VISUALIZATION OF SIZE OF OBJECTS

• US 20150339832A1
• Filed: 12/12/2013
• Published: 11/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: HUANG, Shuli
• Granted Patent: US 9,613,434 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01B 11/02 for measuring length, width or thickness G01B11/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01B 11/022 by means of tv-camera scanning
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/20 Linear translation of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/40 Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/62 of area, perimeter, diameter or volume
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/32 Normalisation of the pattern dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/20 in augmented reality scenes

Abstract

In accordance with some examples, when an image of an object is displayed at a display device, responsive to one or more user inputs, a computing device may be configured to adjust the image so that the object in the adjusted image approximates its actual size. A scale of a representative length may then be generated on the image, responsive to one or more other user inputs, such that the actual size of the object is visualized based on the scale.

Claims

1. A method to estimate a size of an object based on a digital image thereof, comprising:

generating a reference scale;

displaying an image, the image including the object;

responsive to a first input;

adjusting the displayed image, wherein the object in the adjusted image approximates an actual size of the object; and

responsive to a second input;

generating a first scale that depicts a representative length on the image based on the reference scale, such that the actual size of the object is visualized based on the first scale.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising juxtaposing the first scale to at least a portion of the adjusted displayed image.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the adjusted displayed image, with the first scale displayed thereon, at a computing device;

displaying the received image, with the first scale displayed thereon, on a display screen associated with the computing device, the display screen having an indication of a second scale; and

responsive to a third input, calibrating the displayed image, wherein the first scale displayed on the image approximates the second scale.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising estimating the actual size of the object based on the first scale.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first input comprises at least one of zooming or panning relative to the displayed image.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the estimating comprises calculating the size of the object based on a ratio of the first scale to the portion of the adjusted displayed image.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores executable-instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

displaying an image that includes at least an object;

responsive to a first input, adjusting the displayed image, wherein the object in the adjusted image approximates an actual size of the object; and

responsive to a second input, generating a scale on the image, wherein the scale depicts a representative length.

8. The computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise estimating a size of the object based on the scale.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the first input is received via a touch screen.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the first input comprises at least one of zooming or panning relative to the displayed image.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the estimating comprises calculating the size of the object based on a ratio of the scale to a portion of the adjusted displayed image.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores executable-instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

displaying a scaled version of an image that includes a first scale that depicts a known length;

displaying the scaled version of the image on a display screen, the display screen having an indication of a second scale; and

responsive to an input, adjusting the size of the scaled version of the image such that the first scale approximates the second scale.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise estimating a size of an object included in the scaled version of the image based on the first scale.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the second scale is marked on a physical frame of the display screen.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise receiving the scaled version of the image.

15. A system, comprising:

a first display device configured to display an image that includes at least an object;

a first display controller configured to;

responsive to a first input, adjust a size of the image, wherein the object included in the adjusted image approximates an actual size of the object, and

responsive to a second input, display a first scale on the adjusted image, the first scale depicting a representative length;

a second display device configured to display the image with the first scale displayed thereon, wherein the second display device having an indication of a second scale; and

a second display controller configured to, responsive to a third input, adjust a size of the displayed image such that the first scale approximates the second scale.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the first display controller is further configured to estimate a size of the object based on the first scale.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the second display controller is further configured to estimate a size of the object based on the first scale.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the first display controller is further configured to transmit the adjusted image with the first scale displayed thereon to the second display controller.

19. (canceled)

20. (canceled)

21. (canceled)