| US 7,545,373 B2 | ||
| Applications with integrated capture | ||
| Mark S. Knighton, Santa Monica, Calif. (US); David S. Agabra, Pacific Palisades, Calif. (US); Peter J. DeLaurentis, Los Angeles, Calif. (US); and William D. McKinley, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to NextPat Limited, Sheung Wan (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, The) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 03, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/911,785. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0028695 A1, Feb. 09, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06T 15/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 345—419 [345/420; 235/454] | 30 Claims |
| 1. A system comprising:
a capture module in a computer system, the capture module to drive a capture unit to capture three-dimensional data about
a physical object; and
a Computer-Aided-Design (CAD) module in the computer system, the CAD module to enable display and editing of the captured
3D data,
wherein the capture module and CAD module are integrated to allow substantially automated transfer of 3D data from the capture
module to the CAD module, and
wherein the capture module and CAD module are integrated to allow a user to initiate the capture from within the CAD module.
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