Pattern recognition and orientation system
First Claim
1. A method for recognizing a flat piece of cloth comprisingplacing said piece on a viewing surface within a field of interest having perpendicular coordinate axes,generating image signals corresponding to the existence or nonexistence of said piece in discrete areas of said field,said discrete areas being arranged in rows and columns along said axes,processing said image signals to obtain observed moment signals representative of the first (area) and the second (sum of the products of inertia Ixx, Iyy) moments of said piece,generating desired signals for the corresponding first and second moments of a desired piece,identifying said piece by comparing said observed moment signals with said desired moment signals, andgenerating a default signal when a difference between said observed and desired signals exceeds a certain limit.
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Abstract
A system that automatically scans the shape of a flat object located in a viewing field, recognizes the shape by identifying at least one moment (e.g., the first moment, area; the second moments, products of inertia; or a higher moment), calculates the centroid and angle of inclination of a principal axis, and then moves the object to a desired location and into a desired orientation.
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4 Claims
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1. A method for recognizing a flat piece of cloth comprising
placing said piece on a viewing surface within a field of interest having perpendicular coordinate axes, generating image signals corresponding to the existence or nonexistence of said piece in discrete areas of said field, said discrete areas being arranged in rows and columns along said axes, processing said image signals to obtain observed moment signals representative of the first (area) and the second (sum of the products of inertia Ixx, Iyy) moments of said piece, generating desired signals for the corresponding first and second moments of a desired piece, identifying said piece by comparing said observed moment signals with said desired moment signals, and generating a default signal when a difference between said observed and desired signals exceeds a certain limit.
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3. Clothing manufacturing apparatus for recognizing a flat piece of cut cloth placed within a field of interest having perpendicular coordinate axes, said apparatus comprising
a member having flat viewing surface for supporting said piece, a viewer to generate image signals corresponding to the existence or nonexistence of said piece in discrete areas of said field, said discrete areas being arranged in rows and columns along said axes, means to process said image signals to obtain observed moment signals representative of the first (area) and the second (sum of the products of inertia Ixx, Iyy) moments of said piece, means to generate desired signals for the corresponding first and second moments of a desired piece, and means to generate a default signal when a difference between said observed and desired signals exceeds a certain limit.
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