LASER IMAGING & DATA REDUCTION

LASER IMAGING & DATA REDUCTION

Abstract:

Computer Modeling is an emerging technology that can play a promising role in reducing product development time. Reverse engineering refers to the process of creating engineering design data from existing parts. It creates or clones an existing part by acquiring its surface data using a scanning or measurement device. Recently, laser scanning technology has improved significantly and become a viable option in capturing geometries of `complicated design models. 3D laser scanners have become more accurate and the speed of data acquisition has increased dramatically. However, they generate up to thousands of points per second, and it becomes a major problem to handle the huge amount of point data. It becomes quite important, therefore, to reduce the amount of acquired point data and convert them into formats required by manufacturing processes while maintaining the accuracy.


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