CALIBRATED IMAGE DISPLAY

• US 20140098244A1
• Filed: 07/30/2013
• Published: 04/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pixameter Corp.
• Original Assignee: Pixameter Corp.
• Inventors: Ghazizadeh, Mansoor
• Application Number:
  US13/954,551
• Publication Number:
  US 20140098244A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/189
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 17/00 Diagnosis, testing or measuring for television systems or their details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 17/002 for television cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4318 by altering the content in the rendering process, e.g. blanking, blurring or masking an image region image enhancement or restoration in general G06T5/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/434 Disassembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. demultiplexing audio and video streams, extraction of additional data from a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Extraction or processing of SI; Disassembling of packetised elementary stream demultiplexing of data packets for data networks, e.g. RTP/UDP H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/87 Regeneration of colour television signals H04N9/80 takes precedence

Abstract

A digital image of a physical object is captured and stored with actual parameter information about the physical object. The stored actual parameter information, resolution of the digital image and display pixel size information obtained from a display are used to display an actual size image of the physical object on the display.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

capturing and storing a digital image of a physical object, including storing, with the captured digital image, actual parameter information about the physical object; and

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using the stored actual parameter information and display parameters obtained from a display to display an image of the physical object on the display that accurately represent actual parameters of the physical object.

2. A method as in claim 1 wherein the actual parameter information is stored as meta data.

3. A method as in claim 1 wherein the actual parameter information is stored as a two-dimensional bar code.

4. A method as in claim 1 wherein capturing and storing the digital image of the physical object includes calculating calibration information to be stored with the digital image.

5. A method as in claim 1 wherein capturing and storing the digital image of the physical object includes storing a horizontal scale and a vertical scale with the digital image.

6. A method as in claim 1 wherein the actual parameter information is information about actual size of the physical object.

7. A method as in claim 6 wherein the display parameters obtained from the display include display pixel size information which is used with the resolution of the digital image to display an actual size image of the physical object on the display.

8. A method as in claim 1 wherein the actual parameter information is information about color of the physical object and the displayed parameters include color characteristics of the display.

9. A method as in claim 1 wherein the actual parameter information is information about color brightness of the physical object.

10. A method comprising:

capturing and storing a digital image of a physical object, including storing, with the captured digital image, actual size information about the physical object;

storing a reference digital image of a reference object, including storing, with the reference digital image, actual size information about the reference object; and

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using the actual size information about the physical object and the actual size information about the reference object to display both the digital image of the physical object and the digital image of the reference object so that the digital image of the physical object and the digital image of the reference object are correctly sized relative to each other.

11. A method as in claim 10 wherein the actual size information about the physical object is stored as meta data.

12. A method as in claim 10 wherein the actual size information about the physical object is stored as a two-dimensional bar code.

13. A method as in claim 10 wherein capturing and storing the digital image of the physical object includes calculating calibration information to be stored with the digital image.

14. A method as in claim 10 wherein capturing and storing the digital image of the physical object includes storing a horizontal scale and a vertical scale with the digital image.

15. A method comprising:

capturing and storing a digital image of a physical object, including storing, with the captured digital image, actual size information about the physical object; and

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using the stored actual size information, resolution of the digital image and display pixel size information obtained from a display to display an actual size image of the physical object on the display.

16. A method as in claim 15 wherein the actual size information is stored as meta data.

17. A method as in claim 15 wherein the actual size information is stored as a two-dimensional bar code.

18. A method as in claim 15 wherein capturing and storing the digital image of the physical object includes calculating calibration information to be stored with the digital image.

19. A method as in claim 15 wherein capturing and storing the digital image of the physical object includes storing a horizontal scale and a vertical scale with the digital image.