Flare Monitoring
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1. A computer assisted method of identifying characteristics of a flare, the method comprising:
- obtaining a digital image of the flare;
identifying a region of interest of said captured image;
identifying flare pixels within said region of interest;
extracting color information from the flare pixels;
associating the extracted color information to characterizations of said flare; and
providing an operator alert when such characterizations indicate an abnormal flare.
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Abstract
A computer assisted method identifies characteristics of a flare. A digital image of the flare is obtained, such as by a color digital video camera and a region of interest likely containing the flare is identified. Flare pixels within the region of interest are identified and color information is extracted from such flare pixels. The extracted color information is associated to characterizations of the flare, and an operator is provided an alert when such characterizations indicate an abnormal flare
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1. A computer assisted method of identifying characteristics of a flare, the method comprising:
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obtaining a digital image of the flare; identifying a region of interest of said captured image; identifying flare pixels within said region of interest; extracting color information from the flare pixels; associating the extracted color information to characterizations of said flare; and providing an operator alert when such characterizations indicate an abnormal flare. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer readable medium having instructions for causing a computer to implement a method of identifying characteristics of a flare, the method comprising:
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obtaining a digital image of the flare; identifying a region of interest of said captured image; identifying flare pixels within said region of interest; extracting color information from the flare pixels; associating the extracted color information to characterizations of said flare; and providing an operator alert when such characterizations indicate an abnormal flare. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer system that identifies characteristics of a flare, the system comprising:
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a memory that stores a digital image of the flare; means for identifying a region of interest of said captured image; means for identifying flare pixels within said region of interest; means for extracting color information from the flare pixels; a classifier that associates the extracted color information to characterizations of said flare to identify an abnormal flare. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer implemented method that identifies characteristics of a flare, the method comprising:
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determining a broad region of interest on a video image where the flare is likely to be present; detecting a flare area; analyzing color constituents of the flare to detect abnormal flare conditions; and providing an alarm when abnormal flare conditions are detected. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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