Image analysis – Applications – Range or distance measuring
Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-18
2011-01-18
Le, Brian Q (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Range or distance measuring
Reexamination Certificate
active
07873188
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a device for determining visibility distance in a landscape. The device comprises a camera for taking an image of said landscape; means for storing said image; means for associating each pixel of the image with information representative of the distance between the camera and the point in the landscape corresponding to said pixel, thereby obtaining a map of distances; means for processing the image to detect whether a pixel of the image presents contrast greater than a predetermined value relative to at least some adjacent pixels; means for applying said processing for detecting contrast successively to the pixels of the image beginning from the pixel corresponding to the greatest distance and continuing to the first pixel found to satisfy the contrast condition; and means for associating said pixel with distance information from said map of distances.
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Aubert Didier
Hautiere Nicolas
Labayrade Raphaël
Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Securi
Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussees
Le Brian Q
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