Optical topographic imaging

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9082188
APP PUB NO 20120257046A1
SERIAL NO

13443534

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Methods and devices of studying a predefined portion of an object having a feature of interest are disclosed. The feature of interest defines a class of objects that includes the object. Light sources directly illuminate the object from different illumination directions. The light sources are maintained in a stable configuration relative to the object. For each illumination direction, an image is generated from light scattered from the object with a camera maintained in a stable configuration relative to the light sources. A methodology derived from machine learning for the class of objects is applied to filter the generated images are filtered for a characteristic consistent with the feature of interest. Surface gradients are determined from the filtered images and integrated to generate a topography of a surface of the object.

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HID GLOBAL CORPORATION15370 BARRANCA PARKWAY IRVINE CA 92618-3106

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Martin, Ryan Eric Tijeras, US 4 50
Mueller, Horst Arnold Rio Rancho, US 4 38
Rowe, Robert K Corrales, US 82 5150

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