--- _id: '3512' abstract: - lang: eng text: Methods, apparatus and computer program products provide efficient techniques for reconstructing surfaces from data point sets. These techniques include reconstructing surfaces from sets of scanned data points that have preferably undergone preprocessing operations to improve their quality by, for example, reducing noise and removing outliers. These techniques include reconstructing a dense and locally two-dimensionally distributed 3D point set (e.g., point cloud) by merging stars in two-dimensional weighted Delaunay triangulations within estimated tangent planes. The techniques include determining a plurality of stars from a plurality of points p.sub.i in a 3D point set S that at least partially describes the 3D surface, by projecting the plurality of points p.sub.i onto planes T.sub.i that are each estimated to be tangent about a respective one of the plurality of points p.sub.i. The plurality of stars are then merged into a digital model of the 3D surface. applicant: - Geomagic Inc. article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Yates full_name: Fletcher, Yates last_name: Fletcher - first_name: Tobias full_name: Gloth, Tobias last_name: Gloth - first_name: Herbert full_name: Edelsbrunner, Herbert id: 3FB178DA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Edelsbrunner orcid: 0000-0002-9823-6833 - first_name: Ping full_name: Fu, Ping last_name: Fu citation: ama: Fletcher Y, Gloth T, Edelsbrunner H, Fu P. Method, apparatus and computer products that reconstruct surfaces from data points. 2006. apa: Fletcher, Y., Gloth, T., Edelsbrunner, H., & Fu, P. (2006). Method, apparatus and computer products that reconstruct surfaces from data points. chicago: Fletcher, Yates, Tobias Gloth, Herbert Edelsbrunner, and Ping Fu. “Method, Apparatus and Computer Products That Reconstruct Surfaces from Data Points,” 2006. ieee: Y. Fletcher, T. Gloth, H. Edelsbrunner, and P. Fu, “Method, apparatus and computer products that reconstruct surfaces from data points.” 2006. ista: Fletcher Y, Gloth T, Edelsbrunner H, Fu P. 2006. Method, apparatus and computer products that reconstruct surfaces from data points. mla: Fletcher, Yates, et al. Method, Apparatus and Computer Products That Reconstruct Surfaces from Data Points. 2006. short: Y. Fletcher, T. Gloth, H. Edelsbrunner, P. Fu, (2006). date_created: 2018-12-11T12:03:43Z date_published: 2006-04-04T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2022-01-05T14:00:00Z day: '04' extern: '1' ipc: ' G06T17/20 ; B33Y50/00' ipn: US7023432B2 main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7023432B2 month: '04' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version publication_date: 2006-04-04 publist_id: '2875' status: public title: Method, apparatus and computer products that reconstruct surfaces from data points type: patent user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2006' ...