Image analysis – Pattern recognition
Patent
1997-03-10
2000-08-01
Au, Amelia
Image analysis
Pattern recognition
235462, G06K 710, G06K 900
Patent
active
060978392
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for locating geometric shapes or edges thereof in data collection symbols initially samples and stores an image of light reflected from the symbol. Thereafter, two routines are performed. A first routine performs low level vision processing by identifying linked points along edges, lines, curves or within shapes. A rapid pixel linking subroutine identifies edge pixels in symbol images lacking distortion. If the edge or shape suffers from distortions, then one or more distortion compensating subroutines locate sequential linked pixels despite such distortions. The resulting coordinates of linked points, which represent lines, curves and other geometric shapes, are then employed by a second routine which identifies patterns within the identified lines/curves. Based on these identified patterns, types of symbols from various symbologies can be identified and located within the stored image.
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Au Amelia
Intermec IP Corporation
Miller Martin E
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