Abstract: A sensor sphere may measure light and/or other properties of an environment from a multitude of angles and/or perspectives. A rendering system may obtain measurements that the sensor sphere generates as a result of measuring light in the environment from a common position and the multitude of angles and/or perspectives. The rendering system may receive image(s) that capture the environment from a first perspective, may determine a first set of the measurements that measure the lighting from the first perspective, may determine a second set of the measurements that measure the lighting from a different second perspective, may illuminate the environment from the second perspective by adjusting the lighting of the environment according to a difference between the second set of measurements and the first set of measurements, and may render the environment from the second perspective with the adjusted lighting.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for rendering point clouds via a hybrid data point and construct visualization. The system receives a point cloud of a three-dimensional (“3D”) environment, and differentiates a first set of the point cloud data points from a second set of the data points based on a position of each data point relative to a specified render position. The system generates a first visualization from values of each of the first set of data points, and a second visualization from values of a set of constructs that replace the second set of data points. Each construct has a polygonal shape and a singular set of values defined from the values of two or more of the second set of data points. The system presents a final render of the 3D environment from the render position by combining the first visualization with the second visualization.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for efficiently accessing a point cloud via a multi-tree deconstruction of the point cloud. The system may receive the point cloud, may differentiate different sets of data points from the point cloud using differentiation criteria, and may generate different trees with each tree having leaf nodes corresponding to one of the differentiated sets of data points and parent nodes defined according to commonality in values of two or more leaf nodes. The system may receive a request to render the 3D environment, load a first tree into memory, generate a first image from the first tree data points, flush the first tree from the memory, load a second tree into the memory, generate a second image from the second tree data points, and present a composite image by combining at least the first image with the second image.

Abstract: A comparator may automatically detect and quantify subtle and/or microscopic variance to a feature of a three-dimensional (“3D”) object in a reproducible manner based on point cloud imaging of that 3D object. The comparator may isolate a first set of data points, that represent the object feature at a first time, in a reference point cloud, and may isolate a second set of data points, that represent the same but altered object feature at a different second time, in a non-reference point cloud. The comparator may detect variance between positional values and visual characteristic values of the second set of data points and the corresponding positional values and visual characteristic values of the first set of data points, and may quantify a change occurring to the object feature between the first time and the second time based on a mapping of the variance to a particular unit of measure.

Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional (“3D”) analysis tool or device for generating visualizations for attributes in different multi-plane slice of a point cloud or 3D image. The device may receive a point cloud with a plurality of data points that are distributed across a plurality of different planes and that collectively produce a 3D image. The device may select a set of the plurality of data points that are located within a particular slice of the point cloud, may generate a visualization from one or more attributes of the set of data points, and may present the visualization of the one or more attributes for the set of data points in a different format than a rendering of the set of data points.

Abstract: A sensor sphere may measure light and/or other properties of an environment from a multitude of angles and/or perspectives. A rendering system may obtain measurements that the sensor sphere generates as a result of measuring light in the environment from a common position and the multitude of angles and/or perspectives. The rendering system may receive image(s) that capture the environment from a first perspective, may determine a first set of the measurements that measure the lighting from the first perspective, may determine a second set of the measurements that measure the lighting from a different second perspective, may illuminate the environment from the second perspective by adjusting the lighting of the environment according to a difference between the second set of measurements and the first set of measurements, and may render the environment from the second perspective with the adjusted lighting.

Abstract: Provided is a multispectral imaging device for providing precise tracking and verification. The imaging device may configure a first filter for a sensor, and may determine first spectral properties of a target object based on a first image of the target object generated from visible light passing through the first filter onto the sensor. The imaging device may configure a different second filter for the sensor, and may determine second spectral properties of the target object based on a second image of the target object generated from the non-visible light passing through the second filter onto the sensor. The imaging device may align the second spectral properties of the second image with the first spectral properties of the first image, and may present the first spectral properties with the second spectral properties in a single composite image of the target object.

Abstract: A device is provided for encrypting and/or decrypting a point cloud having a plurality of data points that collectively produce a three-dimensional (“3D”) image. Each data point may have a set of elements with values that define a position of the data point in 3D space and visual characteristics of the data point. Encrypting the point cloud may include deterministically a set of data point to encrypt, and deterministically changing the data point element values of the selected data points so that the 3D image produced by the encrypted data points is different than the 3D produced from the unencrypted data points. Decrypting the resulting encrypted point cloud may include deterministically reselecting the encrypted data points using an encryption key, and deterministically reversing the changes made to the data point element values of the selected data points based on transformations that are specified as part of the encryption key.

Abstract: Provided is a system for structured and controlled movement and viewing within a point cloud. The system may generate or obtain a plurality of data points and one or more waypoints for the point cloud, present a first subset of the plurality of data points in a field-of-view of a camera at an initial position and an initial orientation of a first waypoint, change the camera field-of-view from at least one of (i) the initial position to a modified position within a volume of positions defined by orientation controls of the first waypoint or (ii) the initial orientation to a modified orientation within a range of orientations defined by the orientation controls of the first waypoint, and may present a second subset of the plurality of data points in the camera field-of-view at one or more of the modified position and the modified orientation.

Abstract: Provided is a controller for automatically providing centered and zoomed-in focus to different features in an image based on a single user input provided on or near those features. The controller may receive an image that is centered on a first point and that is presented at a first zoom depth, and may detect a feature at a different second point in the image. The controller may define a selectable region that extends beyond a border of the feature, and may detect a single user input issued outside the border of the feature, but within the selectable region. In response to the single user input, the controller may center the image on the second point of the feature, and may increase from the first zoom depth to a second zoom depth in order to enlarge view of the feature.

Abstract: A device is provided for encrypting and/or decrypting a point cloud having a plurality of data points that collectively produce a three-dimensional (“3D”) image. Each data point may have a set of elements with values that define a position of the data point in 3D space and visual characteristics of the data point. Encrypting the point cloud may include deterministically a set of data point to encrypt, and deterministically changing the data point element values of the selected data points so that the 3D image produced by the encrypted data points is different than the 3D produced from the unencrypted data points. Decrypting the resulting encrypted point cloud may include deterministically reselecting the encrypted data points using an encryption key, and deterministically reversing the changes made to the data point element values of the selected data points based on transformations that are specified as part of the encryption key.

Abstract: A comparator may automatically detect and quantify subtle and/or microscopic variance to a feature of a three-dimensional (“3D”) object in a reproducible manner based on point cloud imaging of that 3D object. The comparator may isolate a first set of data points, that represent the object feature at a first time, in a reference point cloud, and may isolate a second set of data points, that represent the same but altered object feature at a different second time, in a non-reference point cloud. The comparator may detect variance between positional values and visual characteristic values of the second set of data points and the corresponding positional values and visual characteristic values of the first set of data points, and may quantify a change occurring to the object feature between the first time and the second time based on a mapping of the variance to a particular unit of measure.

Abstract: A device is provided for encrypting and/or decrypting a point cloud having a plurality of data points that collectively produce a three-dimensional (“3D”) image. Each data point may have a set of elements with values that define a position of the data point in 3D space and visual characteristics of the data point. Encrypting the point cloud may include deterministically a set of data point to encrypt, and deterministically changing the data point element values of the selected data points so that the 3D image produced by the encrypted data points is different than the 3D produced from the unencrypted data points. Decrypting the resulting encrypted point cloud may include deterministically reselecting the encrypted data points using an encryption key, and deterministically reversing the changes made to the data point element values of the selected data points based on transformations that are specified as part of the encryption key.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for processing a cooked food product and producing a plurality of cooked food product portions is disclosed. The method includes the steps of positioning the cooked food product in an extrusion location, extruding the cooked food product through an extrusion plate and dividing the extruded cooked food products into a desired thickness and/or weight. The disclosed apparatus includes a positioning element which positions the cooked food product into an extrusion location, as well as an extrusion assembly which extrudes the cooked food product prior to presenting the extruded food product to the dividing apparatus for division into a plurality of portions having a desired thickness and/or weight. Apparatus is also disclosed for selectively varying the shape of the food product portions, as well as apparatus which provides for selective adjustment of the operational parameters of the apparatus to vary the thickness of the cooked food product portions.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing a cooked food product and producing a plurality of cooked food product portions is disclosed. The method includes the steps of positioning the cooked food product in an extrusion location, extruding the cooked food product through an extrusion plate and dividing the extruded cooked food products into a desired thickness and/or weight. The disclosed apparatus includes a positioning element which positions the cooked food product into an extrusion location, as well as an extrusion assembly which extrudes the cooked food product prior to presenting the extruded food product to the dividing apparatus for division into a plurality of portions having a desired thickness and/or weight. Apparatus is also disclosed for selectively varying the shape of the food product portions, as well as apparatus which provides for selective adjustment of the operational parameters of the apparatus to vary the thickness of the cooked food product portions.