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Machine vision methods for determining characteristics of an object using boundary points and bounding regions

  • US 5,974,169 A
  • Filed: 03/20/1997
  • Issued: 10/26/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of determining a characteristic of an object in an image, comprising the steps ofA. finding, in the image, points on a boundary of the object;

  • B. identifying, in the image, plural bounding boxes corresponding to each of plural respective edges of the object;

    C. determining a correspondence, if any, between points in the image on the boundary of the object and respective edges of the object, such determination being based on at least (i) locations and orientations in the image of the points on the boundary of the object, and (ii) locations in the image of the plural bounding boxes;

    D. determining a characteristic of the object based on those points in the image on the boundary of the object that correspond to edges of the object.

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