Patent ID: 9291527
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: G01B,G01M,G03B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A system suitable for use in monitoring observable changes to a selected surface region of a target object, said system comprising: a digital imaging device for acquiring a plurality of two-dimensional image files of the selected surface region; a guidance dolly, separate from the digital imaging device, for placement against the target object when the plurality of two-dimensional image files are being acquired, said guidance dolly having a first dolly surface generally conforming to the selected surface region of the target object; a computing device for converting said plurality of two-dimensional image files into a three-dimensional image file representative of the selected surface region; and a reference object acquired in at least one of said plurality of two-dimensional image files of the target object so as to enable correlation of image pixels between at least two, two-dimensional image files, wherein said reference object is integrated with said guidance dolly.