Adjustable image capturing system
First Claim
1. An image capturing system, comprising an image capturing device mounted on a support so as to be manually adjustable in three dimensions relative thereto, and analysis apparatus for determining the presence of any part of said support in the field of view of said image capturing device and/or its appearance in an image captured by said image capturing device.
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Abstract
An image capturing system comprises an image capturing device mounted on a support so as to be manually adjustable in three dimensions relative thereto. The system further comprises analysis apparatus for determining the presence of any part of said support in the field of view of said image capturing device and/or its appearance in an image captured by said image capturing device.
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13 Claims
- 1. An image capturing system, comprising an image capturing device mounted on a support so as to be manually adjustable in three dimensions relative thereto, and analysis apparatus for determining the presence of any part of said support in the field of view of said image capturing device and/or its appearance in an image captured by said image capturing device.
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11. A camera arrangement comprising a support including an articulated arm on which a camera is mounted for movement relative to the support, and including a system for determining the presence of any part of said support in the field of view of said camera and/or its appearance in an image captured by the camera.
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12. An image capturing system, comprising an image capturing device mounted on a support so as to be movable relative thereto, and an image data processor for determining the presence of any part of said support in the field of view of said image capturing device and/or its appearance in an image captured by said image capturing device, wherein said image data processor is arranged to determine the presence or appearance of part or parts of the support, to store a two or three-dimensional model of at least the support, and to apply an object matching algorithm to an image captured by said image capturing device so as to determine the presence and/or location of said part or parts of the support in the image.
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13. An image capturing system, comprising an image capturing device mounted on a support so as to be movable relative thereto, and an image analysis system for determining the presence of any part of said support in the field of view of said image capturing device and/or its appearance in an image captured by said image capturing device, wherein said image analysis system is arranged to employ an object matching algorithm to match one (or more) key feature(s) of the support within a captured image and estimate the position of the support in the image as a starting point for a subsequent image-based detection process to more accurately determine the appearance of the support in the image.
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