Imagery processing

• US 9,076,208 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2006
• Issued: 07/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Rinaldo, Jr., John D., Jung, Edward K. Y., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Jerabek, Kelly L
• Application Number:
  US11/364,496
• Publication Number:
  US 20070200934A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,416 Days
• Field of Search: 348/218.1, 348/239, 382254-256
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/70 Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras camera calibration G06T7/80

Abstract

In one aspect, a method related to imagery processing. In addition to the foregoing, other method and system and program product aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present application.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program for performing operations comprising:

accepting first data representing a first imagery aspect of a particular object captured by a first sensor, wherein the first data includes at least first bracketing data characterized by a first bracketing parameter;

accepting second data representing a second imagery aspect of the particular object captured by a second sensor, wherein the second data includes at least second bracketing data characterized by a second bracketing parameter that is different from the first bracketing parameter; and

combining (i) at least a portion of the first data representing the first imagery aspect of the particular object and that includes the at least first bracketing data characterized by the first bracketing parameter and (ii) at least a portion of the second data representing the second imagery aspect of the particular object and that includes the at least second bracketing data characterized by the second bracketing parameter that is different from the first bracketing parameter.

2. A system comprising:

circuitry configured for accepting first data representing a first imagery aspect of a particular object captured by a first sensor, wherein the first data includes at least first bracketing data characterized by a first bracketing parameter;

circuitry configured for accepting second data representing a second imagery aspect of the particular object captured by a second sensor, wherein the second data includes at least second bracketing data characterized by a second bracketing parameter that is different from the first bracketing parameter; and

circuitry configured for combining (i) at least a portion of the first data representing the first imagery aspect of the particular object and that includes the at least first bracketing data characterized by the first bracketing parameter and (ii) at least a portion of the second data representing the second imagery aspect of the particular object and that includes the at least second bracketing data characterized by the second bracketing parameter that is different from the first bracketing parameter.

3. The system of claim 2, further comprising:

circuitry for deriving third data from the at least a portion of the first data and the at least a portion of the second data.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry configured for accepting first data representing a first imagery aspect of a particular object captured by a first sensor, wherein the first data includes at least first bracketing data characterized by a first bracketing parameter comprises:

circuitry configured for accepting first data representing a first imagery aspect of a particular object captured by a first sensor, wherein the first data includes at least first bracketing data characterized by an f-stop setting.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry configured for accepting first data representing a first imagery aspect of a particular object captured by a first sensor, wherein the first data includes at least first bracketing data characterized by a first bracketing parameter comprise:

circuitry configured for accepting first data representing a first imagery aspect of a particular object captured by a first sensor, wherein the first data includes at least first bracketing data characterized by a frequency and/or a wavelength setting of a sensor.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry configured for accepting first data representing a first imagery aspect of a particular object captured by a first sensor, wherein the first data includes at least first bracketing data characterized by a first bracketing parameter comprises:

circuitry configured for accepting first data representing a first imagery aspect of a particular object captured by a first sensor, wherein the first data includes at least first bracketing data characterized by a focus setting.

7. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry configured for accepting first data representing a first imagery aspect of a particular object captured by a first sensor, wherein the first data includes at least first bracketing data characterized by a first bracketing parameter comprises:

circuitry configured for accepting first data representing a first imagery aspect of a particular object captured by a first sensor, wherein the first data includes at least first bracketing data characterized by a white balance setting.

8. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry configured for accepting first data representing a first imagery aspect of a particular object captured by a first sensor, wherein the first data includes at least first bracketing data characterized by a first bracketing parameter comprises:

circuitry configured for accepting first data representing a first imagery aspect of a particular object captured by a first sensor, wherein the first data includes at least first bracketing data characterized by a flash setting.

9. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry configured for accepting first data representing a first imagery aspect of a particular object captured by a first sensor, wherein the first data includes at least first bracketing data characterized by a first bracketing parameter comprises:

circuitry configured for accepting first data representing a first imagery aspect of a particular object captured by a first sensor, wherein the first data includes at least first bracketing data characterized by an f-stop value.

10. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry configured for accepting first data representing a first imagery aspect of a particular object captured by a first sensor, wherein the first data includes at least first bracketing data characterized by a first bracketing parameter comprises:

circuitry configured for accepting first data representing a first imagery aspect of a particular object captured by a first sensor, wherein the first data includes at least first bracketing data characterized by a frequency and/or a wavelength value.

11. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry configured for accepting first data representing a first imagery aspect of a particular object captured by a first sensor, wherein the first data includes at least first bracketing data characterized by a first bracketing parameter comprises:

circuitry configured for accepting first data representing a first imagery aspect of a particular object captured by a first sensor, wherein the first data includes at least first bracketing data characterized by a focus value.

12. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry configured for accepting first data representing a first imagery aspect of a particular object captured by a first sensor, wherein the first data includes at least first bracketing data characterized by a first bracketing parameter comprises:

circuitry configured for accepting first data representing a first imagery aspect of a particular object captured by a first sensor, wherein the first data includes at least first bracketing data characterized by a white balance value.

13. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry configured for accepting first data representing a first imagery aspect of a particular object captured by a first sensor, wherein the first data includes at least first bracketing data characterized by a first bracketing parameter comprises:

circuitry configured for accepting first data representing a first imagery aspect of a particular object captured by a first sensor, wherein the first data includes at least first bracketing data characterized by a flash value.

14. The system of claim 2, further comprising:

circuitry configured for comparing at least a portion of the first data with at least a portion of the second data.

15. The system of claim 2, further comprising:

circuitry configured for applying a mathematical algorithm to at least a portion of the first data and at least a portion of the second data.

16. The system of claim 2, further comprising:

circuitry configured for deriving third data representing an object identification of the particular object.

17. The system of claim 2, further comprising:

circuitry configured for deriving third data representing an object designation of the particular object.

18. The system of claim 2, further comprising:

circuitry configured for deriving third data representing a spatial position of the particular object.

19. The system of claim 2, further comprising:

circuitry configured for deriving third data representing an edge and/or a boundary and/or an outline of the particular object.

20. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry configured for combining (i) at least a portion of the first data representing the first imagery aspect of the particular object and that includes the at least first bracketing data characterized by the first bracketing parameter and (ii) at least a portion of the second data representing the second imagery aspect of the particular object and that includes the at least second bracketing data characterized by the second bracketing parameter that is different from the first bracketing parameter comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one object identification of the particular object based at least partly on a combination of (i) at least a portion of the first data representing the first imagery aspect of the particular object and that includes the at least first bracketing data characterized by the first bracketing parameter and (ii) at least a portion of the second data representing the second imagery aspect of the particular object and that includes the at least second bracketing data characterized by the second bracketing parameter that is different from the first bracketing parameter.

21. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry configured for combining (i) at least a portion of the first data representing the first imagery aspect of the particular object and that includes the at least first bracketing data characterized by the first bracketing parameter and (ii) at least a portion of the second data representing the second imagery aspect of the particular object and that includes the at least second bracketing data characterized by the second bracketing parameter that is different from the first bracketing parameter comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one spatial position of the particular object based at least partly on a combination of (i) at least a portion of the first data representing the first imagery aspect of the particular object and that includes the at least first bracketing data characterized by the first bracketing parameter and (ii) at least a portion of the second data representing the second imagery aspect of the particular object and that includes the at least second bracketing data characterized by the second bracketing parameter that is different from the first bracketing parameter.

22. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry configured for combining (i) at least a portion of the first data representing the first imagery aspect of the particular object and that includes the at least first bracketing data characterized by the first bracketing parameter and (ii) at least a portion of the second data representing the second imagery aspect of the particular object and that includes the at least second bracketing data characterized by the second bracketing parameter that is different from the first bracketing parameter comprises:

circuitry configured for recognizing one or more characters present on one or more surfaces of the particular object based at least partly on a combination of (i) at least a portion of the first data representing the first imagery aspect of the particular object and that includes the at least first bracketing data characterized by the first bracketing parameter and (ii) at least a portion of the second data representing the second imagery aspect of the particular object and that includes the at least second bracketing data characterized by the second bracketing parameter that is different from the first bracketing parameter.

23. A system comprising:

means for accepting first data representing a first imagery aspect of a particular object captured by a first sensor, wherein the first data includes at least first bracketing data characterized by a first bracketing parameter;

means for accepting second data representing a second imagery aspect of the particular object captured by a second sensor, wherein the second data includes at least second bracketing data characterized by a second bracketing parameter that is different from the first bracketing parameter; and

means for combining (i) at least a portion of the first data representing the first imagery aspect of the particular object and that includes the at least first bracketing data characterized by the first bracketing parameter and (ii) at least a portion of the second data representing the second imagery aspect of the particular object and that includes the at least second bracketing data characterized by the second bracketing parameter that is different from the first bracketing parameter.

24. A method implemented using one or more computer processing components, the method comprising:

accepting first data representing a first imagery aspect of a particular object captured by a first sensor, wherein the first data includes at least first bracketing data characterized by a first bracketing parameter;

accepting second data representing a second imagery aspect of the particular object captured by a second sensor, wherein the second data includes at least second bracketing data characterized by a second bracketing parameter that is different from the first bracketing parameter; and

combining (i) at least a portion of the first data representing the first imagery aspect of the particular object and that includes the at least first bracketing data characterized by the first bracketing parameter and (ii) at least a portion of the second data representing the second imagery aspect of the particular object and that includes the at least second bracketing data characterized by the second bracketing parameter that is different from the first bracketing parameter.