TECHNIQUE FOR IMAGE ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT
First Claim
1. A method for image acquisition and management, by utilizing a mobile device equipped with a camera and with a mobile software application;
- the method comprises the following steps enabled and/or supported by the software application;
providing guidance to an operator for making, by the camera, a set of one or more images of an object, so as to obtain said set of images using respective one or more angles suggested by the software application for properly registering currently existing visible features of said object,obtaining said set of images,storing said set of obtained images as a current reference set, along with its related data, in at least one storage/processing location being selected from a list comprising the mobile device and a remote location.
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Abstract
A technique for image acquisition and management, by utilizing a mobile device equipped with a camera and a mobile software application. The software application enables a) providing guidance to an operator for making, by the camera, a set of one or more images of an object, so as to obtain them at one or more angles suggested by the software application for properly registering currently existing visible features of the object, b) obtaining the set of images, c) storing the set of obtained images as a current set, along with its related data, in at least one storage/processing location for further analysis. The technique, using the mobile software application, may also perform d) analysis of thus obtained current set of images by comparing it with another reference set of images of the same or similar object. The technique may be used, for example, for detecting defects on a vehicle body.
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1. A method for image acquisition and management, by utilizing a mobile device equipped with a camera and with a mobile software application;
the method comprises the following steps enabled and/or supported by the software application; providing guidance to an operator for making, by the camera, a set of one or more images of an object, so as to obtain said set of images using respective one or more angles suggested by the software application for properly registering currently existing visible features of said object, obtaining said set of images, storing said set of obtained images as a current reference set, along with its related data, in at least one storage/processing location being selected from a list comprising the mobile device and a remote location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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