Patent Document ID: 8712147
Application ID: 13365835
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of using a computer processor to improve the quality of a set of a three dimensional (3D) point cloud data representing a physical surface by detecting and filling null spaces, comprising: analyzing the set of 3D point cloud data with said computer processor to identify within said set of 3D point cloud data the presence of a plurality of level 1 fractals, each level 1 fractal respectively defined by a first plurality of voxels, the first plurality of voxels containing data points arranged in a first three-dimensional pattern of a plurality of three-dimensional patterns; and using said computer processor to selectively fill a second plurality of voxels in said 3D point cloud data with a first predetermined limited number of data points to increase a number of instances where level 2 fractals can be used for representing said 3D point cloud data, each level 2 fractal defined by a third plurality of voxels, said third plurality of voxels comprised of at least a portion of two or more of said level 1 fractals; and wherein said two or more said level 1 fractals which form each level 2 fractal are also arranged in accordance with said first three dimensional pattern, whereby the three dimensional arrangement of the two or more level 1 fractals with respect to each other is the same as the three dimensional arrangement of the first plurality of voxels forming each level 1 fractal.