Patent ID: 7268345
Filing Date: 2007-09-11
Classification: H01J,H04N

Abstract:
1. A scanning system comprising: a support apparatus comprising: a support bed and a carriage moveably coupled to the support bed; a transparent plate attached to the support bed above the carriage; a sensor assembly attached to the support apparatus and comprising at least one sensor and a white, non-coherent light source, said sensor assembly being configured for three-dimensional scanning of an object placed on the transparent plate by: shining white, non-coherent light on the object; and obtaining at least two scanned images of the object, each of which is from light reflecting off the object at a different angle with respect to a path of travel of the carriage and being sensed by the at least one sensor, wherein the at least two scanned images are stereoscopic images; and a processor operably interfaced with the sensor assembly and configured to process said at least two scanned images of the object for at least one of (i) stereoscopic viewing of the object and (ii) three-dimensional rendering of the object.