Methods, apparatus, computer program and storage medium for position decoding
First Claim
1. A processor-implemented method for position decoding, in which a sequence of positions is extracted from a sequence of images, recorded by a sensor, of a position-coding pattern, said method comprising steps performed by a processor of:
- retrieving at least one reference position, the at least one reference position corresponding to a preceding position extracted from a prior image of the position-coding pattern; and
extracting said sequence of positions by matching information obtained from each of said images with a corresponding pattern reference area, which represents a known subset of the position-coding pattern with a given spatial relation to said reference position.
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Abstract
A method, in an apparatus for position decoding, operates to extract a sequence of positions from a sequence of images of a position-coding pattern, as recorded by a sensor. The method, which may be embodied as a computer program on a computer-readable storage medium, involves the steps of retrieving at least one reference position (P1, P1′); and extracting the sequence of positions solely by matching information obtained from each of the images with a corresponding pattern reference area (MA), which represents a known subset of the position-coding pattern with a given, direct or indirect, spatial relation to the reference position(s).
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35 Claims
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1. A processor-implemented method for position decoding, in which a sequence of positions is extracted from a sequence of images, recorded by a sensor, of a position-coding pattern, said method comprising steps performed by a processor of:
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retrieving at least one reference position, the at least one reference position corresponding to a preceding position extracted from a prior image of the position-coding pattern; and extracting said sequence of positions by matching information obtained from each of said images with a corresponding pattern reference area, which represents a known subset of the position-coding pattern with a given spatial relation to said reference position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A processor-implemented method for position decoding by determining a position on the basis of information obtained from a partial area, recorded by a sensor, of a position-coding pattern, the position-coding pattern comprising a plurality of marks, each mark coding one of at least two different values in at least one dimension, said method comprising steps performed by a processor of:
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generating a probability matrix, said probability matrix containing one matrix element for each mark in said partial area, each matrix element being adapted to store either a value which represents a most probable estimated value of its mark, or a value which represents that no value has been estimated for its mark; matching said probability matrix with information about how the position-coding pattern is composed in a pattern reference area of said position-coding pattern, said pattern reference area being larger than said partial area and including said partial area, and said pattern reference area defining a plurality of positions; and selecting, as the position to be determined, one of the positions defined by said pattern reference area for which the matching step indicates correspondence between said probability matrix and said one of the positions defined by the pattern reference area. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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33. An apparatus for position decoding, comprising a signal-processing unit which is adapted to extract a sequence of positions from a sequence of images, recorded by a sensor, of a position-coding pattern, wherein the signal-processing unit is further adapted to:
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retrieve at least one reference position, the at least one reference position corresponding to a preceding position extracted from a prior image of the position-coding pattern; and extract said sequence of positions by matching information obtained from each of said images with a corresponding pattern reference area, which represents a known subset of the position-coding pattern with a given spatial relation to said reference position. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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35. An apparatus for position decoding, comprising a signal-processing unit which is adapted to determine a position on the basis of information obtained from a partial area, as recorded by a sensor, of a position-coding pattern, the position-coding pattern comprising a plurality of marks, each mark coding one of at least two different values in at least one dimension, wherein the signal-processing unit is further adapted to:
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generate a probability matrix, said probability matrix containing one matrix element for each mark in said partial area, each matrix element being adapted to store either a value which represents a most probable estimated value of its mark, or a value which represents that no value has been estimated for its mark; match said probability matrix with information about how the position-coding pattern is composed in a pattern reference area of said position-coding pattern, said pattern reference area being larger than said partial area and including said partial area; and select, as the position to be determined, the one of the positions defined by said pattern reference area for which the matching step indicates correspondence between said probability matrix and said pattern reference area.
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