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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2014
National Applied Research Laboratories, Taipei, TW;
Shi-Wei Lo, Hsinchu, TW;
Chien-Hao Tseng, Hsinchu, TW;
Lun-Chi Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Jyh-Hong Wu, Taichung, TW;
Fang-Pang Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Wei-Fuu Yang, Hsinchu, TW;
Ming-Chang Shieh, Hsinchu, TW;
Chun-Ming Su, Hsinchu, TW;
Hui-Lin Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
National Applied Research Laboratories, Taipei, TW;
Abstract
In a method for monitoring water level of a water body, a monitoring system is configured to: capture a current image that has a portion of the water body, and a remaining portion aside from the portion of the water body; process the current image into a processed image that includes a water body region corresponding to the portion of the water body, and a background region corresponding to the remaining portion of the current image; mark, on the processed image, a plurality of virtual alert points according to a predetermined water level of the water body; determine whether at least one of the virtual alert points is located within the water body region of the processed image; and generate a monitoring result according to the determination thus made.