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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
May. 12, 2021
Smiths Detection France S.a.s., Vitry-sur-Seine, FR;
Guillaume Jegou, Vitry-sur-Seine, FR;
SMITHS DETECTION FRANCE S.A.S., Vitry-sur-Seine, FR;
Abstract
A method for detecting zones corresponding to a surface of liquid cargo the method including obtaining inspection data associated with pixels of zones of interest in the inspection image of the cargo which is tilted, the pixels having signal levels, determining a vertical derivative field from the obtained inspection data, determining a horizontal derivative field from the obtained inspection data, and determining, based on the determined vertical derivative field and on the determined horizontal derivative field, zones where a first order vertical derivative is positive, and an absolute value of the first order horizontal derivative is smaller than a predetermined threshold.
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