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- Patent Title: Low-cost method to reliably determine relative object position
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Application No.: US15011355Application Date: 2016-01-29
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Publication No.: US10007991B2Publication Date: 2018-06-26
- Inventor: Bruce H. Hyre , Chiao-Fe Shu , Yun Zhai
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: North Shore Patents, P.C.
- Agent Michele Liu Baillie
- Main IPC: G06T7/00
- IPC: G06T7/00 ; H04N7/18 ; G06K9/62

Abstract:
A system for detecting a change in object positioning by processing images by detecting a first entity tagged with a first visually unique identifier, and detecting a second entity tagged with a second visually unique identifier distinguishable from the first visually unique identifier. The system receives a first image, from a first image capturing device, containing the first visually unique identifier and the second visually unique identifier. The system analyzes the first image to determine a distance between the first visually unique identifier and the second visually unique identifier. The system receives a second image containing the first visually unique identifier. The system analyzes the second image to determine a location of the second visually unique identifier relative to the first visually unique identifier to form a distance assessment. Based on the distance assessment, the system determines a change in proximity between the first entity and the second entity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170221192A1 LOW-COST METHOD TO RELIABLY DETERMINE RELATIVE OBJECT POSITION Public/Granted day:2017-08-03
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