of the object is obtained. By computing a time sequence of 3D coordinates, the motional information, such as velocity and acceleration, is obtainable.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for optimally mapping a tiled memory surface to two memory channels, operating in an interleaved fashion, maximizing the memory efficiency of the two channels, while maintaining the desired access granularity. In particular, an incoming request address is used to generate memory addresses for memory channels based on tile and request parameters. The memory controller stores the set of tiled data in the memory in a format such that selected sets of tiled data are stored in alternating channels of memory, such that data blocks are accessible at the same time, as opposed to sequentially. Thus if the memory controller received a block of data from a source, such as a graphics engine, the memory controller would store portions of the block of data within a single tile in the memory, partitioned such that it is retrievable via alternate channels of memory at the same time.

A method and apparatus for the topographical profiling of a raw substrate is carried out during in-line processing of the substrate during which additional films and structures have been formed over the raw substrate surface. The method includes forming a dielectric film over the substrate surface and forming a metal film over the dielectric film. The structure is polished and monitored during various stages of the polishing operation. An interferometer is used to monitor the surface being polished and to distinguish between regions where metal remains and regions in which metal has been removed and the underlying dielectric material exposed. Topographical data, such as a substrate map, is generated by monitoring the time at which the metal film is removed from various spatial locations across the substrate. The substrate map may be generated during polishing, for in-line monitoring.

Methods and apparatus for analyzing surface properties of particles are provided. A method for analyzing the surface properties of the particle includes a associating a first particle with a first capture zone having a specific binding affinity for a first chemical species, applying an optical force to the first particle, sensing a response of the first particle to the optical force, and using the sensed response to determine the presence, absence or quantity of the first chemical species on the first particle surface. This process may be repeated in parallel to test multiple particles. In addition to directly testing the surface properties of the particles, the method can be used in direct, indirect and competitive assays to determine the presence, absence or quantity of free or immobilized analytes. A fluidic cartridge with capture zones having avidities that are tuned for the use of optical forces is provided. A software routine for performing the method is also provided.

The invention discloses a grid curved surface reconstruction method for scene understanding, and belongs to the field of three-dimensional graphics. The method comprises the following steps of: automatically identifying abnormal data through a mathematical model based on an undirected graph network, and estimating and adjusting a point cloud normal vector in an internal curved surface mapping manner; solving low-latitude feature information of the point cloud model, extracting a skeleton center curve, and designing a block segmentation mode of a complex branch area; for the point cloud from which the branches are removed, adopting a depth map mapping mode to identify and construct a visual field visible area of the point cloud, and designing a visual clustering-based slice body segmentation mode; constructing a self-learning scene understanding model based on the segmentation result, and realizing automatic restoration of the missing region; finally, designing a point cloud reconstruction algorithm based on a hyperspherical mapping mechanism, and surface data reconstruction loyalty of the original point cloud is achieved, and the method can be applied to efficient and accurate reconstruction of a CAD model, a building, an organism and a point cloud model mixed with multiple scenes.

The present invention provides an apparatus and method including hardware and software, which allows collecting and analyzing of data to obtain information about mechanical properties of soft materials. This allows surface mapping of viscoelastic properties in a high-resolution and fast manner. It also allows finding the degree of nonlinearity of the material response of the sample during the measurements. The apparatus can be used as a stand-alone device, or an add-on to either the existing atomic force microscope or nanoindenter device.

The invention provides for surface mapping of in-vivo imaging subjects using a single camera having a lens which is not telecentric in object space, and a moveable stage on which a subject animal for in-vivo imaging is placed. Images are taken and the stage is moved by known amounts, and the height of individual features on the subject is determined through analysis of how much the feature shifts in the image, given the known stage displacement and lens placement. A mesh or other surface can be constructed from individual features, to provide a map of the subject. Alternatively, two cameras are used in a calibrated stereo viewing arrangement. Resolution of 0.5 mm or better can be attained for mice and similarly sized subjects.

The invention discloses a three-dimensional laser scanning data modeling method and system based on semi-spherical surface and plane united projection. The three-dimensional laser scanning data modeling method includes that projecting N three-dimensional laser scanning data points to a semi-spherical surface to obtain semi-spherical surface mapping points; projecting the N semi-spherical surface mapping points to a plane to obtain N three-dimensional laser scanning data plane mapping points; converting the plane mapping points into N rectangular coordinates, and performing random axis coordinate rotation to obtain the plane mapping points of coordinate systems on a horizontal surface; triangulating the plane mapping points on the horizontal surface to obtain irregular triangular network topology relationships between plane mapping points; correspondingly assigning the irregular triangular network topology relationships between plane mapping points to three-dimensional laser scanning data points to obtain the irregular triangular network topology relationships between three-dimensional laser scanning data points to finish the modeling for the three-dimensional laser scanning data points. The three-dimensional laser scanning data modeling method and system are capable of realizing the quick and precise modeling for the three-dimensional laser scanning data.

The invention relates to a point cloud three-dimensional reconstruction method based on RGB data and a generative adversarial network. In order to solve the problems of complex point cloud data acquisition, high price and complex operation of a three-dimensional reconstruction technology in the background technology, the invention designs a method for generating point cloud data by a single RGB image, and completes deep learning point cloud three-dimensional reconstruction. First, a two-dimensional image is captured using an inexpensive ordinary camera, and a depth image estimate is generatedfrom a single RGB image over a generative adversarial network. And depth image estimation is generated by generating parameters of the training data depth camera, and three-dimensional point cloud data is obtained according to depth calculation. A rough surface model is obtained through spherical surface mapping, and finally a discriminator is used for discriminating the model to obtain a completethree-dimensional model.

A method and an apparatus to obtain a surface mapping of a ballistic piece of evidence (BPOE) under examination, such as a bullet or a spent cartridge case, that can be used thereafter as a 3D signature for identifying purpose during ballistic test comparison. The method comprises providing a measurement unit adapted to acquire a relief map of the surface of the BPOE and acquiring with the measurement unit the relief map of the surface to thereby obtain the mapping of the surface of the BPOE. Preferably, the measurement unit of the present invention comprises a confocal sensor such as confocal microscope. Also, the present invention includes acquiring the relief map of the bullet surface or of the cartridge case surface by acquiring and assembling a mosaic of regional reliefs that are partly overlapping with their surroundings regional reliefs.

The invention provides for surface mapping of in-vivo imaging subjects using a single camera and a moveable stage on which a subject animal for in-vivo imaging is placed. Images are taken and the stage is moved by known amounts along the optical axis, and the heights of individual features on the subject are determined through analysis of focus, given the known stage displacement. Alternatively, height of sub-regions of the subject are determined through analysis of focus. A mesh or other surface can be constructed from individual features, to provide a surface map of the subject. Accuracy of 0.5 mm or better can be attained for mice and similarly sized subjects.

The invention provides a texture mapping method based on a three-dimensional model and a texture mapping device thereof. The texture mapping device simultaneously selects texture images and the feature points of the three-dimensional model so that the accuracy of a free-form surface mapping initial value obtained by performing singular value decomposition on the feature points is enabled to be greatly enhanced. Meanwhile, the data of the two-dimensional image feature points and the three-dimensional geometric feature points are normalized so that the influence of the scale factor on the error of the free-form surface mapping initial value can be reduced. Then the free-form surface mapping initial value acts as an iteration initial value to be substituted in an error distance function established according to the feature points to perform iterative computation optimization and then an accurate free-form surface mapping final value is obtained. Then the texture image is mapped to a three-dimensional free-form surface initial structure established according to point cloud data acquired by a three-dimensional model data acquisition system according to the free-form surface mapping final value so as to generate an accurate simulation three-dimensional model.