Overhead camera synchronization
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorsJohn Crooks, Andrew Jeremy Adamec, Mark Allen Rambler
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Abstract
Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, devices, methods, and software for overhead camera synchronization, such as with regard to a camera positioned above a POS terminal or other kiosk terminal type. One embodiment in the form of a method includes adjusting at least one of an exposure setting of an imaging device and lighting within a field of view of the imaging device to affect an exposure within an image captured by the imaging device. This method further includes capturing an image with the imaging device with the at least one of the exposure setting of the imaging device and the lighting within the field of view of the imaging device to achieve a desired exposure within the captured image.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- adjusting at least one of an exposure setting of an imaging device and lighting within a field of view of the imaging device to affect an exposure within an image captured by the imaging device;
- capturing an image with the imaging device with the at least one of the exposure setting of the imaging device and the lighting within the field of view of the imaging device to achieve a desired exposure within the captured image;
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- wherein the adjusting and capturing are performed at a frequency at which a process is to receive images, the adjusting further including adjusting a phase of the imaging device to actively synchronize a frame rate of the imaging device with the scanner.
A system comprising:
- a product scanner including at least one imaging device and a light-field that illuminates a scan-area;
- an overhead imaging device to be positioned to provide an overhead view of the scan-area of the product scanner;
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- a control module that controls operation of the product scanner and the overhead imaging device by performing data processing activities comprising:
- adjusting at least one of an exposure setting of the overhead imaging device and lighting of the product scanner light-field to affect an exposure within an image captured by the overhead imaging device;
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- capturing an image with the overhead imaging device with the at least one of the exposure setting of the overhead imaging device and the lighting product scanner light-field to achieve a desired exposure within the captured image;
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- wherein the adjusting and capturing are performed at a frequency at which a video recording process is to receive images, the data processing activities further comprising:
- forwarding the captured image to the process;
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- returning at least one of the imaging device and the lighting that were adjusted to either an original state or a next state in a sequence of states for capturing images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.