The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Apr. 06, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1996
Tilman Jochems, Perpignan, FR;
Veronique Helene Prejean-Lefevre, Sceaux, FR;
Abstract
A process for automatic detection of the assessable areas within an image of a mechanical component comprises a first phase during which different areas of at least one reference image are detected by means of manual segmentation, a second phase during which marking parameters for the areas of the reference images are defined and fixed, these marking parameters being simplifying transformations and thresholding intervals for the reference images making it possible to obtain optimal quality of separation of the areas, and a fully automatic third phase during which the area-marking parameters defined and fixed during the first two phases are used to mark the assessable areas of new images, and the exact outline of said areas is determined using the watershed line method.