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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
May. 20, 2019
Applicant:
Capsovision, Inc., Saratoga, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
CAPSOVISION INC, Saratoga, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01); G06T 17/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 7/85 (2017.01); G06T 17/20 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10068 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30028 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for estimating or measuring a physical area or physical volume of an object of interest in one or more images captured using an endoscope are disclosed. According to the present method, an object of interest in an image or images is determined. Also, the endoscope captures one or more structured-light images to derive distance information associated with the object of interest with respect to the camera of the endoscope. The physical area size or physical volume size of the object of interest is then determined based on the image or images, and the distance information.