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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:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephen S. Wilson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Electro Scientific Industries, Portland, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/64 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/64 ;
Abstract
The present invention solves the problem of repeated operator intervention in a vision system by providing multiple templates which may be used to locate an object within an image.