Data processing: measuring – calibrating – or testing – Measurement system – Measured signal processing
Reexamination Certificate
2011-05-24
2011-05-24
Tsai, Carol S (Department: 2857)
Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
Measurement system
Measured signal processing
C345S606000, C345S648000, C345S649000, C382S128000, C382S294000, C382S275000, C382S278000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07949498
ABSTRACT:
Methods, systems and computer program products for estimating changes in an object represented by first and second multidimensional datasets. The first dataset is a reference dataset and the second dataset is an altered dataset. Discrete data samples of the first dataset are processed to form a piecewise continuous representation thereof. An error function is computed for comparisons between discrete data samples in the second dataset and the piecewise continuous representation of the first dataset. An alteration of the second dataset relative to the first dataset that minimizes the error function is determined.
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Viola Francesco
Walker William F.
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Tsai Carol S
University of Virginia Patent Foundation
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