Defining and checking conformance of an object shape to shape requirements

摘要

#$%^&*AU2005248977B220110818.pdf#####ABSTRACT A system and method are provided for automatically defining acceptable shape requirements for an object. A reference shape is a shape that the object should be in, and the acceptable shape requirements define an acceptable shape of the object that may 5 deviate from the reference shape and yet is acceptable to a user. The system includes two elements: a processor, and a scanner coupled to the processor for scanning objects and sending scanned information of the objects to the processor. The processor is configured to perform three steps: (i) receiving scanned information of two or more acceptable shapes from the scanner; (ii) combining the scanned information of the two or more 10 acceptable shapes to define acceptable shape requirements; and (iii) storing the acceptable shape requirements. The processor may be further configured to perform the steps of: (iv) receiving a scanned shape of an object from the scanner, and (v) determining whether the scanned shape of the object is in conformance to the acceptable shape requirements. 15 -27-8/9 6 7D 6 4 -" 68A 68B67A 621 60A-- 68 60"- - 65~ 62A 60B,61B -68/ 67C 6 7B 74D 70 74A 70V ~ ~ ~ 70E- -q 72U 72W OU 72V 70A 72B7 72N2 72M 72 720DJ% 7S 74 772-~-7O 72R 72 - -- -- P- -7