Method and System for Interactive Virtual Inspection of Modeled Objects
First Claim
1. A method of using a Graphic User Interface (GUI) for interactive virtual inspection of modeled objects comprising:
- acquiring a three-dimensional model of a modeled object;
displaying a first view of said modeled object;
identifying by a user, a location of interest on a surface of said modeled object that is visible within said first view;
creating a markup tag having information entered by said user that annotates said location of interest;
automatically associating said markup tag with said location of interest on said modeled object;
displaying a second view of said modeled object having at least one image point that correlates to the user identified location of interest on said modeled object; and
conveying said markup tag to said second view of said modeled object.
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Abstract
A method of using a Graphic User Interface (GUI) for interactive virtual inspection of modeled objects. The method includes acquiring a three-dimensional model of a modeled object and displaying a first view of the modeled object for a user to identify locations of interest on a surface of the modeled object visible within the first view. The user enters information to create a markup tag that annotates the location of interest, and the markup tag is automatically associated with the location of interest on the modeled object. A second view of the modeled object is displayed including the user identified location of interest and the markup tag.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of using a Graphic User Interface (GUI) for interactive virtual inspection of modeled objects comprising:
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acquiring a three-dimensional model of a modeled object; displaying a first view of said modeled object; identifying by a user, a location of interest on a surface of said modeled object that is visible within said first view; creating a markup tag having information entered by said user that annotates said location of interest; automatically associating said markup tag with said location of interest on said modeled object; displaying a second view of said modeled object having at least one image point that correlates to the user identified location of interest on said modeled object; and conveying said markup tag to said second view of said modeled object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for interactive virtual inspection of modeled objects comprising:
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a processor; a display device coupled to said processor; a memory device; and program code resident in said memory device, said program code executable by said processor to run a graphic user interface (GUI) for analyzing modeled objects comprising; an acquisition module configured to acquire a three-dimensional model of a modeled object; a display module configured to display views of said modeled object on said display, wherein a user interacting with said graphic user interface selects a first view of said modeled object for viewing on said display; a processing module configured to identify a location of interest on a surface of said modeled object that is visible within said first view and to designate global coordinate points of said three-dimensional model that characterize said location of interest of said modeled object; and an inspection module configured to create a markup tag, wherein said user interacts with said markup tag to provide information that annotates said location of interest, wherein said processing module associates said markup tag with said designated global coordinate points of said three-dimensional model;
whereinupon said user selecting a second view of said modeled object that has at least one image point that correlates to a corresponding designated global coordinate point of said three-dimensional model that characterize said location of interest for display by said display module, said processing module conveys said markup tag so that said user may also view said information included in said markup tag. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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