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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:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Lee Marks, Pleasanton, CA (US);
John Brian Burns, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Autodesk, Inc., San Rafael, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ; G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382228 ; 382165 ; 382170 ; 382203 ; 348169 ;
Abstract
A system and method which identifies an object in an image. The system accesses a statistical model corresponding to a statistically identifying feature of the object and accesses a characteristic corresponding to a second identifying feature of the object. The system generates a value set from the image, the statistical model, the characteristic, and a geometric relationship. The value set indicates a likely location of the object in the image. The object is located using the value set.