Statistical Surface-Scanning Method And System
First Claim
1. A process employed to scan a complex surface (202, 302, 402) which is delimited at least in part by a physical barrier (411) and/or that has obstacles (114, 406);
- where the said process includes the following stages;
(a) a stage for scanning, in a suitable manner, a first zone (106, 206i, 306i), of small dimensions and of appropriate shape, of the said complex surface,where appropriate, detecting the said physical barrier (411) and/or the said obstacles (114, 406), andtravelling through successive relative positions,and integrating the said relative positions;
in such a manner that enables an absolute position to be established in the said first zone, enabling us to achieve an exhaustive scan of the said first zone;
where the said process also includes;
(b) a stage for selecting a second zone (206i+1, 306i+1) of small dimensions and of appropriate shape, of the said complex surface, and for iterating the above stage (a) for this second zone,(c) a stage to iterate stage (b) as often as necessary in order to scan the whole of the complex surface.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of scanning a complex surface (202) defined at least partially by a physical barrier and/or comprising obstacles. The inventive method comprises the following steps: (a) a step consisting in sufficiently scanning a first zone such as to obtain absolute location data in said zone, thereby enabling same to be exhaustively scanned; (b) a step consisting in selecting a second zone (206i+1) of the complex surface, having a reduced size and a suitable shape, and repeating step (a) for said second zone; and (c) a step consisting in repeating step (b) as many times as is necessary for the whole complex surface to be scanned.
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21 Claims
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1. A process employed to scan a complex surface (202, 302, 402) which is delimited at least in part by a physical barrier (411) and/or that has obstacles (114, 406);
- where the said process includes the following stages;
(a) a stage for scanning, in a suitable manner, a first zone (106, 206i, 306i), of small dimensions and of appropriate shape, of the said complex surface, where appropriate, detecting the said physical barrier (411) and/or the said obstacles (114, 406), and travelling through successive relative positions, and integrating the said relative positions; in such a manner that enables an absolute position to be established in the said first zone, enabling us to achieve an exhaustive scan of the said first zone; where the said process also includes; (b) a stage for selecting a second zone (206i+1, 306i+1) of small dimensions and of appropriate shape, of the said complex surface, and for iterating the above stage (a) for this second zone, (c) a stage to iterate stage (b) as often as necessary in order to scan the whole of the complex surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 21)
- where the said process includes the following stages;
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10. A system (100, 200, 300, 400) employed to scan a complex surface (202, 302, 402) which is delimited at least in part by a physical barrier (411) and/or that has obstacles (114);
- where the said system includes;
(a) scanning resources (102) that include detection resources (104) used to detect the said physical barrier and/or the said obstacles; where the said scanning resources (102) enable us to scan, in a suitable manner, a first zone (206i, 306i) of small dimensions and of appropriate shape, of the said complex surface, travelling through successive relative positions, and integrating the said relative positions in such a manner that we thus get an absolute location in the said first zone, in order to effect an exhaustive scan of the said first zone; where the said system also includes; (b) selection resources (110, 210) used to select a second zone (206i+1, 306i+1) of small dimensions and of appropriate shape, of the said complex surface, and to iterate the above stage (a) for this second zone, (c) iteration resources to iterate stage (b), as often as necessary, so as to scan the whole of the complex surface. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- where the said system includes;
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