Information search and retrieval system
First Claim
1. An image processing system comprising:
- (a) a search engine;
(b) an image analyzer coupled to said search engine, said image analyzer for comparing first and second images provided thereto from said search engine; and
(c) one or more feature modules coupled to one of said search engine and said image analyzer, each of said feature modules for providing to said image analyzer information specific to a particular application.
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Abstract
An image search and retrieval system and method of operation within such a system are disclosed. The image search and retrieval system includes a search engine coupled to an image analyzer, an input system, an output system and an image database. The image search and retrieval system includes one or more feature modules which define particular regions of an image and particular measurements to make on pixels within the defined image region as well as the measurements to make on neighboring pixels in neighboring image regions for a given application and communicate this application specific information to the image analyzer thereby allowing rapid comparisons of images.
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20 Claims
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1. An image processing system comprising:
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(a) a search engine;
(b) an image analyzer coupled to said search engine, said image analyzer for comparing first and second images provided thereto from said search engine; and
(c) one or more feature modules coupled to one of said search engine and said image analyzer, each of said feature modules for providing to said image analyzer information specific to a particular application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A process for comparing two images comprising the steps of:
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(a) aligning a target image and a selected image each of the target and selected image having at least one property;
(b) dividing the selected image into a plurality of image regions each of the image regions having at least one property;
(c) combining properties in predetermined ones of the plurality of image regions;
(d) selecting a primary image region within the selected image;
(e) selecting a target image region; and
(f) comparing one or more properties of the primary image region within the selected image to a corresponding one or more properties in the target image region. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board comprising the steps of:
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(a) performing a manufacturing operation on a printed circuit board; and
(b) inspecting the result of the manufacturing operation by comparing an image of the actual operation being performed to a target image of the manufacturing operation being inspected. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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