Patent ID: 9329763
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G01B,G01C,G06F,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A method for determining a geometric property of an object, the method comprising: displaying an image of the object on a touchscreen; receiving touch data via the touchscreen; automatically identifying a plurality of cursor points in the touch data using a processor; automatically determining a measurement type of the geometric property using the touch data; automatically determining the geometric property corresponding to the plurality of cursor points and the determined measurement type using the processor; and wherein the cursor points include respective two-dimensional (2-D) coordinates in the image of the object, and the geometric-property-determining step includes: determining three-dimensional (3-D) coordinates of the object using the image of the object; selecting a plurality of the 3-D coordinates corresponding to the 2-D coordinates of the cursor points; and determining the geometric property using the selected plurality of the 3-D coordinates.