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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2008
Applicants:
Gregory G. Slabaugh, London, GB;
Tong Fang, Morganville, NJ (US);
Rupen Melkisetoglu, Princeton, NJ (US);
Simon Floery, Vienna, AT;
Inventors:
Gregory G. Slabaugh, London, GB;
Tong Fang, Morganville, NJ (US);
Rupen Melkisetoglu, Princeton, NJ (US);
Simon Floery, Vienna, AT;
Assignee:
Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for detecting the second bend plane of an ear canal surface is disclosed. A region of interest of the ear canal is defined between the first bend plane and the ear canal tip. A set of curves is defined in the region of interest and a set of high curvature points is detected from the set of curves. The second bend plane is detected using the set of high curvature points.