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System and method of measuring distances related to an object

  • US 9,230,339 B2
  • Filed: 07/01/2014
  • Issued: 01/05/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer implemented method of estimating at least one dimension of a target object within a digital image which includes a reference object having a fiducial pattern printed thereon placed substantially in a plane of the target object, the method comprising:

  • obtaining a digital image, on a computer, containing the target object and the reference object;

    locating, on a computer, the reference object in the digital image by searching for the fiducial pattern, said reference object having one or more known linear dimensions viewable in said digital image;

    determining, on a computer, pixel dimensions of said reference object using edge detection image processing to identify pixel locations bounding the reference object;

    calculating, on a computer, a pixel scale factor based on at least one reference object pixel dimension in the digital image and at least one known linear physical dimension of the reference object;

    locating, on a computer, the target object in the digital image; and

    calculating, on a computer, the at least one dimension of the target object based on the pixel scale factor.

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