US 10,380,806 B2 · Systems and methods for receiving and detecting dimensional aspects of a malleable target object

Abstract

Systems and methods of receiving and detecting dimensional aspects of a malleable target object are disclosed. A method of receiving dimensional aspects of a malleable target object includes forming the malleable target object from a malleable material including a magnetic component that generates a magnetic field having particular dimensional aspects that correspond to dimensional aspects of the target object, placing the malleable target object within a sensed area such that a sensor senses the particular dimensional aspects of the magnetic field and generates sensed data corresponding to the particular dimensional aspects of the magnetic field, and receiving, from a computing device, the three dimensional computer rendering of the malleable target object. The computing device generates the three dimensional computer rendering from the sensed data and outputs the three dimensional computer rendering such that the three dimensional computer rendering corresponds to the dimensional aspects of the malleable target object.

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Dependent claims

A method of receiving dimensional aspects of a malleable target object, the method comprising:

forming the malleable target object into a shape having dimensional aspects from a malleable material comprising a magnetic component dispersed throughout the malleable material such that a magnetic field generated by the malleable target object comprises dimensional aspects that correspond to the shape having the dimensional aspects of the target object due to a strength and a direction of the magnetic field generated by the malleable target object;
placing the malleable target object within a sensed area such that a sensor senses the dimensional aspects of the magnetic field and generates sensed data corresponding to the dimensional aspects of the magnetic field;
and
receiving, from a computing device, the three dimensional computer rendering of the malleable target object, wherein the computing device generates the three dimensional computer rendering from the sensed data and outputs the three dimensional computer rendering such that the three dimensional computer rendering corresponds to the dimensional aspects of the shape of the malleable target object.

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A method of detecting dimensional aspects of a malleable target object shaped to have dimensional aspects and comprising a malleable material having a magnetic component dispersed throughout the malleable material, the method comprising:

directing, by a processing device, a sensor to sense dimensional aspects of a magnetic field generated by the magnetic component dispersed throughout the malleable material of the malleable target object, wherein the dimensional aspects of the magnetic field corresponds to dimensional aspects of the malleable target object due to a strength and a direction of the magnetic field generated by the malleable target object;
receiving, by the processing device, sensed data from the sensor, the sensed data corresponding to the dimensional aspects of the magnetic field;
and
generating, by the processing device, a three dimensional rendering of the malleable target object from the sensed data.

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A system for detecting dimensional aspects of a malleable target object shaped to have dimensional aspects and comprising a malleable material having a magnetic component dispersed throughout the malleable material, the system comprising:

a sensor;
a processing device communicatively coupled to the sensor;
and
a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium, the non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium comprising one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to:
direct the sensor to sense dimensional aspects of a magnetic field generated by the magnetic component dispersed throughout the malleable material of the malleable target object, wherein the dimensional aspects of the magnetic field corresponds to dimensional aspects of the malleable target object due to a strength and a direction of the magnetic field generated by the malleable target object,
receive sensed data from the sensor, the sensed data corresponding to the dimensional aspects of the magnetic field, and
generate a three dimensional rendering of the malleable target object from the sensed data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Systems and methods for receiving and detecting dimensional aspects of a malleable target object

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Systems and methods for receiving and detecting dimensional aspects of a malleable target object

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