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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. 11, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2002
Pieter Cornelis Langeveld, BP Delft, NL;
Karl Heinrich Van Hemert, ET Delft, NL;
Johannes Hendrik Pieter Machiel Kerkhof, JD Rozenburg, NL;
Jacobus Stark, ZM Rotterdam, NL;
Pieter Cornelis Langeveld, BP Delft, NL;
Karl Heinrich Van Hemert, ET Delft, NL;
Johannes Hendrik Pieter Machiel Kerkhof, JD Rozenburg, NL;
Jacobus Stark, ZM Rotterdam, NL;
DSM IP Assets B.V., TE Heerlen, NL;
Abstract
Method and arrangement to locate an object with a predetermined number of marks, the arrangement comprising a light source, a sensor and a processor, by means of the following steps:—illuminating the object with the light source;—receiving an image of the object and generate image pixel data including image pixel locations and image pixel intensities for each image pixel location with said sensor;—receiving the image pixel data and storing them in a memory;—comparing said image pixel intensities with a predetermined threshold;—determining object position based on said comparing;—using a digital match mask that corresponds with said object with said marks;—finding a best match between said digital match mask and said object on said object position;—determining mark positions within said object position from said best match.
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