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US 7,672,810 B2Granted
Method, device and computer program for evaluating an object using a virtual representation of said object
Assignee3D Scanners Limited
InventorsBart Van Coppenolle, Lieven De Jonge
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for evaluating an object by reading and commands of a macro normally used in measurement equipment for evaluating a physical object, and applying said commands to a numerical (virtual) representation of a physical object. Said method provides a evaluation of the physical object, by applying said macro to a virtual representation of said object.
Claims41
A method of remotely evaluating a physical object, the method comprising:
- reading instructions of a macro at a local computer,
- wherein said macro is configured for use with a first measurement equipment, said first measurement equipment being capable of performing measurements of said physical object, and
- wherein said macro comprises instructions for said first measurement equipment to perform an evaluation of said physical object;
- receiving at the local computer a numerical representation of said physical object, wherein said numerical representation has been previously generated by measurement of said physical object using a second measurement equipment and prior to the numerical representation being sent to the local computer, and wherein the local computer is configured such that it is capable of evaluating said physical object by evaluating said numerical representation in lieu of evaluating said physical object;
- generating an evaluation of said physical object at said local computer by performing the instructions of said macro upon the numerical representation of the surface of said physical object;
- and
- outputting through the local computer said evaluation.
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A method of remotely evaluating a physical object, the method comprising:
- a local computer receiving a cloud of points from a remote location, wherein the cloud of points has been generated by a previous measurement of said physical object at the remote location and virtually represents said physical object;
- performing an evaluation of the cloud of points at the local computer;
- the local computer calculating one or more values based on the evaluation, wherein the one or more values approximate the value or values that would result from the measurement of said physical object by a measuring device;
- and
- the local computer outputting the evaluation.
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A method of remotely probing a physical object, the method comprising:
- a local computer receiving a cloud of points from a remote location, wherein the cloud of points has been generated by previous measurement of said physical object at the remote location and virtually represents said physical object;
- the local computer performing an evaluation of the cloud of points;
- the local computer calculating or selecting a point that approximates a point that would result from the probing of a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) on said physical object;
- and
- the local computer outputting the evaluation.
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A method of remotely evaluating a physical object, the method comprising:
- reading instructions of a macro at a local computer, wherein said macro is configured for use with a first measurement equipment, and wherein said macro comprises instructions for said first measurement equipment to perform an evaluation of said physical object;
- receiving a numerical representation of said physical object from a remote computer, wherein said numerical representation was generated with a second measurement equipment;
- generating an evaluation of said physical object with said first measurement equipment by performing the instructions of said macro upon the stored numerical representation;
- and
- outputting said evaluation.
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A method of remotely evaluating a physical object, the method comprising:
- reading instructions of a macro,
- said macro configured for use with first measurement equipment, said first measurement equipment being capable of performing measurements of said physical object,
- said macro comprising instructions for said first measurement equipment to perform an evaluation of said physical object;
- receiving a numerical representation of said physical object from a remote computer, wherein said numerical representation was generated by measurement of said physical object using a second measurement equipment and prior to the numerical representation being sent from the remote computer to a local computer, and wherein the numerical representation is configured such that said physical object may be evaluated by evaluating said numerical representation;
- generating an evaluation of said physical object by performing the instructions of said macro upon the numerical representation of said physical object, wherein the generating the evaluation comprises performing a single calculation on at least two points of the numerical representation;
- and
- outputting said evaluation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.