Method for recognizing a target component image within an image having multiple component images
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1. A method for recognizing a target component image from a larger image having a plurality of component images, the method comprising:
- receiving a first linear dimension measurement and a second linear dimension measurement of a minimum enclosing rectangle of an object corresponding to the target component image;
segmenting the larger image into the plurality of component images;
calculating an error amount for each of the plurality of component images based on a calculation of two local maximum distances between edge pixels in each of the component images for each of a plurality of orientations of an orthogonal coordinate system defined by the first and second linear dimensions and comparing the calculated two local maximum distances to the first and second linear dimensions; and
recognizing the target component image as the component image with the smallest error amount.
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Abstract
A position detection tool in a machine vision system finds the position of target objects in a digital image using the length and width of the target object as parameters. The input length and width dimensions are measured by the developer as the length and width of a simple hypothetical rectangle that surrounds the object. For most shapes, the developer can easily obtain these two measurements. The position detection tool can easily be adapted to discern particular image patterns from multiple component images.
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1. A method for recognizing a target component image from a larger image having a plurality of component images, the method comprising:
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receiving a first linear dimension measurement and a second linear dimension measurement of a minimum enclosing rectangle of an object corresponding to the target component image;
segmenting the larger image into the plurality of component images;
calculating an error amount for each of the plurality of component images based on a calculation of two local maximum distances between edge pixels in each of the component images for each of a plurality of orientations of an orthogonal coordinate system defined by the first and second linear dimensions and comparing the calculated two local maximum distances to the first and second linear dimensions; and
recognizing the target component image as the component image with the smallest error amount. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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