A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING A DETERMINATION OF A LINEAR DIMENSION OF AN OBJECT FROM AN IMAGE OF THE OBJECT - Patent 1169614

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EP 1 169 614 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	09.01.2002 Bulletin 2002/02

(21)	Application number: 00912873.7

(22)	Date of filing: 03.04.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G01B 11/00, G01B 11/02, G03B 17/24

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/IE0000/037

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0060/311 (12.10.2000 Gazette 2000/41)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

01.04.1999 IE 990260

(71)	Applicant: Montaut, Brian Emile
	Bray, County Wicklow (IE)

(72)	Inventor:
	Montaut, Brian Emile Bray, County Wicklow (IE)

(74)	Representative: Gorman, Francis Fergus
	F. F. Gorman & Co. 15 Clanwilliam Square Dublin 2 Dublin 2 (IE)

(54)	A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING A DETERMINATION OF A LINEAR DIMENSION OF AN OBJECT FROM AN IMAGE OF THE OBJECT