Flexible tracking article and method of using the same
First Claim
1. A method of registering an article having a surface to previously created scan data of the article, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a flexible substrate having multiple tracking points attached to the substrate;
applying the substrate to the article to be registered;
creating a model of the surface of the article from a location of each tracking point; and
registering the model with the previously created scan data.
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Abstract
A method of registering an article having a surface to previously created scan data of the article includes the steps of providing a flexible substrate having multiple tracking points attached to the substrate, applying the substrate to the article to be registered, creating a model of the surface of the article from a location of each tracking point; and registering the model with the previously created scan data. A method of creating a model of a surface having a shape and an article to enable the creation of a model of a surface are also disclosed.
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48 Claims
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1. A method of registering an article having a surface to previously created scan data of the article, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a flexible substrate having multiple tracking points attached to the substrate;
applying the substrate to the article to be registered;
creating a model of the surface of the article from a location of each tracking point; and
registering the model with the previously created scan data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of creating a model of a surface having a shape, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a flexible substrate having multiple tracking points attached to the substrate;
attaching the flexible substrate to the surface;
determining a location for each tracking point; and
calculating the shape of the surface from the location of each tracking point. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An article to enable the creation of a model of a surface comprising:
- a flexible substrate;
multiple tracking points attached to the flexible substrate at predetermined locations, wherein the tracking points can be tracked by a tracking system; and
a data link to enable communication from the flexible substrate to a tracking system. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
- a flexible substrate;
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38. An article to enable the creation of a model of a surface comprising:
- a flexible substrate;
multiple light emitting diodes attached to the substrate at predetermined locations, wherein each light emitting diode is in a fixed relation to its neighboring light emitting diodes; and
a data link to enable communication from the flexible substrate to an optical tracking system. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
- a flexible substrate;
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