Double bipolar photosculpture

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF PHOTOSCULPTURING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PROTOTYPE COMPRISING: (A) PROJECTING UPON THE PROTOTYPE A GRID COMPOSED OF LIGHT RAYS DIVERGING THREE-DIMENSIONALLY FROM A FIRST POINT KNOWN LOCATION, (B) INSTANTANEOUSLY RECORDING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE OF THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE OF INTERSECTION OF SAID GRID AND SAID PROTOTYPE, USING LIGHT RAYS REFLECTED BY SAID PROTOTYPE, SAID REFLECTED LIGHT RAYS CONVERGING THROUGHT THE EFFECTIVE OPTICAL CENTER OF A CAMERA LENS, SAID CENTER BEING AT A SECOND POINT OF KNOWN LOCATION OUTSIDE THE CONE OF RAYS FROM SAID FIRST POINT THAT IS SUBTENDED BY SAID PROTOTYPE, (C) PLACING A TOOL-CONSTRAINING POINT AT A POSITION CORRESPONDING TO THAT OF SAID FIRST POINT IN STEP (A), (D) PLACING A TOOL-SIGHTING POINT A POSITION CORRESPONDING TO THAT OF SAID SECOND POINT IN STEP (B), (E) PLACING THE RECORDED PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE AT A POSITION CORRESPONDING TO THE POSITION IT OCCUPIED DURING ITS RECORDING IN STEP (B) (F) PLCAING A BLOCK OF MATERIAL TO BE CARVED AT A POSITION CORRESPONDING TO THAT OF SAID PROTOTYPE IN STEP (B), (G) CARVING INTO SAID BLOCK WITH A CARVING TOOL BY DIRECTION SAID TOOL SO THAT THE DIRECTION FROM SAID TOOL-CONSTRAINING POINT TO THE PENETRATING EXTREMITY OF SAID TOOL CORRESPONDS TO THE DIRECTION OF ONE OF SAID LIGHT RAYS IN STEP (A), SAID ONE OF SAID LIGHT RAYS BEING IDENTIFIED BY ITS POSITION IN SAID GRID, (H) SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH STEP (G), ALIGNING SAID PENETRATING EXTREMITY, SAID TOOL-SIGHTING POINT, AND THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE OF THE INTERSECTION OF SAID ONE OF SAID LIGHT RAYS WITH THE PROTOTYPE, AND (I) REPEATING STEPS (G) AND (H) FOR A PLURALITY OF SAID ONES OF SAID LIGHT RAYS, SO THAT SAID PENETRATING EXTREMITY OF SAID CARVING TOOL CARVES AT LEAST PART OF SAID BLOCK INTO A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OF AT LEAST PART OF SAID THREE-DIMENSIONAL PROTOTYPE.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF PHOTOSCULPTURING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PROTOTYPE COMPRISING: (A) PROJECTING UPON THE PROTOTYPE A GRID COMPOSED OF LIGHT RAYS DIVERGING THREE-DIMENSIONALLY FROM A FIRST POINT KNOWN LOCATION, (B) INSTANTANEOUSLY RECORDING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE OF THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE OF INTERSECTION OF SAID GRID AND SAID PROTOTYPE, USING LIGHT RAYS REFLECTED BY SAID PROTOTYPE, SAID REFLECTED LIGHT RAYS CONVERGING THROUGHT THE EFFECTIVE OPTICAL CENTER OF A CAMERA LENS, SAID CENTER BEING AT A SECOND POINT OF KNOWN LOCATION OUTSIDE THE CONE OF RAYS FROM SAID FIRST POINT THAT IS SUBTENDED BY SAID PROTOTYPE, (C) PLACING A TOOL-CONSTRAINING POINT AT A POSITION CORRESPONDING TO THAT OF SAID FIRST POINT IN STEP (A), (D) PLACING A TOOL-SIGHTING POINT A POSITION CORRESPONDING TO THAT OF SAID SECOND POINT IN STEP (B), (E) PLACING THE RECORDED PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE AT A POSITION CORRESPONDING TO THE POSITION IT OCCUPIED DURING ITS RECORDING IN STEP (B) (F) PLCAING A BLOCK OF MATERIAL TO BE CARVED AT A POSITION CORRESPONDING TO THAT OF SAID PROTOTYPE IN STEP (B), (G) CARVING INTO SAID BLOCK WITH A CARVING TOOL BY DIRECTION SAID TOOL SO THAT THE DIRECTION FROM SAID TOOL-CONSTRAINING POINT TO THE PENETRATING EXTREMITY OF SAID TOOL CORRESPONDS TO THE DIRECTION OF ONE OF SAID LIGHT RAYS IN STEP (A), SAID ONE OF SAID LIGHT RAYS BEING IDENTIFIED BY ITS POSITION IN SAID GRID, (H) SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH STEP (G), ALIGNING SAID PENETRATING EXTREMITY, SAID TOOL-SIGHTING POINT, AND THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE OF THE INTERSECTION OF SAID ONE OF SAID LIGHT RAYS WITH THE PROTOTYPE, AND (I) REPEATING STEPS (G) AND (H) FOR A PLURALITY OF SAID ONES OF SAID LIGHT RAYS, SO THAT SAID PENETRATING EXTREMITY OF SAID CARVING TOOL CARVES AT LEAST PART OF SAID BLOCK INTO A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OF AT LEAST PART OF SAID THREE-DIMENSIONAL PROTOTYPE.