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20080204654 | Device For Installing Suction Jig For Eyeglass Lens and Method For Determining Suction Jig Installation Position - An automatic suction device for an eyeglass lens and a method for determining suction jig installation position, capable of recognizing that a frame exchange lens holder is being installed on a placement table, making transition to installation work of a frame exchange mode, and avoiding an erroneous contact between the frame exchange frame and a lens holding frame. The kind of holding means placed on the placement table is determined from an image of the inside of an opening ( | 08-28-2008 |
20090148037 | Color-coded target, color code extracting device, and three-dimensional measuring system - To provide a color-coded target having a color code of colors chosen not to cause code reading errors and technique for automatically detecting and processing the targets. The color-coded target CT | 06-11-2009 |
20090161946 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus comprises an inputting section for inputting a plurality of continuous images which were photographed by a photographing section progressively moving relative to a photographed object; an extracting section for extracting characteristic points from images input by the inputting section; a tracking section for tracking the points corresponding to the characteristic points in the plurality of continuous images; an embedding section for embedding tracking data, which includes data of extracted and tracked points by the extracting section and the tracking section, into each image; and an outputting section for outputting the plurality of continuous images sequentially in which the tracking data was embedded by the embedding section. | 06-25-2009 |
20090175497 | LOCATION MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD - With apparatus and method for measuring in three dimensions by applying an estimating process to points corresponding to feature points in a plurality of motion image frames, high speed and high accuracy are realized. The apparatus comprises: a first track determining section ( | 07-09-2009 |
20090175498 | LOCATION MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD - To realize high speed and high precision with device and method of three-dimensional measurement by applying estimating process to points corresponding to feature points in a plurality of motion frame images. With the device and method of calculating location information through processes of choosing a stereo pair, relative orientation, and bundle adjustment and using corresponding points of feature points extracted from respective motion frame images, each process is made up of two stages. To the first process section (stages: | 07-09-2009 |
20090245653 | IMAGE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A measurement processing block obtains a plurality of first images of the object to be measured, taken with very small movements in the imaging area. A feature extraction processing block extracts an approximate feature portion of the object from the first images obtained by the measurement processing block. A partial-image creation processing block creates a plurality of first partial images by grouping the plurality of first images obtained by the measurement processing block in the vicinity of the approximate feature portion extracted by the feature extraction processing block. A super-resolution-image creation processing block creates a super-resolution image from the plurality of first partial images created by the partial-image creation processing block. Thus, detailed features of the object are measured precisely and easily even when the object is located far away. | 10-01-2009 |
20100322482 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF THE SAME, AND COLOR-CODED MARK - This invention provides a three-dimensional measurement system that improves the efficiency of and enables the automation of non-contact three-dimensional measurement over a wide range using a coded target. A measuring object | 12-23-2010 |
20110085738 | EDGE EXTRACTION APPARATUS, SURVEYING EQUIPMENT, AND PROGRAM - An edge extraction device can reduce detected noise other than a contour of an article, and can improve the operability. The edge extraction device includes: an edge detection section which calculates edge strength from an image and detects an edge; a labeling processing section which performs labeling processing on the edge detected by the edge detection section and calculates a length of the edge; an edge enhancement processing section which performs edge enhancement processing by using a value corresponding to the length of the edge, which is calculated by the labeling processing section, and the edge strength, which is calculated by the edge detection; and an edge extraction section which performs binarization processing on a value of the image, which is enhanced by the edge enhancement processing section, by using an adjustable threshold value, and extracts a predetermined edge. | 04-14-2011 |
20110096957 | POSITION MEASUREMENT METHOD, POSITION MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A position measurement method includes an exterior orientation parameter correcting step S | 04-28-2011 |
20110261165 | MODEL FORMING APPARATUS, MODEL FORMING METHOD, PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD - The present invention provides a model forming apparatus that can simply and efficiently form a three-dimensional model of an object using previously obtained three-dimensional model data of the object as a starting point. The apparatus comprises a photographing section | 10-27-2011 |
20120127279 | IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT - An image photographing device for three-dimensional measurement is provided that enables efficient photographing with just sufficient images in a case that a photographer uses a single camera to photograph while moving. An image photographing device | 05-24-2012 |
20120256916 | Point cloud data processing device, point cloud data processing method, and point cloud data processing program - A point cloud data processing device extracts features of an object from point cloud data thereof and automatically generates a three-dimensional model in a short time. The device includes a non-plane removing unit for removing points of non-plane areas from the point cloud data, and a plane labeling unit for adding identical labels to points in the same planes other than the points that are removed by the non-plane removing unit so as to segment the point cloud data into planes. The device also includes a three-dimensional edge extracting unit for extracting three-dimensional edges based on at least one of lines of intersections of the segmented planes and convex lines that convexly cover the segmented planes. The device further includes a two-dimensional edge extracting unit for extracting two-dimensional edges from within the segmented planes, and an edge integrating unit for integrating the three-dimensional edges and the two-dimensional edges. | 10-11-2012 |
20130121564 | POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM - A point cloud data processing device is equipped with a non-plane area removing unit 101, a plane labeling unit 102, a contour calculating unit 103, and a point cloud data remeasurement request processing unit 106. The non-plane area removing unit 101 removes point cloud data relating to non-plane areas from point cloud data in which a two-dimensional image of an object is linked with data of three-dimensional coordinates of plural points that form the two-dimensional image. The plane labeling unit 102 adds labels for identifying planes with respect to the point cloud data in which the data of the non-plane areas are removed. The contour calculating unit 103 calculates a contour of the object by using local flat planes based on a local area that is connected with the labeled plane. The point cloud data remeasurement request processing unit 106 requests remeasurement of the point cloud data. | 05-16-2013 |
20130176305 | POINT CLOUD POSITION DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, POINT CLOUD POSITION DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, POINT CLOUD POSITION DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND POINT CLOUD POSITION DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM - The device includes a unit obtaining an object's point cloud position data, a unit obtaining the object's image data, a unit in which co-relationship between point cloud position data obtained in the point cloud position data obtaining unit through a primary viewpoint or image data obtained in the image data obtaining unit through the primary viewpoint and image data obtained in the image data obtaining unit through a secondary (different from the primary) viewpoint are identified, a unit forming a three-dimensional model by the data obtained in the point cloud position data obtaining unit, and a unit controlling displaying of the model formed in the model forming unit on a displaying device. The model forming unit forms a three-dimensional model having direction seen from the secondary viewpoint, depending on the co-relationship identified in the co-relationship identifying unit. Operators see the model seen from the secondary viewpoint as an image. | 07-11-2013 |
20130181983 | POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM - A point cloud data processing device is equipped with a non-plane area removing unit | 07-18-2013 |
20130236107 | MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - Three-dimensional coordinates of feature points of an object to be measured are back-projected to a frame image photographed from a specific position, and image coordinates of the back-projected feature points and the feature points in this frame image are compared. In this case, the feature points, which are mismatched, are removed as feature points which are mistracked between plural frames. In this case, two processing systems, of which initial conditions of calculation for obtaining the back-projected coordinates are different from each other, are performed, and the detection of the above mistracked points is performed on each of the two back-projected coordinates. The mistracked points detected in at least one of the processing systems are removed, and are not succeeded to the following processing. | 09-12-2013 |
20140037194 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL POINT CLOUD POSITION DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL POINT CLOUD POSITION DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL POINT CLOUD POSITION DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A technique is provided for efficiently process three-dimensional point cloud position data that are obtained at different viewpoints. A projecting plane is set in a measurement space as a parameter for characterizing a target plane contained in plural planes that form an object. The target plane and other planes are projected on the projecting plane. Then, a distance between each plane and the projecting plane is calculated at each grid point on the projecting plane, and the calculated matrix data is used as a range image that characterizes the target plane. The range image is also formed with respect to the other planes and with respect to planes that are viewed from another viewpoint. The range images of the two viewpoints are compared, and a pair of the planes having the smallest difference between the range images thereof is identified as matching planes between the two viewpoints. | 02-06-2014 |