SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF SURFACES
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Abstract
The present invention discloses systems and methods for the measurement of surfaces. More particularly, the present invention discloses a portable, hand-held, non-contact surface measuring system comprising an image capturing element, at least four projectable reference elements positioned parallel to one another at known locations around the image capturing element, a processing unit, and a user interface. The present invention further discloses a method for the non-contact surface measurement comprising projecting at least four references onto a target surface, capturing an image of the targeted surface and the projected references with the image transferring device, transferring the image to a processing unit, processing the image using triangulation-based computer vision techniques to correct for skew and to obtain surface measurement data, transferring the data to the user interface, modifying the data with the user interface. The systems and methods for the measurement of surfaces can be applied to the measurement of biological surfaces, such as skin, wounds, lesions, and ulcers.
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59. A portable, hand-held, non-contact self-contained surface measuring system capable of providing quantitative measurements of a target object on a target surface, the system comprising:
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an image capturing element for capturing an image of at least a portion of the target object; at least four projectable reference elements for defining at least one characteristic of at least a portion the target object; a processing unit; and a user interface for displaying the captured image. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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69. A method for providing quantitative measurements of a target object on a target surface, the method comprising:
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providing a target object on a target surface; projecting at least four reference elements at least a portion of the target object; capturing an image of at least a portion of the target object; and defining at least one characteristic of at least a portion of the target object. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
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75. A method for non-contact surface measurement of a target object on a target surface, the method comprising:
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projecting at least four reference points on at least a portion of the target object; locating the at least a portion of the target object and the projected reference points within the viewfinder of an image capturing device; capturing an image of the at least a portion of the target object and the projected reference points with the image capturing device; transferring the image to a processing unit; processing the captured image using triangulation-based computer vision techniques to correct for skew and to obtain surface measurement data; transferring the data to the user interface; and modifying the data with the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (76, 77, 78)
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