Object detection and recognition method

• US 9,973,688 B2
• Filed: 12/03/2015
• Issued: 05/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Fortress, LLC
• Original Assignee: Intellectual Fortress, LLC
• Inventors: Chu, Kevin Hwading, Wang, Xiran, Chen, Yangyang
• Primary Examiner(s): Velez, Roberto
• Assistant Examiner(s): LE, TUAN H
• Application Number:
  US14/958,805
• Publication Number:
  US 20160309079A1
• Time in Patent Office: 894 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 3/03 telescopic axially displaceable couplings F16D3/06
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/041 Allowing quick release of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/14 with ball-joint ball-jointed hinges F16C11/06 ; adjustable mountings employing universal joints for lighting devices F21V21/26 - F21V21/30
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/18 with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2014 around a vertical axis F16M11/2035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/28 Undercarriages for supports with one single telescoping pillar
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/00 Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles heads thereof F16M11/02 ; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20 ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 ; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/04 for supporting on, or holding steady relative to, a person, e.g. by chains , e.g. rifle butt or pistol grip supports, supports attached to the chest or head apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/06 also serviceable for other purposes, e.g. to be used as spade, chair, ski-stick
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/08 for use as a walking-cane
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 26/08 for controlling the direction of light in light guides G02B6/35
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 26/0816 by means of one or more reflecting elements
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/644 compensating for large deviations, e.g. maintaining a fixed line of sight while a vehicle on which the system is mounted changes course
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/561 Support related camera accessories
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/566 Accessory clips, holders, shoes to attach accessories to camera if integral part of camera body G03B17/02
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/583 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/22 Matching criteria, e.g. proximity measures
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/161 Detection; Localisation; Normalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/168 Feature extraction; Face representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/611 where the recognised objects include parts of the human body
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/667 : Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/04 : Synchronising for television systems using pulse code modulation H04N7/56

Abstract

A method for using a telescoping monopod apparatus to capture an image including synchronizing a photographic instrument with the telescoping monopod apparatus, attaching the photographic instrument to the telescoping monopod apparatus, determining that the photographic instrument is in an image-capturing mode, extracting, by the image-capturing mode, a humanoid feature, detecting that the humanoid feature comprises a cutoff, adjusting a position of the photographic instrument using the telescoping monopod apparatus, and capturing an adjusted image using the photographic instrument.

Claims

1. A method for using a telescoping monopod apparatus to capture an image comprising:

synchronizing a photographic instrument with the telescoping monopod apparatus;

attaching the photographic instrument to the telescoping monopod apparatus;

determining that the photographic instrument is in an image-capturing mode;

extracting, by the image-capturing mode, a humanoid feature;

detecting that the humanoid feature comprises a first cutoff;

adjusting a position of the photographic instrument using the telescoping monopod apparatus until the first cutoff is no longer detected; and

capturing an adjusted image using the photographic instrument;

after the adjusting, extracting, by the image-capturing mode, the humanoid feature;

detecting that the humanoid feature comprises a second cutoff and does not comprise the first cutoff;

readjusting, before the capturing, the position until the second cutoff is no longer detected by the detecting, wherein the capturing captures an image without the first and second cutoffs.

2. The method according to claim 1 further comprising:

detecting the telescoping monopod apparatus to be in a timer mode; and

delaying for a predetermined time before the capturing.

3. The method according to claim 1 further comprising:

detecting the telescoping monopod apparatus to be in a timer mode; and

delaying for a predetermined time before the capturing.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the telescoping monopod apparatus comprises a mirror, and

the adjusting actuates the mirror such the adjusted image does not comprise the cutoff.

5. A method for using a telescoping monopod apparatus to capture an image comprising:

synchronizing a photographic instrument with the telescoping monopod apparatus;

attaching the photographic instrument to the telescoping monopod apparatus;

determining that the photographic instrument is in an image-capturing mode;

streaming, by the photographic instrument, a video input;

determining, by the photographic instrument or the telescoping monopod apparatus, whether the video input comprises a first partial face;

if the determining determines that the video input comprises the first partial face, adjusting, by the telescoping monopod apparatus or the photographic instrument so that the first partial face becomes a face; and

capturing, by the photographic instrument, an image of the face;

after the adjusting, determining, by the photographic instrument or the telescoping monopod apparatus, whether the video input comprises a second partial face but does not comprise the first partial face;

readjusting, before the capturing, the telescoping monopod apparatus or the photographic instrument until the second partial face is no longer determined by the determining, wherein the capturing captures an image without the first and second partial faces.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein:

the face is compared with entries in a database, and

if the face matches an entry in the database, the photographic instrument focuses on the face.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein:

if the face does not match with an entry in the database, the photographic instrument or the telescoping monopod apparatus issues a notification to a registered user, and

the notification comprises the face and a location of the telescoping monopod apparatus or the photographic instrument.

8. The method according to claim 5 further comprising, if the determining determines that the input comprises neither the partial face nor the face, actuating the telescoping monopod apparatus in a predetermined path until (i) detecting the partial face, (ii) detecting the face, (iii) receiving a manual input, or (iv) a predetermined time has elapsed, whichever of (i)-(iv) occurs first.

9. The method according to claim 5, wherein:

the telescoping monopod apparatus comprises a mirror, and

the adjusting actuates the mirror such the partial face becomes the face.