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Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 07, 2016
Applicant:

Sharp Laboratories of America (Sla), Inc., Camas, WA (US);

Inventor:

Richard John Campbell, Camas, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/006 (2013.01); G06K 2009/363 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10008 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20076 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30176 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method are provided for normalizing a camera focal length. A perspective geometry estimator accepts a scanned image from a camera having an undefined focal length, and generates a normalized focal length estimate for the image. The normalized focal length estimate is compared to a normalized focal length density distribution. If the normalized focal length estimate meets a minimum threshold of probability, the normalized focal length estimate is selected and the image is processed using the selected normalized focal length estimate. If the normalized focal length estimate fails to meet the minimum threshold of probability, the image is processed using the highest probability prior normalized focal length from the normalized focal length density distribution.


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