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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1988
Shree K Nayar, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention pertains to a robotic vision system for identifying the location of objects. The robotic vision system includes a device for recording images, and n elements, where n.gtoreq.2 and is an integer. Each of the n elements is disposed at a predetermined position such that each of the n elements is in view of the recording device and reflections of objects from each of the n elements is received by the recording device. The robotic vision system also includes a device for determining the location of objects from the image received by the recording device. The recording device is connected to the determining device to provide the viewed image thereto.