Computed tomography object inspection system
| DWPI Title: Method for inspecting object in virtual reality environment, involves displaying group of graphical indicators in environment by game engine running on computer system when difference is present between features in model and features |
| Abstract: A method and apparatus for inspecting an object in a virtual reality environment. Computed tomography scan data for the object is identified. A first group of dimensions for a model of the object and a second group of dimensions for the computed tomography scan data for the object are adjusted such that the first group of dimensions for a first group of features in the model corresponds to the second group of dimensions for a second group of features in the computed tomography scan data. The model and the computed tomography scan data are displayed by a game engine in the virtual reality environment on a display system. Graphical indicators in the virtual reality environment are displayed when a difference is present between features in the model and the features in the computed tomography scan data, enabling identifying the difference between the object and the model of the object. |
| Use: Method for inspecting an object in a virtual reality environment. Uses include but are not limited to a hardware structure, an assembly, a part, a consumer electronics device, a biological structure, a chip, and a camera system. |
| Advantage: The method allows an operator to easily identify differences between the model representing the object as desired and the computed tomography scan data representing the object as manufactured or fabricated to provide technical effect of making inspection of the object easier to view and analyze by a human operator. |
| Novelty: The method involves displaying a model of an object and computed tomography scan data (404) for the object in a virtual reality environment (400) on a display system by a game engine running on the computer system. A group of graphical indicators (500) is displayed in the virtual reality environment by the game engine running on the computer system when difference is present between features in the model and features in the computed tomography scan data for identifying the difference between the object and the model of the object. |
| Filed: 9/29/2016 |
| Application Number: US15280061A |
| Tech ID: SD 13716.0 |
| This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |
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