Patent Document ID: 20150170352
Application ID: 14108976
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of automatically identifying a deepest point on a surface of an anomaly on a surface of a viewed object, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining an image of the surface of the viewed object with an imager; displaying on a monitor an image of the viewed object; determining the three-dimensional coordinates of a plurality of points on the surface of the viewed object using a central processor unit; determining a reference surface using the central processor unit; determining a region of interest that includes a plurality of points on the surface of the anomaly using a central processor unit; determining a depth for each of the plurality of points on the surface of the anomaly in the region of interest using a central processor unit; and determining the point on the surface of the anomaly in the region of interest having the greatest depth as the deepest point on the surface of the anomaly using a central processor unit.