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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
May. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Orbotix, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Inventor:
Fabrizio Polo, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Sphero, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G06T 7/20 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/3241 (2013.01); G06T 7/2033 (2013.01); G06T 7/2066 (2013.01); G06T 7/0077 (2013.01); G06T 7/0083 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for operating a computing device. One or more images of a scene captured by an image capturing device of the computing device is processed. The scene includes an object of interest that is in motion and that has a rounded shape. The one or more images are processed by detecting a rounded object that corresponds to the object of interest. Position information is determined based on a relative position of the rounded object in the one or more images. One or more processes are implemented that utilize the position information determined from the relative position of the rounded object.