Patent ID: 11961305
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 16:
17. The system as recited in claim 16, wherein the computer system is further configured to perform operations comprising:
(k) comparing respective scan images corresponding to the start and ending locations of the scanner;
(l) determining a location offset of the ending location from the starting location;
(m) computing corrected coordinates of successive positions of points on the respective portions of the surface of the target object corresponding to successive scan images based on the location offset;
(n) associating the corrected coordinates with the successive scan images;
(o) computing corrected angles of successive orientations of the respective portions of the surface of the target object corresponding to the successive scan images based on the location offset;
(p) associating the corrected angles with the successive scan images; and
(q) storing the successive scan images and associated corrected coordinates and corrected angles in a non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium.