3D IMAGING METHOD AND SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A system for generating a three-dimensional model of an object, the system including:
- a portable hand-held imaging device including;
a housing;
a plurality of sensors attached to the housing;
at least one electronic processing device coupled to the plurality of sensors, wherein the electronic processing device;
determines from the plurality of sensors and whilst the imaging device is in at least two different poses relative to the object;
range data indicative of a range of the object;
thermal infrared data indicative of a thermal infrared image of the object;
generates a three-dimensional model based at least partially upon the range data from the at least two different poses; and
associates model data derived from the thermal infrared data from the at least two different poses with the three dimensional model to thereby provide a three dimensional thermal infrared model of the object.
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Abstract
A system for generating a three-dimensional model of an object, the system including a portable hand-held imaging device including a housing, a plurality of sensors attached to the housing and at least one electronic processing device coupled to the plurality of sensors. The electronic processing device determines from the plurality of sensors, whilst the imaging device is in at least two different poses relative to the object, range data indicative of a range of the object and thermal infrared data indicative of a thermal infrared image of the object, generates a three-dimensional model based at least partially upon the range data from the at least two different poses and associates model data derived from the thermal infrared data from the at least two different poses with the three dimensional model to thereby provide a three dimensional thermal infrared model of the object.
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39 Claims
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1. A system for generating a three-dimensional model of an object, the system including:
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a portable hand-held imaging device including; a housing; a plurality of sensors attached to the housing; at least one electronic processing device coupled to the plurality of sensors, wherein the electronic processing device; determines from the plurality of sensors and whilst the imaging device is in at least two different poses relative to the object; range data indicative of a range of the object; thermal infrared data indicative of a thermal infrared image of the object; generates a three-dimensional model based at least partially upon the range data from the at least two different poses; and associates model data derived from the thermal infrared data from the at least two different poses with the three dimensional model to thereby provide a three dimensional thermal infrared model of the object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of generating a three-dimensional model of an object, the method including, in an electronic processing device:
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determining from the plurality of sensors and whilst an imaging device is in at least two different poses relative to the object; range data indicative of a range of the object; thermal infrared data indicative of a thermal infrared image of the object; generating a three-dimensional model based at least partially upon the range data from the at least two different poses; and associating model data derived from the thermal infrared data from the at least two different poses with the three dimensional model to thereby provide a three dimensional thermal infrared model of the object.
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20. A system for generating a three-dimensional model of an object, the system including:
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a portable imaging device including; a housing; a range sensor attached to the housing; a visible light image sensor attached to the housing; and a thermal infrared image sensor attached to the housing, wherein the range sensor, the visible light image sensor and the thermal infrared image sensor have overlapping fields of view; at least one processor coupled to the range sensor, the visible light image sensor and the thermal infrared image sensor of the portable imaging device; and a memory, coupled to the at least one processor, including instruction code executable by the processor for; receiving range data from the range sensor, image data from the visible light image sensor, and thermal infrared data from the thermal infrared image sensor; generating a three-dimensional model based upon the range data captured from several positions; and associating data from the image data and the thermal infrared data, from at least two positions, with the three dimensional model. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method of generating a three-dimensional model of an object, the method including:
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receiving, from a range sensor, a visible light image sensor and an thermal infrared image sensor, range data, image data and thermal infrared data, wherein the range sensor, the visible light image sensor and the thermal infrared image sensor have overlapping fields of view, and wherein the range data, image data and thermal infrared data each correspond to data from at least two different positions of the range sensor, visible light image sensor and thermal infrared image sensor; generating a three-dimensional model based upon the range data; and associating data from the image data and the thermal infrared data, corresponding to the at least two different positions, with the three dimensional model. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39)
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