Patent ID: 9269136
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G01B,G05B,G06K,G06T,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A computer implemented method for generating a key blank image from a key that is capable of being processed by a key blank generating machine to generate a key blank of the key, comprising: capturing an end image of an end of the key, wherein the end of the key is a portion of the key that is aligned with a corresponding keyhole to insert the key into the corresponding keyhole; rotating the end image so that the rotated end image is a mirror image of the end of the key so that an outline of the mirror image of the end of the key is substantially similar to an outline of the corresponding keyhole that the key is inserted; generating the key blank image from the mirror image of the end of the key to approximate a keyhole image of the keyhole that corresponds to the key; and providing the key blank image to the key blank generating machine to generate the key blank of the key.