GB2248934B - Automatic windowing for article recognition - Google Patents

Automatic windowing for article recognition

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Publication number
GB2248934B
GB2248934B GB9119780A GB9119780A GB2248934B GB 2248934 B GB2248934 B GB 2248934B GB 9119780 A GB9119780 A GB 9119780A GB 9119780 A GB9119780 A GB 9119780A GB 2248934 B GB2248934 B GB 2248934B
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
article recognition
automatic windowing
windowing
automatic
recognition
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Fee Related
Application number
GB9119780A
Other versions
GB9119780D0 (en
GB2248934A (en
Inventor
Randy K Baird
Jr Stanley P Turcheck
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FMC Corp
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FMC Corp
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Priority claimed from US07/583,117 external-priority patent/US5233328A/en
Priority claimed from US07/583,256 external-priority patent/US5103304A/en
Priority claimed from US07/586,189 external-priority patent/US5142591A/en
Priority claimed from US07/586,167 external-priority patent/US5157486A/en
Application filed by FMC Corp filed Critical FMC Corp
Publication of GB9119780D0 publication Critical patent/GB9119780D0/en
Publication of GB2248934A publication Critical patent/GB2248934A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2248934B publication Critical patent/GB2248934B/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
    • G01B11/00—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques
    • G01B11/02—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring length, width or thickness
    • G01B11/024—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring length, width or thickness by means of diode-array scanning
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
    • G01B11/00—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques
    • G01B11/02—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring length, width or thickness
    • G01B11/028—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring length, width or thickness by measuring lateral position of a boundary of the object
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
    • G05B19/00—Programme-control systems
    • G05B19/02—Programme-control systems electric
    • G05B19/418—Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM]
    • G05B19/41875—Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM] characterised by quality surveillance of production
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F7/00—Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled
    • G06F7/02—Comparing digital values
    • G06F7/026—Magnitude comparison, i.e. determining the relative order of operands based on their numerical value, e.g. window comparator
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T7/00—Image analysis
    • G06T7/70—Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T9/00—Image coding
    • G06T9/20—Contour coding, e.g. using detection of edges
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
    • G06V10/00—Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding
    • G06V10/40—Extraction of image or video features
    • G06V10/50—Extraction of image or video features by performing operations within image blocks; by using histograms, e.g. histogram of oriented gradients [HoG]; by summing image-intensity values; Projection analysis
    • G06V10/507—Summing image-intensity values; Histogram projection analysis
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P90/00—Enabling technologies with a potential contribution to greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions mitigation
    • Y02P90/02—Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Automation & Control Theory (AREA)
  • Quality & Reliability (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Computational Mathematics (AREA)
  • Mathematical Analysis (AREA)
  • Mathematical Optimization (AREA)
  • Pure & Applied Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition (AREA)
  • Length Measuring Devices By Optical Means (AREA)
  • Image Processing (AREA)
  • Image Analysis (AREA)
GB9119780A 1990-09-17 1991-09-16 Automatic windowing for article recognition Expired - Fee Related GB2248934B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (6)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US07/583,117 US5233328A (en) 1990-09-17 1990-09-17 Method for processing compacted data
US07/583,256 US5103304A (en) 1990-09-17 1990-09-17 High-resolution vision system for part inspection
US07/586,189 US5142591A (en) 1990-09-21 1990-09-21 High resolution camera with hardware data compaction
US07/586,167 US5157486A (en) 1990-09-21 1990-09-21 High resolution camera sensor having a linear pixel array
US58693990A 1990-09-24 1990-09-24
US58744890A 1990-09-25 1990-09-25

Publications (3)

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GB9119780D0 GB9119780D0 (en) 1991-10-30
GB2248934A GB2248934A (en) 1992-04-22
GB2248934B true GB2248934B (en) 1994-11-30

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Family Applications (6)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB9119774A Expired - Fee Related GB2248931B (en) 1990-09-17 1991-09-16 High resolution parts handling system
GB9119776A Expired - Fee Related GB2248933B (en) 1990-09-17 1991-09-16 High resolution camera with hardware data compaction
GB9119775A Expired - Fee Related GB2248932B (en) 1990-09-17 1991-09-16 Method for processing compacted data
GB9119780A Expired - Fee Related GB2248934B (en) 1990-09-17 1991-09-16 Automatic windowing for article recognition
GB9119778A Expired - Fee Related GB2248686B (en) 1990-09-17 1991-09-16 High resolution camera sensor having a linear pixel array
GB9119777A Expired - Fee Related GB2248685B (en) 1990-09-17 1991-09-16 High-resolution vision system for part inspection

Family Applications Before (3)

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GB9119774A Expired - Fee Related GB2248931B (en) 1990-09-17 1991-09-16 High resolution parts handling system
GB9119776A Expired - Fee Related GB2248933B (en) 1990-09-17 1991-09-16 High resolution camera with hardware data compaction
GB9119775A Expired - Fee Related GB2248932B (en) 1990-09-17 1991-09-16 Method for processing compacted data

Family Applications After (2)

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GB9119778A Expired - Fee Related GB2248686B (en) 1990-09-17 1991-09-16 High resolution camera sensor having a linear pixel array
GB9119777A Expired - Fee Related GB2248685B (en) 1990-09-17 1991-09-16 High-resolution vision system for part inspection

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GB2140603A (en) * 1983-05-27 1984-11-28 Pa Consulting Services Adaptive pattern recognition
US4711579A (en) * 1986-08-12 1987-12-08 H. Fred Johnston System for automatically inspecting a flat workpiece for holes

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Patent Citations (3)

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EP0067438A2 (en) * 1981-06-15 1982-12-22 Oxbridge, Inc. Automatic optical inspection apparatus
GB2140603A (en) * 1983-05-27 1984-11-28 Pa Consulting Services Adaptive pattern recognition
US4711579A (en) * 1986-08-12 1987-12-08 H. Fred Johnston System for automatically inspecting a flat workpiece for holes

Also Published As

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GB9119778D0 (en) 1991-10-30
GB2248686A (en) 1992-04-15
GB9119775D0 (en) 1991-10-30
GB2248931B (en) 1995-01-04
GB2248933A (en) 1992-04-22
GB2248931A (en) 1992-04-22
GB9119774D0 (en) 1991-10-30
GB9119776D0 (en) 1991-10-30
GB2248932B (en) 1994-10-12
GB9119780D0 (en) 1991-10-30
GB2248932A (en) 1992-04-22
GB2248934A (en) 1992-04-22
GB9119777D0 (en) 1991-10-30
GB2248686B (en) 1994-12-14
GB2248933B (en) 1994-08-31
GB2248685B (en) 1994-10-19
GB2248685A (en) 1992-04-15

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PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 20020916