Patent ID: 7519501

Claim:
A computer program product for facilitating inspection of an object, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program instructions stored therein, the computer-readable program instructions comprising: a first executable portion for storing a three-dimensional representation of the object; a second executable portion for determining an orientation of an image-projecting device relative to the object, wherein the second executable portion is configured to determine the orientation of the image-projecting device by determining misalignment of at least one target relative to corresponding target projections projected by the image-projecting device, and wherein the at least one target is in mechanical communication with the object; a third executable portion for rendering a two-dimensional image from the three-dimensional representation of the object based upon the orientation of the image-projecting device relative to the object; and a fourth executable portion for controlling projection of the two-dimensional image upon the object.