| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6748112 |
Method and apparatus for finding shape deformations in objects having smooth surfaces |
June 8, 2004 |
| The present invention is directed to an imaging apparatus for examining an object having smooth surfaces to determine shape deformations in the surface of object. The imaging apparatus includes an imaging device for obtaining a scanned image of the object to be examined. A reference imag |
| 6690841 |
Method and apparatus for image registration |
February 10, 2004 |
| A machine vision system includes an apparatus for registering an input image of an object, such as an aircraft engine blade, to a reference image comprising ideal specifications for the object in order to detect flaws in the object. The system includes one or more imaging devices for obt |
| 6504957 |
Method and apparatus for image registration |
January 7, 2003 |
| A machine vision system includes an apparatus for registering an input image of an object, such as an aircraft engine blade, to a reference image comprising ideal specifications for the object in order to detect flaws in the object. The system includes one or more imaging devices for obt |
| 6411915 |
Method and apparatus for calibrating a non-contact range sensor |
June 25, 2002 |
| A method for calibrating a non-contact range sensor comprises the steps of employing the range sensor to obtain a range image of an object to be inspected. The range image is registered with a reference image of the object thereby providing registered data. The reference image may be |
| 6336082 |
Method for automatic screening of abnormalities |
January 1, 2002 |
| A method of detecting abnormalities including a learning phase and an inspection phase. In the learning phase, a first statistical quantity and a second statistical quantity are determined based on a first set of n-dimensional data. A second set of n-dimensional data is obtained and a |
| 4888711 |
Image interpretation method and apparatus using faces for constraint satisfaction |
December 19, 1989 |
| A method, for practice on a computer, for interpreting two-dimensional images of three-dimensional scenes is disclosed. Descriptive labels are assigned to the vertex, edge and face elements of the image. A process of constraint satisfaction and propagation is carried out between image |
