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This paper describes a system which integrates computer vision and rapid manufacturing technologies to scan physical objects and to replicate the reconstructed shapes as steel faced dies using shaping deposition processes. A light-stripe range finder is used to scan the 3-D data of the object. Range data is then processed in order to generate a solid model representation. The computer model is then replicated as a plastic prototype with stereolithography Finally, this prototype is used as a pattern in a thermal spray process to build a metal-faced die replica of the original object. The system is demonstrated by scanning a human face which is then replicated as a stainless-steel sculpture.
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Cerrada, C., Ikeuchi, K., Weiss, L., Reddy, R. (1991). A 3d-Object Reconstruction System Integrating Range-Image Processing and Rapid Prototyping. In: Tzafestas, S.G. (eds) Engineering Systems with Intelligence. Microprocessor-Based and Intelligent Systems Engineering, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2560-4_38
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