Method and imager for detecting the location of objects

Details Method and imager for detecting the location of objects Method and imager for detecting the location of objects

2006-10-10

2006-10-10

Ometz, David (Department: 2622)

Television

Camera, system and detail

Combined image signal generator and general image signal...

C382S165000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07119838

ABSTRACT:
A device detects the location of objects in an environment by receiving an optical image and converting the optical image of the lost object into a color digital image. The device employs software to perform an analysis of the color digital image to detect the location of the one or more objects in the environment by using color and shape characteristics of the one or more objects. The software uses a range of the visible portion of the color space uniquely identified for the type of object in that environment and identifies those pixels in the color digital image that may be possible targets. Intensity of background and object size are used to exclude pixels as possible target objects.

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