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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2007
Applicants:
Dimitrios Ioannou, Fremont, CA (US);
Todd Gable, Newark, CA (US);
Inventors:
Dimitrios Ioannou, Fremont, CA (US);
Todd Gable, Newark, CA (US);
Assignee:
Morpho Detection, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for identifying an object within a container is provided. The method includes acquiring image data representing an image, applying a morphological operator to the acquired image data to generate morphed image data, calculating a histogram based on the morphed image data, and classifying the image using the calculated histogram. A classification of the image may be displayed and/or stored in a computer-readable memory.