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Hand held portable three dimensional scanner

  • US 7,711,179 B2
  • Filed: 04/21/2004
  • Issued: 05/04/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus capable of three dimensional (3D) imaging from one vantage point independent of profilometry comprising:

  • a housing having a physical terminus;

    an image sensing array (ISA); and

    an optical element in optical communication with the ISA,wherein all light received by the apparatus for 3D imaging and any light emitted by the apparatus for 3D imaging passes through a physical terminus of the apparatus at which point a maximum separation between any two light rays used for 3D imaging does not exceed 2 inches.

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