Patent ID: 6647154
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: G01C,G06T,G09B

Abstract:
A method for achieving an automated joining of two-dimensional objects, comprising the steps of:selecting a first set of points of a first one of the two-dimensional objects; selecting a second set of points of a second one of the two-dimensional objects; assigning one point of the second set to each point of the first set; assigning one point of the first set to each point of the second set; solving an equation system by performing the steps of: setting up a transformation equation for points of the first set with a plurality of variable parameters and determining those values of the plurality of variable parameters for which a sum of all squared values of distances between a transformed point of the first set and a corresponding point of the second set assumes a minimum; and plotting the first one of the two-dimensional objects on the second one of the two-dimensional objects in accordance with the transformation equation; wherein each point of each one of the first set and the second set is represented by a complex number.