Systems and methods of measuring an object in a scene of a captured image

#Present imaging systems are used to capture images, and to track the movement of objects or persons within the captured images. For example, such systems may incorporated into home security systems to track the movement of a person or an object, or used in systems that track the position of a player or a ball during a sporting event. Similar systems may be used in manufacturing products. That is, current imaging systems may track movement, and provide statistics regarding the movement for sports, security, and manufacturing applications.

#According to an implementation of the disclosed subject matter, a system is provided that includes a plurality of sensors, communicatively coupled to one another, to periodically transmit positional location information. The system may include a digital image capture device, communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors, to capture an image of a scene which includes at least one of the plurality of sensors. The system may include a processor, communicatively coupled to the digital capture device, to determine a measurement of a least one object in the captured image of the scene, where the measurement of the at least one object is based at least in part on the positional location information received by the digital image capture device at the time that the image of the scene is captured. The system may include a display device, communicatively coupled to the processor, to display the determined measurements of the at least one object.

#According to an implementation of the disclosed subject matter, a method is provided that includes receiving, at a digital image capture device, periodic transmissions of positional location information from a plurality of sensors. The method may include capturing, at the digital image capture device, an image of a scene which includes at least one of the plurality of sensors. The method may include determining, at a processor communicatively coupled to the digital image capture device, a measurement of a least one object in the captured image of the scene, where the measurement of the at least one object is based at least in part on the positional location information received by the digital image capture device at the time that the image of the scene is captured. The method may include displaying, at a display device communicatively coupled to the processor, the determined measurements of the at least one object.

#The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosed subject matter, are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings also illustrate embodiments of the disclosed subject matter and together with the detailed description serve to explain the principles of embodiments of the disclosed subject matter. No attempt is made to show structural details in more detail than may be necessary for a fundamental understanding of the disclosed subject matter and various ways in which it may be practiced.

#FIG. 1 shows a computing device having a digital image capture device which may capture a scene that may include at least one object, and may provide dimensions of the object based on positional information received from sensors within the scene according to an implementation of the disclosed subject matter.

#FIG. 2A shows an example sensor device having a plurality of sensors according to an implementation of the disclosed subject matter.

#Implementations of the disclosed subject matter provide systems and methods of capturing a scene that includes digital sensors, and determining a measurement of an object in the scene based on the positional information received by an image capture device from the sensors at the same time that the image of the scene is captured.

#In a room or area, a user may place, distribute, disperse, and/or space one or more sensors from an object of interest. In some implementations, the sensors may be configured to be thrown or otherwise physically dispersed throughout an area without damaging the electronic components of the sensor, such that they may be easily dispersed (e.g., by a user) near the object of interest. The sensors may be dispersed either in a uniform manner (e.g., the distances between the object and each sensor may be the same), or may be dispersed with a non-uniform distance from the object of interest (e.g., each sensor may be located at a different distance from the object of interest, or some sensors may be located the same distance from the object of interest while other sensors are located at different distances).

#A digital image capture device, which may be included in a computing device, may capture an image of a scene that includes the object of interest. The user may select the object from the scene displayed on a display of the computing device. The displayed scene may include one or more of the dispersed sensors. Regardless of whether the sensors are depicted in the captured image, the sensors may transmit positional location information to the computing device. The computing device may determine dimensions of the selected object, and display the dimensions of the selected object on the display for the user.