Patent Application for Image Processing Device and Method Filed with Omron Corporation

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A patent application filed on January 22, 2015, with Omron Corporation, has shed light on a novel image processing device and method capable of shortening the time required for setting parameters in an image processing system. The inventors, MINATO, Yoshihisa and AKATSUKA, Yuhki, have developed a device that can automatically adaptively set a test region and perform a test with high accuracy, even when a test object has an individual difference and an indefinite position and direction.

According to the patent application, the device includes a storage unit for holding a feature amount of a feature portion of a model image, a search-range reception unit for receiving a setting value indicating a size of a range of searching an input image for a feature amount corresponding to a feature amount of the model image, and a search range determination unit for determining, by using the setting value, a range of searching the input image for a feature amount corresponding to a feature amount of the model image. The device further includes a display unit for displaying, in superposition with the model image, a search range determined by the search range determination unit.

Key Takeaways:

  • The patent application filed on January 22, 2015, describes an image processing device capable of shortening the time required for setting parameters in an image processing system.
  • The device includes a storage unit, a search-range reception unit, a search range determination unit, and a display unit.
  • The device can automatically adaptively set a test region and perform a test with high accuracy, even when a test object has an individual difference and an indefinite position and direction.
  • The device includes a correspondence-relationship determination unit for determining a feature portion on the input image corresponding to a feature portion of the model image.
  • The device can display, in a mode comparable with the model image, an image obtained by deforming the model image according to a correspondence relationship between each of a plurality of feature portions of the model image and each of a plurality of feature portions of the input image.
  • The device includes an adjusting unit for partly adjusting a range of searching the input image for a feature amount corresponding to a feature amount of the model image.
  • The device includes a direction receiving unit for receiving, concerning a feature portion of the model image, a setting value indicating a size of inclination of an edge to be searched for in the input image.
  • The device displays a range of relative inclination of an edge to be searched for determined by the direction determination unit.
  • The device can change the display of a range of relative inclination of an edge to be searched for determined by the direction determination unit, according to a change in a setting value received by the direction receiving unit.

Statistics:

  • The patent application was filed on January 22, 2015.
  • The patent's assignee is Omron Corporation.
  • The device includes a storage unit, a search-range reception unit, a search range determination unit, and a display unit.
  • The device can automatically adaptively set a test region and perform a test with high accuracy.
  • The device includes a correspondence-relationship determination unit for determining a feature portion on the input image corresponding to a feature portion of the model image.
  • The device can display, in a mode comparable with the model image, an image obtained by deforming the model image according to a correspondence relationship between each of a plurality of feature portions of the model image and each of a plurality of feature portions of the input image.

Sources:

  • MINATO, Yoshihisa and AKATSUKA, Yuhki (2015-09-24), Image Processing Device, Image Processing Method, and Image Processing Program (Patent Application). Filed January 22, 2015. Patent URL: http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=2439&p=49&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&S1=20150917.PD.&OS=PD/20150917&RS=PD/20150917