System for generatingthree-dimensional electronic models of objects
First Claim
1. An image generation system for developing three-dimensional electronic models of objects, the image generation system comprising:
- a scanner operable to scan an object and provide scanner position data that includes a geographic position, slope and orientation of the scanner and image data representative of the object for each of a plurality of different geographic locations of the scanner in the vicinity of the object; and
a computing system in communication with the scanner, where the computing system is operable to generate a three-dimensional electronic model of the object by fitting together the image data provided from each of the geographic locations based on the scanner position data.
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Abstract
An image generation system for developing three-dimensional electronic models of objects includes a scanner and a computing system. The scanner may be selectively positioned adjacent to an object in different geographic positions. The scanner may provide scanner position information and image data representative of the object to the computing system. The computing system may generate a three-dimensional electronic model of the object from the information. The three-dimensional electronic model may be stored and utilized in other applications, such as an electronic navigational map.
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63 Claims
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1. An image generation system for developing three-dimensional electronic models of objects, the image generation system comprising:
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a scanner operable to scan an object and provide scanner position data that includes a geographic position, slope and orientation of the scanner and image data representative of the object for each of a plurality of different geographic locations of the scanner in the vicinity of the object; and
a computing system in communication with the scanner, where the computing system is operable to generate a three-dimensional electronic model of the object by fitting together the image data provided from each of the geographic locations based on the scanner position data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 60)
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9. An image generation system for developing three-dimensional electronic models of objects, the image generation system comprising:
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a point scanner operable to generate a plurality of point clouds representative of an object as a function of a plurality of respective scans of the object from a plurality of respective geographic positions around the object;
a color scanner synchronously operating with the point scanner, where the color scanner is operable to generate color point data representative of the color of the object for each of the point clouds;
a positioning system operable to provide geographic position data of the point scanner and the color scanner for each of the geographic positions; and
a computing system operable to develop a three-dimensional electronic model as a function of the point clouds, the color point data and the geographic position data. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 61)
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18. An image generation system for developing three-dimensional electronic models of objects, the image generation system comprising:
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means for scanning an object, where the means for scanning is operable to determine position data that includes a geographic position, slope and orientation of the means for scanning an object and image data representative of the object for each of a plurality of different geographic locations of the means for scanning in the vicinity of the object; and
a computing system in communication with the means for scanning, where the computing system is operable to associate the position data with corresponding image data and dynamically fit together the image data from each of the different geographic locations based on the position data to generate a three-dimensional electronic model of the object. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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29. An image generation system for developing three-dimensional electronic models of objects, the image generation system comprising:
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a memory device;
instructions in the memory device to store a plurality of three-dimensional electronic images, where each of the three-dimensional electronic images includes image data captured during a scan of an object instructions stored in the memory device to associate position data indicative of a geographic location and orientation of a scanner used to capture the image data with the image data captured from the perspective of that geographic location;
instructions in the memory device to join a plurality of geometric points included in the image data of each of the three-dimensional electronic images; and
instructions in the memory device to combine the three-dimensional electronic images to form a three-dimensional electronic model as a function of the position data. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 62)
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36. A method of developing a three-dimensional electronic model representative of an object, the method comprising:
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performing a scan of an object in each of a plurality of geographic positions with a scanner;
collecting image data and corresponding geographic position data of the scanner during each scan with a computer;
the computer developing a three-dimensional electronic image representative of each scan from the image data collected during the scan; and
the computer combining a plurality of three-dimensional electronic images as a function of the geographic position data that is associated with each of the three-dimensional electronic images to form a three-dimensional electronic model representative of the object. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method of developing a three-dimensional electronic model representative of an object, the method comprising:
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scanning an object with a scanner from a plurality of positions to develop a respective plurality of three-dimensional electronic images, where each of the three-dimensional electronic images is represented with a plurality of geometric points in a point cloud and a plurality of color points;
portioning one of the three-dimensional electronic images into a plurality of sub-images;
converting the geometric points and the color points into a plurality of lines representative of the respective sub-images; and
combining the lines to develop a three-dimensional electronic model. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 63)
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53. A method of developing a three-dimensional electronic model representative of an object, the method comprising:
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capturing a plurality of scans of an object, where each of the scans includes image data representative of a three-dimensional electronic image and position data indicative of the position from which each scan was captured;
combining the scans to form a three-dimensional electronic model of the object as a function of the position data; and
texturizing the three-dimensional electronic model as a function of a source texture that is an image file identified with a unique identifier and stored in a source texture library. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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