Computerized imaging of sporting trophies
AssigneePlainsmen Outdoors, LLC
InventorDavid Krien
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Abstract
A method of generating and storing three-dimensional digital data indicative of a sporting trophy is provided. The method may be implemented in relation to a wide variety of sporting trophy applications. A sportsman can provide a sporting trophy to a scanning system to obtain three-dimensional image data relative to the sporting trophy. Sporting-relevant measurements can be computed based on the stored three-dimensional image data.
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A system for obtaining three-dimensional information related to a sporting trophy, the system comprising:
- a scanner configured to scan a sporting trophy in three dimensions and generate three-dimensional image data indicative of the sporting trophy, the sporting trophy being any non-living biological specimen obtained by a sportsman while engaged in their sport;
- a memory for storing the three-dimensional image data of the sporting trophy, the three-dimensional image data being a three-dimensional representation of the sporting trophy;
- a server coupled to the scanner and memory, the server being configured to calculate at least one sporting-relevant measurement relative to the sporting trophy and generate an automated score based upon the plurality of measurements, the sporting-relevant measurement based on the three-dimensional representation of the sporting trophy, the automated score is based on a preselected sporting trophy scoring systems;
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- a ranking system operably coupled to the server and configured to maintain a ranking of scored sporting trophies.
A method of generating a model based on a sporting trophy, the method comprising:
- obtaining three-dimensional data relative to the sporting trophy, the sporting trophy being any non-living biological specimen obtained by a sportsman while engaged in their sport;
- manipulating the three-dimensional data to generate mirror image three-dimensional data;
- providing the mirror image three-dimensional data to a model generation system;
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- generating a mirror image of the sporting trophy based upon the mirror-image three-dimensional data.
A method of generating digital data indicative of a sporting trophy, the method comprising:
- providing the sporting trophy to a computerized scanner, the sporting trophy being any non-living biological specimen obtained by a sportsman while engaged in their sport;
- engaging the scanner to enable a free-formed scan of surfaces associated with the sporting trophy;
- generating three-dimensional image data indicative of the sporting trophy, the three-dimensional image data being a three-dimensional representation of the sporting trophy;
- generating a three-dimensional grid around the three-dimensional representation of the sporting trophy to provide a context for precise measurement, the three-dimensional grid is divided into measurement portions that are to scale within a range of hundredths of an inch;
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- storing the three-dimensional image data on a computer readable medium.
A method of generating a score relative to a sporting trophy, the method comprising:
- providing the sporting trophy to a computerized scanner, the sporting trophy being any non-living biological specimen obtained by a sportsman while engaged in their sport;
- engaging the scanner to enable a free-formed scan of surfaces associated with the sporting trophy;
- generating three-dimensional digital data representative of the sporting trophy, the three-dimensional image data being a three-dimensional representation of the sporting trophy;
- generating a grid around the three-dimensional representation of the sporting trophy to provide a context for precise measurement and the three-dimensional grid is divided into measurement portions that are to scale within a range of hundredths of an inch;
- storing the three-dimensional data on a computer readable medium,
- computing predetermined sporting-relevant measurements from the three-dimensional representation of the sporting trophy;
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- computing a score based on the sporting-relevant measurements, the predetermined sporting-relevant measurements to compute provided by selected sporting trophy scoring systems.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.