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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2009
Hsin-sen Chu, Hsinchu, TW;
Chung-hsien LU, Jhubei, TW;
Shen-kuen Chang, Chiayl, TW;
Hao-ting Chao, Dadu Township, Taichung County, TW;
Cheng-wei Wang, Tainan, TW;
Kun-lin Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Hsin-Sen Chu, Hsinchu, TW;
Chung-Hsien Lu, Jhubei, TW;
Shen-Kuen Chang, Chiayl, TW;
Hao-Ting Chao, Dadu Township, Taichung County, TW;
Cheng-Wei Wang, Tainan, TW;
Kun-Lin Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method and system for detecting flames are provided. The flame detection method based on image processing techniques performs the following steps to detecting flames. It first finds one or more bright objects in the images that are captured from videos. A flickering state of a bright object is then determined. To verify the existence of a flame, additionally subsequent images from the instant that a bright object first appears are utilized and the similar steps are applied to them. Finally a flame could be detected if the analyzed results are positive after the aforementioned steps have been performed.