Optical image monitoring system and method for vehicles
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1. A method of acquiring information from an image of at least a portion of a vehicle comprising the steps of:
- mounting at least one imaging device aboard said vehicle, wherein said imaging device has a view of an external control surface of said vehicle;
providing a computer processor connected to and controlling said imaging device;
capturing an image of said external control surface with said imaging device;
inputting said image to said computer processor;
identifying with said computer processor a state of said image; and
said computer processor providing an output corresponding to said image state.
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Abstract
A system and method of acquiring information from an image of a vehicle in real time wherein at least one imaging device with advanced light metering capabilities is placed aboard a vehicle, a computer processor means is provided to control the imaging device and the advanced light metering capabilities, the advanced light metering capabilities are used to capture an image of at least a portion of the vehicle, and image recognition algorithms are used to identify the current state or position of the corresponding portion of the vehicle.
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1. A method of acquiring information from an image of at least a portion of a vehicle comprising the steps of:
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mounting at least one imaging device aboard said vehicle, wherein said imaging device has a view of an external control surface of said vehicle; providing a computer processor connected to and controlling said imaging device; capturing an image of said external control surface with said imaging device; inputting said image to said computer processor; identifying with said computer processor a state of said image; and said computer processor providing an output corresponding to said image state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of acquiring information from an image of at least a portion of a vehicle comprising the steps of:
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mounting at least one imaging device aboard said vehicle, wherein said imaging device has a view of an external surface of said vehicle; providing a computer processor connected to and controlling said imaging device; capturing an image of said external surface with said imaging device; inputting said image to said computer processor; identifying with said computer processor a state of said image; providing said imaging device with advanced light metering capabilities; and said computer processor providing an output corresponding to said image state. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of acquiring information from an image of at least a portion of a vehicle comprising the steps of:
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mounting at least one imaging device aboard said vehicle, wherein said imaging device has a view of an external surface of said vehicle chosen from among the group consisting of fuselage, door, wing, tail, landing gear, control surface, propeller, window, engine, and exterior light; providing a computer processor connected to controlling said imaging device; providing said imaging device with advanced light metering capabilities chosen from among the group comprising spot metering, average metering, and center-weighted average metering; capturing an image of said external surface with said imaging device; inputting said image to said computer processor; identifying with said computer processor a state of said image; analyzing said image state with a rules engine executing on said computer processor; determining with said computer processor if said image state indicates that said vehicle is in violation of a condition defined by said rules engine; if said vehicle is in violation of a respective condition, initiating an appropriate response to said violation; said computer processor providing an output corresponding to said image state applies said advanced light metering capabilities directly to raw pixel data before an image file is created; and said computer processor providing an output corresponding to said image state. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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