WO1997018523A2 - Computer stereo vision system and method - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to computer vision and identification seen in real time by means of cameras, a computer, etc. in general, and to 3-D computer vision by means of 2 or more "stereo" cameras.
- the computer vision existing today which makes use of one or two cameras, focuses on the vision of individual, defined, known and mainly static object(s) and their identification is lengthy, comparative, partial and focused only, and does not analyze and identify everything that is seen contemporaneously with the photographing (filming). It requires and uses many devices such as: sensors, lighting, measuring gauges, etc., and is cumbersome, limited, insufficiently efficient and does not provide satisfactory solutions.
- the purpose of this invention is to provide a system and a method enabling to analyze and identify all the forms viewed contemporaneously and at the rate of filming, by means of cameras connected to a computer, means for computing of dimension, motion and other perceptible features. Furthermore , the purpose of this invention is to enable any automated device (tools, computers, robots, etc.) to see by means of varied and appropriate means of vision, any tangible thing and phenomenon, the way man can see and identify them. To enable, help and carry out almost any action, task and work that man does but more accurately, efficiently, faster, better, etc., around the clock, anywhere and in places which are physically difficult to access, or dangerous, inaccessible, boring, etc.
- the purpose of this invention is to allow man "see” by means of the invention, from a remote location, the space around a certain area, in a 3-D presentation, while even using multi-media with a multi-media software, by using glasses and/or special devices designed for 3-D vision, or a line for data transmission and a regular monitor screen.
- the objective of this invention is to allow for the construction of devices according to it, while using equipment, systems, circuits and electronic components, basic software etc., existing on the market in one form or another, so that by their connection, combination, adaptation, extension, etc., devices can be created and/or assembled according to this invention, including the ability of adaptation to circumstances. Any average electronics engineer, computer engineer, system analyzer, etc., will be able to design, assemble and construct devices according to this invention.
- the invention consists of an innovative system and method for preferred stereo computer vision, including and operating as follows:
- Computer vision is a means of offering a service of "viewing”. Its task is to see a section in space, to decipher it as necessary, to store in a register whatever needed and to transmit further the object it has seen or relevant data.
- Computer vision can help with and use additional aids as well, such as of the memory system, of customer's measurements, or which may be external to the system or the customer. Between the customer's computer vision system and the aids there will be mutual relations, compatibility, reference, consideration, reciprocity, data transmission, etc.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic sketch of a preferred system including possible connections according to the invention with two processors, in the form of a block diagram;
- FIG. 2 is a schematic sketch of the parts composing a system constructed and operating according to the invention
- Drawing (Fig.) no. 3 is a horizontal section schematically illustrating the central viewing axes, the fields of sight and the parallel confining lines of the fields of sight and the optic images of the system described in drawing no. 1 ;
- Drawing (Fig.) no. A/3 (X4 enlarg.) is the parallel optic images of drawing no. 3;
- Drawing (Fig.) no. 4 is a horizontal section schematically showing the fields of sight and the shapes viewed (of the system described in drawing no. 1 ) in various sizes and at various distances;
- Drawing (Fig.) no. A/4 (X4 enlargement) represents pictures of the shapes viewed in drawing no. 4, seen simultaneously by both the right and the left cameras of the system described in drawing no. 1. Photographing (Filming) and the Cameras
- a pair of identical cameras 3 (drawing 1 and 2), aligned, coordinated in shooting angle including variable and enlargement/reduction, creating for the photographing cameras optical parallel fields of sight (drawing 3) concurrent on a common plane hereinafter referred to as the horizontal plane, in other words, the distance with regard to each field of sight line is identical in both cameras from (0:0) and up to (Y:X), and is a fixed distance M (drawing 3 and A/3) at any photographing distance.
- the vertical movement (perpendicular to the horizontal plane) of the cameras is constant and identical.
- the photographs taken by the cameras are received in an input-memory A/51 and B/51 (drawing 1 ) in accordance with the rate of photographing and/or other, after being translated into computer language (digital) either by the cameras or by any other equipment. Adjustment by the computer vision system may be physical upon installation and/or at any other given moment.
- Said two or more cameras are similar to video cameras, including CCD cameras and including cameras with integrated means for converting data received in the pictures to digital data and including one or more of the following: a) Adaptation for color photographing, at various speeds and at any light such as IR, visible and at any lighting conditions such as poor, by means of light amplification; b) Enlargement or reduction devices, including telescopic or microscopic means; c) Optic image 25 (drawing 3 and A/3) including the desired resolution, whether straight, convex, or concave.
- the cameras will be provided with the required auxiliary equipment that will work according to instructions given by the computer vision system.
- a 59 and B/59 translator can form an integral part of the cameras, and/or translate both ways to/from the computer vision system to to/from the operation, measurement, connection equipment to any external equipment, and/or any accessory means, it can serve all parts of the system or one part thereof only, or from any of the above, to the computer vision system.
- Any picture (including color picture) received from any camera will enter as it is to the input-memory A/51 and B/51 (drawing 1 ) to its designated place, and will occupy a space proportional to the camera resolution.
- Pictures of all the cameras will be entered to the input- memory in a separate place, such as an image simulating memory device ("screen cards", for example), with all the colors and at the rate of photographing/filming, furthermore, the picture of the leading camera A for example - will enter into the movement identification register at time intervals 54 (drawing 1) after color filtering 53 (drawing 1 ).
- the pictures received from the cameras in accordance with the photographing/filming rate are scanned by an A/55 processor (drawing 1 ), and during the scanning process, with regard to each shape in a picture that has not yet been identified or that has moved/advanced, the distance from the cameras is calculated, as well as any other data that can be calculated and/or that can result from the picture, such as color, and furthermore, the pictures are transferred to the spatial-memory register to the appropriate location, and to any other place, such as the consumer.
- the vision computer will hinder the entrance of additional pictures except for the motion-detection register at intervals and will perform a scanning for pixels transmission and matching of first-sight pictures.
- coordinates 57 can be assigned counters (drawing 1 ) (indicating lines), such as from (0,0) to (Y,X) or from (-Y,-X) to (Y,X), that will be a sort of grid on which the spatial-memory pictures are laid.
- the "0" point will be the central reading point Op (drawing 3 and A/3) (the central point of the picture) for each camera on the horizontal level, with the cameras leveled and the direction being northward in accordance with the compass direction "North".
- the computer When the lateral motion of the cameras eastward or upward is positive and westward or downward is negative, the computer is automatically updated (by the size of one pixel angle, for example), according to the motion in the picture by an external factor or by a compass or an accessory system, and will receive the cameras data accordingly.
- One coordinate indicates a peripheral horizontal and the other indicates a peripheral vertical point.
- three dimension-counters 57 (drawing 1 ) that will relate to the central line of sight (the central point of the camera) of the leading camera, for example: counter ( 1 ) that will count the camera' s motion advancement "east to west” from the principle "0" point that will be set; counter (2) that will count the camera's motion advancement "north - south” from the principle "0" point that will be set; counter (3) that will count raising and lowering (height), with the sea level, for instance, or any other level established, forming the "0" point.
- the rotation of the camera around itself on the horizontal or vertical plane enables to map the peripheral picture (in a standard photographing) with coordinates according to the number of pixels in the camera picture.
- the space is mapped with coordinates representing angles in the envelope of a sphere whose center is the angular point of the photographing angle of the camera.
- the computer vision Upon completion of a whole round turn or arrival to the end of the photographed/viewed space along the horizontal or vertical axis, the computer vision will identify, for example, the number of pixels/coordinates, and will "know" that it must return to the coordinate at the beginning of the course or of the photographed/viewed space in motion.
- the coordinates that will be added accordingly will be a decimal fraction, e.g., three figures after the decimal point.
- the number of pixels occupied by every shape in the space will depend upon the number of pixels in the optic image, the shape's physical dimension, its proximity to the camera and the viewing-angle opening. The higher the number of pixels and the smaller the viewing-angle opening of the optic image, a larger number of pixels will represent a form of the same size in nature (at constant distance from the camera), and the identification of the shapes will be improved. Furthermore, the larger the enlargement is, the larger the number of pixels representing the same dimension of a shape will be.
- the calculation of the distance L from the cameras to that matching point for which the calculation is made is based on the difference Wr, on the identity, the physical dimension and resolution of the optic-image, the matching between the cameras and the constant distance M (the parallel-deviation).
- the calculation of the distance to the points enables to calculate the size of the pixel representation for the point it represents, helps/allows to detect frames of areas the points belong to, and any datum requiring any calculation such as width, height, depth, size, angle, characteristics and any other definition such as status (fluttering, hung, etc.).
- Each of the areas 1 1 and 12 will be attributed a code (provisional name) for identification.
- An area may embody in itself other areas of various dimensions. Each area must usually have a contour (except for a dot and a line), any characteristics such as a fixed distance of the area and difference from the environment or different color or contour-line and/or separation between the area and surrounding area, area movement and area condition (fluctuating, hung, etc.). These, as well as other data will be identified and defined by the computer vision system by means of a B/55 processor (drawing 1 ).
- the color separation 58 (drawing 1 ) software 56 (drawing 1 ) will process the colors of the received picture and will separate the colors, assist in area definition using other previous area definitions, and for each dominant color of an area it will detect an additional definition of the rate of that color out of all the colors in that area. For example, 4 forms of division are possible: a. The amount of color is: 100% - 90% of the colors in the area; b. The amount of color is: 90% - 70% of the colors in the area; c. The amount of color is: 70% - 50% of the colors in the area; d. The amount of color is 50% and below of the colors in the area. Furthermore I would also like to put an emphasis on the manner of dispersion of the color (sporadic dots, spots of a certain size, etc.).
- the picture of the leading camera undergoes color filtering 53 (drawing 1 ) (saving of resources), and is saved in the motion-detection register at time intervals 54 (drawing 1 ), is duplicated and examined at regular time intervals, in photography in fixed enlargement/reduction and in desired and known enlargement/reduction (there may be several).
- data such as motion, movement, speed, angle (angle in relation to the viewed object and angle of the viewed object in relation to the cameras and others in space), as well as movement within the area (such as eye movement), in the area envelope (such as a position, hand movement, etc.) can be detected and/or calculated for area/form 1 1 and 12 (drawing 4), to check whether the basis is stable and the upper part moves (e.g., a tree), whether the area movement flows (e.g., a river), direction (north, south, east, west, upward, downward, forward, backward, right and left), the speed, as well as the type of motion and/or movement and condition of the form, and. based upon the space-counters, also the location of the computer vision and the areas and forms, and also help in defining area-frames that have not yet been detected.
- area/form 1 1 and 12 drawing 4
- a register for fundamental and necessary basic-shapes C/52 (e.g., geometrical) which will be made of contour-lines - in black/white - with lines here and there in them, and/or few dots, in the simplest form of the shapes compatible with the computer vision system, its task and objective.
- the basic-shapes will be saved in a certain order allowing immediate access for comparing the input shapes after they undergo appropriate frame treatment, in size matching against them in order to obtain (approximately) comparative data regarding the treated shape (a shape can match several basic-shapes).
- the memory for the basic-shapes (in principle no larger than 256), will depend on the number of saved shapes B/52 (drawing 1 ) (there may be hundreds of thousands).
- Table(s) 58 drawing 1) such as the "true" table are compatible with said computer vision, one after/inside the other for the area/shape data included in them and/or obtained from one table and these tables use said data in a particular order, in part with regard to the present table, the following table, etc.. for detection of features, definitions and conclusions. All or any of the features, definitions and conclusions gathered are added and/or join the key-element data for detection, matching and identification.
- a data table 58 (drawing 1 ) for recurrent forms found at a photography distance adjusted to the stored shapes and the presence of which in the picture is highly reasonable. In these cases, immediately upon receiving the picture and calculating the size and additional individual data such as color, the computer vision system will check out their recurrence and they will constitute key-elements for detection and identification as against the register of stored shapes.
- identification data 57 (drawing 1 ) such as heat, radiation, voice, taste and smell will also be added to the existing identification data.
- Auxiliary data 57 can be obtained from an internal factor (such as space-counters, a compass, etc. ), an external factor (such as from the cameras, enlargement/reduction for example, from the user, for example speed of movement, etc.), a printer, a speedometer and/or any accessory to the system, such as a compass, a telescope, a distance meter (hereinafter - auxiliary means), as well as other associated data, in accordance with the computer vision requirements, the desired rate and the computer language (digital).
- an internal factor such as space-counters, a compass, etc.
- an external factor such as from the cameras, enlargement/reduction for example, from the user, for example speed of movement, etc.
- a printer such as from the cameras, enlargement/reduction for example, from the user, for example speed of movement, etc.
- a printer such as from the cameras, enlargement/reduction for example, from the user, for example speed of movement, etc.
- the memorized and recognized forms B/52 (drawing 1 ) of pictures, maps, signs and/or text data near/above any form that can be defined and/or given a name and/or identified independently (such as an inanimate object, a plant, a living thing, background, sign, phenomenon and any other thing), will be memorized in a particular and known order matched with the key-elements, in one of the following four forms: a. As received by the camera including the colors.
- D In form of a table with a name and data, or in a worded form such as a card-index.
- the pictures and maps will be in a photography standard that depends upon the size of the shape and the photographing distance.
- a shape memorized in the form of a picture can be stored in several places - and in each place it will be saved from the angle of sight of a different side, so that it can be identified from every direction. For example, for a 3-D picture 6 various pictures may be stored - one of each Cartesian direction.
- An area can contain additional areas within itself. Matching and identification will start from the largest area and will proceed towards the smaller areas. Area identification may save the need for identification of internal areas if they are part of the data of an identified shape within the area more generally speaking, yet, if they are indispensable for completing the identification (e.g., position) they will be identified.
- the key-elements 58 (drawing 1) from data, features, definitions and conclusions, arranged in a special order adjusted to the same order in the data base of the known stored shapes, allow fast classification and arrangement of the key elements that have been gathered and which allow detection, matching and identification of unidentified areas. As, at normal sight, the unidentified areas are very few at any photographing/filming rate and therefore identification is almost immediate, and the detection is carried out like the detection of a word in a dictionary, the category being language and the order of the key-elements being alphabetical and the entire word being a key, a component can be absolute, between and between, or possible.
- Identification is made as against the register of recognized stored shapes that includes data on shapes such as in form of pictures, maps, signs and/or text data (in form of table, near, above) saved in the register, and when pictures and maps are concerned - also by size and photographing/filming angle in compliance with the stored shapes photographing standard depending upon the shape's physical dimension, the photographing distance and the purpose of computer vision.
- the software program will detect, match and identify in the picture signs (such as marking, writing, street sign, traffic light, etc. ). According to the identification data the software will know for example, where within the shape there is writing or a certain sign (e.g., location of a vehicle registration number) and will know to access that place for purpose of matching, identifying and matching of size to the memorized writing or sign.
- the picture signs such as marking, writing, street sign, traffic light, etc.
- the software will know for example, where within the shape there is writing or a certain sign (e.g., location of a vehicle registration number) and will know to access that place for purpose of matching, identifying and matching of size to the memorized writing or sign.
- Partial vision occurs when part of the shape is hidden, and based upon the visible part the whole shape must be detected and identified.
- That shape will be saved (area, part, detail, etc.) in the register and at the place designated for it with all the relevant data.
- the computer vision system will count how many times it encounters that shape. If it does not encounter it anymore for a reasonable period of time, the system will use that place in the register for other similar cases.
- the computer vision system may include an option for transmitting and receiving message to or from an external factor, such as facsimile interface, a monitor and a printer 31 and 32 (drawing 2), a voice system, computer communications, etc. and use it for identifying a shape which has not been identified according to the system memory.
- an external factor such as facsimile interface, a monitor and a printer 31 and 32 (drawing 2), a voice system, computer communications, etc. and use it for identifying a shape which has not been identified according to the system memory.
- a computer vision system that serves a device moving in a building, a city, a field, a country, etc., will be able to analyze a viewed picture or course and accurately compare the data with the same place in a map memorized in the system register.
- the computer vision system will know its initial place in the map according to a space-counter or from an external factor, or will find its location on the map by identifying data from the real picture. For example, the system will perform a reading of the name of a street and the name of another street that crosses it and two house numbers on the same side of the street and will identify the place by means of an appropriate plan, including the city where it is found.
- the map will provide data on course(s) and alongside the course(s): a. Data on obstacles, pedestrian crossing, rail road, junction, intersection, slope, traffic signs, road marks both on an outside the course, etc. The data appear on the drawing, the map, etc., some of them contiguous with the course, while others in a different manner.
- B. Data may be registered in form of writing, codes that refer to shapes or data table(s) (e.g. writing, codes, signs, traffic signs, etc.).
- the computer vision system is supposed to see a space that varies as a result of the movement of the viewed shapes and/or as a result of the tilting of the ca eras upward, downward and sidewise and/or as a result of the user's turning around any axis and/or of change in the movement of the user, whom the cameras are connected to.
- the spatial memory pictures will cover all the angles of the circle and the desired field of sight of said computer vision system. Every time the camera receives a picture at any angle, the system detects a change in the matching between the last picture and the picture memorized in the spatial memory with the appropriate coordinates, and replaces the section of the last picture that is different in that place, with the section in the picture saved in the spatial memory.
- the computer vision system will preserve full spatial memory pictures.
- the pictures will be served as a whole like in a circular movement and every picture will be saved separately, creating a complex space-picture around each camera.
- the space-pictures will allow the computer vision system transmit, display or present to any other factor the data of the space it moves or is found in, by means of a 3-D display software program (which must not necessarily form part of the computer vision system), including display of identification details and data.
- unidentified areas will be stored under a temporary name and the identified forms will be stored under their name, with reference to the coordinates of the first point scanned in the area/shapes in the picture of the leading camera and additional points in the envelope and/or the shape they will be indicated, in order to follow the change in the location of the area/shape, and in the position and/or movement and/or motion, and/or in parts of the shape in the envelope and/or within the inside (e.g., animate thing, vegetation, etc.), at any time. 2.
- the computer vision system will transfer for storage pictures (full, sample, partial, etc.), or shapes (which are pictures, graphs, signs, codes, etc.) to a register for use at a later date.
- the computer vision system will have to store or memorize pictures in order to be able to restore them whenever needed at a later date, and will perform this in the following manner:
- the computer vision system will have means of connection 50 (drawing 1 ) to which a computer, a robot, a user, a device 20 (drawing 1), a printer, a fax machine, controlled machines, a microphone, loudspeakers, a communications line, etc., can be connected.
- Every computer vision system will only have the necessary means of connection, for purpose of transfer of vision data, data exchange, receiving of directions, instructions, etc. according to need (there may be one input/output and a first code for opening or tuning).
- Coordinators A/59 and B/59 (drawing 1) will coordinate the connection between the computer vision system and the cameras, user, etc., and from any of them to the computer vision system. - 18 -
- the system After having identified the details and their data in accordance with the objective and requirements of the user it intends to serve, the system will transfer the required and needed data to the user by means of appropriate means of transfer or interface.
- the computer vision system will provide data to the user it serves and will submit him with all the direct and computerized data with regard to each and every object (such as: measurements, distance, position). Reporting will be continuous or upon requirement.
- the computer vision system will be able to identify the picture as a whole and in detail, as well as the location of each and every detail in the picture and will be able to transfer the picture as required, in form of instructions, writing, speech, fax, etc. or as a whole, with analysis of details of he various shapes, all according to needs.
- the user who receives the report from the system should be prepared for reception and processing of the received data, in order to be able to act accordingly. If the user uses computer vision for purpose of performance of certain operations, he can make use of the system for accurate motion, direction, etc.
- the spatial memory pictures will be transmitted to any user as they are, directly or from the spatial memory to a monitor screen or an appropriate device, as required, including for purpose of 3-D presentation and/or along with the identification data.
- the computer vision system shall be appropriately protected as far as possible against blinding light, light flashes of any kind whatsoever including laser and at any location and against any other possible physical injury.
- the computer vision system will be compatible and will operate in accordance with the user's needs and requirements.
- the computer vision system will comprise software programs 56 (drawing 1 ), electronic and general circles by which the system will function, and a software program which will adjust the size and photographing/filming enlargement/reduction data and in accordance with the standards of size and filming angle of the stored shape, software for 3-D presentation and multimedia, as well as any other software program that should be required.
- the received pictures, data, the calculation of the pictures in the spatial- memory and any other information concerning the received pictures or maps or data stored in any of the system memories may be sent out as are, including the data, the data only, and/or input or spatial stereo pictures, to any user such as a robot, according to requirements, design and with any method, and the user will be able to draw data as he wishes and in accordance with the system design.
- A/55 and B/55 drawing 1
- processors additional processors if required, as well as means of processing and computing. They will use computer devices, components, one or more electronic circles and alike, and any combination thereof required for and adapted to the purpose of computer vision.
- processor no. 1 informs processor no. 2 by means of a component, electronic circle, etc., that it has finished its part in operation A and that processor no. 2 may continue carrying out its part in complex operation A, etc.
- Computer vision may be used: a. As a viewer (watcher, analyzer, decoder, reporter, etc.). b. As a viewer that collects data and preserves them in any data base or register, in any way (fully, partially, by any form of classification or sorting, etc.).
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