Patent ID: 6654046
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: G01B,G06T

Abstract:
A system for obtaining a rendering of a three dimensional figure comprising:an imager housing assembly provided with an enclosed vertically moveable section including a bottom planar horizontal surface; a horizontal planar screen provided on said bottom planar horizontal surface; a first optical system attached to the exterior of said enclosed vertically moveable section, said optical system receiving light reflected from the figure and further directing the light onto said horizontal planar screen; a digital camera provided within said enclosed vertically moveable section directed at said horizontal planar screen, for creating a plurality of images of the information provided on said horizontal planar screen; a device for raising and lowering said vertically moveable section including said horizontal planar screen, said first optical system and said digital camera; and a computer provided with a display screen located exterior to said imager housing and in communication with said digital camera for processing the plurality of images provided by said digital camera; wherein said vertically moveable section is raised or lowered to various heights with respect to the figure to allow various horizontal sections of the figure to be projected onto said horizontal planar screen, a picture of each of said horizontal sections transmitted to said computer from said digital camera to produce a rendering of the figure on said display screen.