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7585224 Storage medium having game program stored therein and game apparatus  
A game apparatus selects one of a plurality of characters as a selected character. The game apparatus also sets a position of a virtual camera in accordance with the position of the selected...
7184072 Airborne inventory and inspection system and apparatus  
A system and apparatus for acquiring images of electric transmission line tower structures, equipment attached to said tower structures, and transmission lines suspended from said towers. The...
7119831 Information providing apparatus, information providing method, storage medium, and computer program  
A display device including a camera is used by inserting it in the direction of a user's gaze. Alternatively, an image of the same area as that of a scene from a windshield of an automobile may be...
7113202 Autotiller control system for aircraft utilizing camera sensing  
An automatic control system for directional control of an aircraft moving on the ground utilizing computer vision methods and camera sensing methods (visible, infrared or microwave) to optically...
7068301 System and method for obtaining and utilizing maintenance information  
A system for obtaining, recording, displaying, storing, transmitting and receiving maintenance and other information is provided. The system, which may include an electronic maintenance apparatus...
7050102 Spatial referenced photographic system with navigation arrangement  
An image system which captures, along with the images, information defining both the position and the orientation of the camera along with the distance to the subject. A video camera is attached to...
7023483 Framing aid for a document capture device  
A framing aid for a handheld document capture device such as a digital camera, comprising two pattern generators ( 10,20 ) generating convergent patterns ( 14, 24 ) that are in register on a target...
7009635 Method for modifying a visible object shot with a television camera  
A method for modifying a visible object shot with a television camera, in which method the object is marked by one or more marking surfaces disposed in the area of the object or in its vicinity,...
6911995 Computer vision depth segmentation using virtual surface  
The location of an object in a physical scene is identified with a stereo camera. A virtual surface is identified in the physical scene, and an approximate disparity set is constructed for the...
6894716 Method and apparatus for identifying a position of a predetermined object in free space using a video image  
A method and apparatus is disclosed for identifying a position of an object in free space using a video image wherein the object is comprised of at least three equidistantly spaced, co-linear...
6847392 Three-dimensional structure estimation apparatus  
A three-dimensional structure estimation apparatus by which an image of a wide visual field and another image which has a high resolution at part of the visual field are provided and a high...
6806905 Digital camera  
A digital camera is provided with a display for displaying an image of an object and a specifying unit for specifying a plurality of measuring points on the display. An actual area of a region...
6628322 Device and method for positioning a measuring head on a noncontact three-dimensional measuring machine  
A positioning device for a measuring machine wherein a measuring head is movable in a three-dimensional space with respect to a first reference system, and supports a visual sensor having a...
6559931 Three-dimensional (3-D) coordinate measuring method, 3-D coordinate measuring apparatus, and large-structure building method  
A 3-D coordinate measurement is performed in such a way that an electrooptical distance-measuring device is used to measure a linear distance to a target point set on a surface of a measurement...
6415043 Method and arrangement for determining the position of an object  
A method for determining a position of a body having at least one marker object with a known dimension parameter. The method utilizes at least one camera unit having a sensor device and an optical...
6310644 Camera theodolite system  
A three-dimensional coordinate measuring system which includes first and second towers, first and second viewing devices mounted on the first and second towers, respectively, and a pair of targets...
6067152 Alignment range for multidirectional construction laser  
A system for checking alignment of laser beam projecting instruments, and for enabling accurate calibration of an instrument, includes a high resolution video camera positioned to receive a laser...
5808695 Method of tracking scene motion for live video insertion systems  
A method for tracking motion from field to field in a sequence of related video broadcast images. The method uses template correlation to follow a set of predetermined landmarks within a scene in...
5742699 Passive velocity measuring device  
The presented invention provides the velocity of a moving target from a remote location. A CCD camera receives the image of the target vehicle and records this information on CCD array. The camera...
5684530 Continuous diffuse illumination method and apparatus  
The method and apparatus for providing an elongate linear continuous, uniformed, diffused lighting environment for use in conjunction with an electronic line scanner, a photo-copier or a machine...
5669871 Endoscope measurement apparatus for calculating approximate expression of line projected onto object to measure depth of recess or the like  
A line projection part provided on a distal-end part of an endoscope for projecting a light of a line toward the side of an object. A plurality of points are assigned on a line which is projected...
5642159 Method for tensioning ID saw blades and an apparatus for monitoring tensioning of an ID saw blades  
We disclose: (1) a method for tensioning an ID saw blade, which comprises observing position of the cutting edge of the ID saw blade by using a CCD camera, exhibiting the observed position of the...
5572251 Optical position detecting unit and optical coordinate input unit  
An optical position detecting unit which includes: an image pickup device having a pixel array region, an imaging lens for forming an image of a light-emitting point, a converging lens for...
5552822 Apparatus and method for setting depth of cut of micrometer surgical knife  
Apparatus and methods for determining or verifying the depth of cut of a micrometer surgical knife include placing the knife within the viewing field of a video microscope to produce an image on a...
5396281 Image input apparatus for displaying a positionable cursor mark on a reproduced image  
An image input apparatus has a video camera which photographs an object placed on a stage of the apparatus and which outputs a video signal for reproducing an image of the object on a screen of an...
5394183 Method and apparatus for entering coordinates into a computer  
A method and apparatus to input two dimensional points in space into a computer. Such points in space reside within the field of view of a video camera, which is suitably connected to a computer....
5260780 Visual inspection device and process  
A vision inspection system capable of high resolution of distanced portions of the same part is provided, allowing for dimensional calculations to be made on large parts with high resolution. A...
5212655 Clearance measurement system, video clearance measurement vehicle and improved method of performing clearance measurements  
A clearance measurement system including a video clearance measurement vehicle. The vehicle includes a video camera and a light source which emits a beam of light in a vertically and laterally...
RE34214 Method and apparatus for microphotometering microscope specimens  
A method of microphotometering individual volume elements of a microscope specimen 10, comprising generating a luminous dot or cursor and progressively illuminating a plurality of part elements in...
5198876 Method of measuring three-dimensional postion of workpiece  
A method of measuring a three-dimensional position of a workpiece by using a laser measuring unit provided at a hand portion of an industrial robot, the laser measuring unit including an image...
5138304 Projected image light pen  
A technique for interaction with a projected video image with a light pen and/or target marks on the projection screen in which light reflected from the projected image is compared with the video...
5070401 Video measurement system with automatic calibration and distortion correction  
An electronic video measurement system for measuring three dimensional parameters of objects viewed by a two dimensional video image pickup. A borescope is provided in which the measurements are...
5056046 Pneumatic operated valve data acquisitioner  
The system (12',14) includes a target member (78) associated with the stem valve (24) and displaceable therewith, and a camera (68) adapted to be positioned adjacent the stem for generating a video...
4980763 System for measuring objects viewed through a borescope  
This is a device for measuring objects viewed with a borescope by creating an auxiliary image such as a shadow, and projecting it on the object from the general illumination source in a way that...
4935810 Three-dimensional measuring apparatus  
This three-dimensional measuring apparatus comprises an imaging apparatus imaging a plurality of images having parallaxes, a displaying apparatus displaying on a plurality of pictures the plurality...
4916535 Method of non-destructive quality inspection of materials and videomonitor realizing this method  
A method of non-destructive quality inspection of materials wherein a data transmitter and a material to be inspected are positioned very near to each other and set in motion in relation to each...
4914514 Method and apparatus for gauging well screens  
A method and apparatus for gauging the separation of successive turns of a wire helically wound on a fluid pervious, cylindrical body to form a wire screen for a subterranean well comprising the...
4849912 Stereo mensuration method  
An image digitizing and stereo mensuration system for analyzing hard copy photographic, transparency, paper drawing, radar, and other images, features an improved mensuration frame grabbing system...
4820975 Test apparatus for printed circuit boards  
Test apparatus is described for testing a printed circuit board (PCB). The apparatus includes two test heads, one for each side of the board. Each test head carries an array of spring loaded probes...
4786867 Wafer prober  
A wafer prober for use in the examination of electric characteristics of semiconductor chips formed on a semiconductor wafer is disclosed. Foe examination, probing needles provided on a probe card...
4781463 Method and apparatus for use in measurement of the position of a line or edge of an object  
In a digitized picture, the orientation of the line is made nearly, but not exactly, parallel to a coordinate axis. Statistical analysis of the grid points or of the lattice points forming the...
4745472 Animal measuring system  
A system for determining characteristics and traits of an animal-type subject, such as cattle or the like, comprising: an apparatus and method for holding or confining the subject; an apparatus and...
4731745 Automatic dimension analyzer  
An automatic dimension analyzer is disclosed which comprises a power driven table on which an object being measured is placed, the table being movable in orthogonal directions, and an optical...
4731650 Spatial characteristic determination  
To determine some spatial characteristic, such as size or shape, of an object, the object is viewed with a television camera that employs an image sensor such as a CCD device. An image is formed on...
4628353 Video measuring system  
A user-friendly video measuring system employing a TV camera having a two-axis array of photosensors, a memory, a monitor, a keyboard and a joystick. The camera takes a first picture, which is...
4583181 Fabric flaw related system  
The disclosed system assists an operator in dealing with flaws encountered during the spreading of web material to be cut in accordance with a marker stored in a computer memory. Information...
4554580 Image information output apparatus  
An image information output apparatus has a position specifying section for generating a cursor line signal intended to cause two vertical cursor lines to be displayed superposed upon a picture...
4539590 Method and apparatus for processing optical tracking signals  
In an optical tracking system utilizing a TV camera, a method and apparatus for effectively removing the background of the scene and passing only target information to the tracking system. The...
4396944 Video image size scaling  
The size of an object in the field of view of a television camera or other device which can create an image of an object is determined by generating a calibrated grid for a video display in...
4361830 Device for displaying feature of contour image  
The x-y coordinates are determined of a multiplicity of points set at very small intervals of a fixed value on a contour line, the coordinates of a selected number of points on either side of one...
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