Method of capture and analysis of digitized image data
First Claim
1. Method of capture and analysis of digitized image data signals from a field of interest comprising the steps of:
- a) collecting digitized image data from a means for digitizing image information signals;
said data comprises a first plurality of sets, each set having a frame number, a scan line number and a digitizer strip number, and edge-detection data or bright-spot data;
b) converting edge-detection data to bright-spot data;
c) trimming said numbers and said spot data of said first plurality of sets to produce a second plurality of sets;
d) normalizing said numbers and said spot data of said second plurality of sets into a third plurality of sets comprising X and Y coordinate values;
e) finding image features of interest represented by said normalized data of said third plurality of sets;
f) selecting features to be reported; and
g) reporting information about features selected, said information being selected from type, number, pattern or location in said field of interest.
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Abstract
Computer programs for capture and analysis of digitized image data signals comprising frame, scan line and digitizer stripe numbers, and edge-detection or bright-spot data relating to images in a field of interest, which includes the steps of converting the edge-detection data to bright spot, reducing the amount of data processed by eliminating duplicate data, normalizing the data into X and Y coordinates, finding image features of interest, selecting features to be reported, and reporting type, number, pattern or location of the image features in the field. An example is processing of shotgun target images scanned by a video camera (whose signals are digitized) through a slit viewing a rotating illuminated drum on which a target has been placed. Other uses include: astronomical image analysis; satellite photos of sites; gatherings of people, things, animals or crops in fields; and movements of objects through a field of view such as objects on a conveyor belt, traffic, ballistic objects, and the like.
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19 Claims
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1. Method of capture and analysis of digitized image data signals from a field of interest comprising the steps of:
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a) collecting digitized image data from a means for digitizing image information signals;
said data comprises a first plurality of sets, each set having a frame number, a scan line number and a digitizer strip number, and edge-detection data or bright-spot data;b) converting edge-detection data to bright-spot data; c) trimming said numbers and said spot data of said first plurality of sets to produce a second plurality of sets; d) normalizing said numbers and said spot data of said second plurality of sets into a third plurality of sets comprising X and Y coordinate values; e) finding image features of interest represented by said normalized data of said third plurality of sets; f) selecting features to be reported; and g) reporting information about features selected, said information being selected from type, number, pattern or location in said field of interest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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