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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:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2000
Applicants:
Venkat Gopalakrishnan, Natick, MA (US);
Albert Montillo, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Ivan Bachelder, Newton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Venkat Gopalakrishnan, Natick, MA (US);
Albert Montillo, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Ivan Bachelder, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Cognex Corporation, Natick, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K009/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and an apparatus are disclosed for finding an orientation of an object from the image of the object through the generation of, and subsequent evaluation of, at least a portion of a frequency response of the image. The orientation of the object can be used in subsequent image processing.