Patent ID: 9456137
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: G06T,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for acquiring a two-dimensional image file of a three-dimensional object including the steps of: (a) providing a camera for obtaining images of the object; (b) rotating the object; (c) obtaining a plurality of image stripes of the object by the camera as the object rotates, the image stripes comprising a plurality of pixel columns; (d) calculating the width of the object by determining the location of a left edge and a right edge of the object by analyzing pixels in a horizontal row of pixels across the image, (e) arranging the image stripes in an array; (f) applying a digital fingerprint to the pixel columns, the digital fingerprint including at least one of the following items of information: (g) comparing the digital fingerprints of the pixel columns in adjacent image stripes to identify redundant pixel columns; and (h) compiling the images stripes, without the redundant pixel columns, into the two-dimensional image file.