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US 2012/0071998 A1Published application
Point Cloud Generation System
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsPaul Robert Davies, Joseph D. Doyle, Jeremy Glenn Eagan, Robin A. Rongey, Randy Dean Baker
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and point cloud generation system for managing a point cloud. Vertices for a model of an object are identified. The object comprises a plurality of parts. Identifiers for the plurality of parts are associated with points in the point cloud using the vertices for the model of the object.
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A method for managing a point cloud, the method comprising:
- identifying vertices for a model of an object, wherein the object comprises a plurality of parts;
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- associating identifiers for the plurality of parts with points in the point cloud using the vertices for the model of the object.
An apparatus comprising:
- a storage system configured to store a model of an object and data for a point cloud;
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- a computer system configured to identify vertices for the model of the object;
- and associate identifiers for a plurality of parts for the object with points in the point cloud using the vertices for the model of the object.
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A point cloud generation system for generating a point cloud for an object from a model of the object, the point cloud generation system comprising:
- a processor unit configured to obtain a number of stereolithographic files for parts for the object;
- identify a plurality of vertices for each of a number of triangles identified in each of the number of stereolithographic files;
- assign the plurality of vertices for the each of the number of triangles to a plurality of points in the point cloud;
- identify a set of points in the point cloud within a first selected distance from a plane defined by the plurality of vertices for the each of the number of triangles and within a second selected distance from bounds defined by the plurality of vertices for the each of the number of triangles to form identified points;
- and assign an identifier for a part to the identified points and to the plurality of points to which the plurality of vertices is assigned for the each of the number of triangles.
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