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Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Bruce H. Hyre, Cary, NC (US);

Chiao-Fe Shu, Scarsdale, NY (US);

Yun Zhai, Pound Ridge, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/004 (2013.01); G06K 9/6215 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for detecting a change in object positioning by processing images by detecting a first entity tagged with a first visually unique identifier, and detecting a second entity tagged with a second visually unique identifier distinguishable from the first visually unique identifier. The system receives a first image, from a first image capturing device, containing the first visually unique identifier and the second visually unique identifier. The system analyzes the first image to determine a distance between the first visually unique identifier and the second visually unique identifier. The system receives a second image containing the first visually unique identifier. The system analyzes the second image to determine a location of the second visually unique identifier relative to the first visually unique identifier to form a distance assessment. Based on the distance assessment, the system determines a change in proximity between the first entity and the second entity.


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