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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2003
Applicants:
Dale Louis Macy, West Boylston, MA (US);
Marek Tomecki, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Jeremiah Collins, Boylston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Dale Louis Macy, West Boylston, MA (US);
Marek Tomecki, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Jeremiah Collins, Boylston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Nova Packaging Systems, Inc., Leominster, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06M 1/06 (2006.01); A61J 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method for use in a computing environment to provide object counts by utilizing object images. Objects are detected and images are captured using a programmable array of light sources and photo detectors. The images are compared against known images to ascertain the identity of the objects and subsequently count the objects.