Patent ID: 9533418
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: B25J,G06T

Claim:
1. A method for specifying an area of interest in a 3D imaging system including a plurality of cameras that include at least first and second cameras wherein each camera has a field of view arranged along a camera distinct trajectory, the method comprising the steps of: presenting a physical object at a location within the fields of view of each of the plurality of cameras; for each of the plurality of cameras: (i) acquiring at least one image of the physical object while indicating an area of interest on the physical object that is within the field of view of each of the plurality of cameras, the indicated area of interest being a selected area of interest that corresponds to a predetermined subset of the field of view of each of the plurality of cameras; (ii) the 3D imaging system identifying the selected area of interest in the at least one image for each of the plurality of cameras, the identified selected area of interest in the at least one image being a camera specific field of interest within the field of view of the camera; and (iii) the 3D imaging system storing the camera specific field of interest in a memory for subsequent use.