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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2022
Applicant:
Ag Leader Technology, Inc., Ames, IA (US);
Inventor:
Trenton Anagnostopoulos, Ames, IA (US);
Assignee:
Ag Leader Technology, Inc., Ames, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G01S 19/01 (2010.01); G06V 10/34 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G01S 19/01 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 10/34 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and systems for sensing or tracking relative position between objects or locations. A digital camera or imager captures one or more fiducials in its field of view. By calibration and processing, the imaged fiducials can be identified and distinguished from other objects and background in camera space, and position of imaged fiducials in camera space relative to a reference can be translated to position of the actual fiducials in physical space. In one example, the fiducials are IR LEDs.