Computerized imaging of sporting trophies

Abstract

A method of generating and storing three-dimensional digital data indicative of a sporting trophy is provided. The method may be implemented in relation to a wide variety of sporting trophy applications. A sportsman can provide a sporting trophy to a scanning system to obtain three-dimensional image data relative to the sporting trophy. Sporting-relevant measurements can be computed based on the stored three-dimensional image data.

1 . A system for obtaining three-dimensional information related to a sporting trophy, the system comprising: 
 a scanner configured to scan a sporting trophy in three dimensions;    a server coupled to the scanner, the server being configured to calculate a plurality of measurements relative to the sporting trophy; and    wherein the server is further configured to generate an automated score based upon the plurality of measurements.    
   
   
       2 . The system of  claim 1 , and further comprising a ranking system operably coupled to the server and configured to maintain a ranking of scored sporting trophies.  
   
   
       3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the ranking system is configured to store additional data relative to a particular sporting trophy.  
   
   
       4 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the additional data includes geography.  
   
   
       5 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the additional data includes the state in which the sporting trophy was taken.  
   
   
       6 . The system of  claim 3 , where in the additional data includes age of a hunter.  
   
   
       7 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the additional data includes sporting categories.  
   
   
       8 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the additional data includes an indication of a type of scoring applied.  
   
   
       9 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the type of scoring is in accordance with Boone and Crocket Scoring.  
   
   
       10 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the type of scoring is in accordance with Pope and Young Scoring.  
   
   
       11 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the system is implemented as a centralized entity that is accessible over a computer network.  
   
   
       12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the computer network is the Internet.  
   
   
       13 . The system of  claim 1 , where the scanner is a Computer Axial Tomography (CAT) scanner.  
   
   
       14 . A method of generating a model based on a sporting trophy, the method comprising: 
 obtaining three-dimensional data relative to the sporting trophy;    manipulating the three-dimensional data to generate mirror image three-dimensional data;    providing the mirror image three-dimensional data to a model generation system; and    causing the generation system to generate a mirror image of the sporting trophy based upon the mirror-image three-dimensional data.    
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the sporting trophy is a single antler of a pair of antlers.