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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2015
National Applied Research Laboratories, Taipei, TW;
National Applied Research Laboratories, Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A method for estimating a number of objects is to be implemented by a processing module, and is utilized to estimate a number of a plurality of objects having elongated shapes based on an image of the objects that contains substantially-circular end faces of the objects. The method includes steps of generating a characteristic image based on the image of the objects, the characteristic image containing a plurality of characteristic patterns which are associated with the end faces of the objects, calculating a number of the characteristic patterns based on the characteristic image, and obtaining an estimated number of the objects based on at least the number of the characteristic patterns thus calculated.