Patent Document ID: 20170132775
Application ID: 14938419
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An automated measurement system comprising: a multi-axis imager configured to: receive images of a workpiece, the images including at least one of visual information about the workpiece at a plurality of focus planes and visual information about the workpiece between at least two focus planes; determine a point cloud of a plurality of 3 D data points, each of the plurality of 3 D data points representing at least one of an intersection of one of the plurality of focus planes with a surface of the workpiece and positional information of the workpiece in a de-focused area between the at least two focus planes; determine, using the point cloud of the plurality of 3 D data points, a plurality of dimensions of features of the workpiece; compare the determined plurality of dimensions of the features to manufacturing specifications corresponding to at least some of the determined plurality of dimensions of the features; and output an indication of at least the comparisons that exceed a predetermined threshold.