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System for optical recognition, interpretation, and digitization of human readable instruments, annunciators, and controls

  • US 9,202,098 B2
  • Filed: 08/15/2008
  • Issued: 12/01/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for optically recognizing, interpreting, and digitizing human readable instruments, annunciators, and controls, comprising:

  • an image acquisition sensor operable to capture images of multiple instruments, annunciators, and controls; and

    a logic processing unit operable to decode the images captured by the image acquisition sensor and interpret the decoded images to determine a state of the multiple instruments, annunciators, and controls;

    wherein the human readable instruments, annunciators, and controls are objects in an aircraft cockpit;

    wherein the system detects when at least one of the objects is occluded from the images captured by the image acquisition sensor;

    wherein the system groups the objects into an occluded group of objects and a non-occluded group of objects; and

    wherein the system continues to determine the state of the non-occluded group of objects while the at least one of the multiple instruments, annunciators, and controls is occluded.

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