US Patent No: 8,165,403

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Method and system for determining poses of specular objects

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A pose of an object is determine by acquiring sets of images of the object by a camera, wherein the object has a thread arranged on a surface such that a local region of the object appears substantially spherical, wherein the camera is at a different point of view for each set, and wherein each image in each set is acquired while the scene is illuminated from a different direction. A set of features is extracted from each image, wherein the features correspond to points on the surface having normals towards the camera. A parametric line is fitted to the points for each image, wherein the line lies on a plane joining a center of the camera and an axis of the object. Then, geometric constraints are applied to lines to determine the pose of the object.

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MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC.CAMBRIDGE, MA787

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ramalingam, Srikumar - 17 4
Shroff, Nitesh - 3 0
Taguchi, Yuichi Sagamihara, JP 256 472
Tuzel, Cuneyt Oncel - 11 1
Veeraraghavan, Ashok - 18 5

Cited Art

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. (1)
7,711,182 Method and system for sensing 3D shapes of objects with specular and hybrid specular-diffuse surfaces 1 2006
 
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (1)
7,764,838 System and method for extracting an object of interest from an image using a robust active shape model 2 2005

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