3-D surface data at video frame rates. Animation may then be generated from surface data of an actor's facial expressions or dialogue. Virtual 3D is providing unique approaches to applications demanding high speed, high quality 3-D perception. Current work on an initial application of the technology to robotics and autonomous guided vehicles has taken the form of the developmental M1 project. The vehicle images the terrain ahead at 30 frames per second, calculating the 3-D contours of the perceived view.
Obstacle avoidance is achieved by commanding speed and turn corrections.
While work continues on a small computer package to be carried onboard, telemetry to a remote processor, with commands relayed back to the platform, will be employed for the immediate future. As a self-contained, PC based system, ScanCast allowed the physician to input all patient pathology and prescription information via touch screen. Hundreds of these systems were installed at hospitals and clinics throughout the United States, Canada, Sweden, Norway and Korea. An off-shoot of this project was The Custom Foot scanning system used at a number of retail custom shoe facilities throughout the United States. The 3-D Rapid Digitizer was developed in 1992 as a high speed surface perception system for the storage of data from plaster models for medical orthotic and prosthetic applications.