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Camera apparatus for generating machine vision data and related methods

AssigneeInsitu, Inc.

InventorDavid Elliott Anderson

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Abstract

Example camera apparatus for generating machine vision data and related methods are disclosed herein. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a first camera coupled to a movable turret and a second camera coupled to the movable turret. The first camera and the second camera are co-bore sighted. The first camera and the second camera are to generate image data of an environment. The example apparatus includes a processor in communication with at least one of the first camera or the second camera. The processor is to generate a first image data feed and a second image data feed based on the image data. The first image data feed includes a first image data feature and the second image data feed includes a second image data feature different than the first image data feature. The processor is to transmit the second image data feed for analysis by a machine vision analyzer.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising:

a first camera coupled to a movable turret and a second camera coupled to the movable turret, the first camera to generate first image data of an object of interest in an environment and the second camera to generate second image data of the object of interest in the environment, at least a portion of the environment in the first image data not in the second image data and at least a portion of the environment in the second image data not in the first image data, the first camera to maintain the object of interest in a field of view of the first camera during movement of the first camera about the movable turret to generate the first image data and the second camera to maintain the object of interest in a field of view of the second camera during movement of the second camera about the movable turret to generate the second image data;
and
a processor in communication with at least one of the first camera or the second camera, the processor to:
alternatingly sample the first image data at a first sampling rate during first sampling intervals to generate a first image data feed and the second image data at a second sampling rate during second sampling intervals to generate a second image data feed, the first image data feed including a first image data feature and the second image data feed including a second image data feature, the second image data feature different than the first image data feature;
and
transmit the second image data feed for analysis by a machine vision analyzer.

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An apparatus comprising:

a data sampler to alternatingly sample (a) first image data generated by a first camera for an environment to generate a first image data feed having a first resolution during first sampling intervals and (b) second image data generated by a second camera for the environment to generate a second image data feed having a second resolution during second sampling intervals,
the first image data feed including a first image data feature and the second image data feed including a second image data feature different than the first image data feature,
the first image data feed including an object of interest captured in a first field of view of the first camera during movement of the first camera about a camera support to generate the first image data,
the second image data feed including the object of interest captured in a second field of view of the second camera during movement of the second camera about the camera support to generate the second image data,
a first portion of the environment in the first image data feed not in the second image data feed and a second portion of the environment in the second image data feed not in the first image data feed;
and
a communicator to:
transmit the first image data feed and not the second image data feed via a first communication channel;
and
transmit the second image data feed and not the first image data feed via a second communication channel.

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An apparatus comprising:

an image manager to:
alternatingly sample (a) first image data generated by a first camera for an environment at a first sampling rate to generate a first image data feed and (b) second image data generated by a second camera for the environment at a second sampling rate to generate a second image data feed,
the first image data feed including a first image data feature and the second image data feed including a second image data feature different than the first image data feature,
the first image data feed including an object of interest captured in a first field of view of the first camera during movement of the first camera about a camera support to generate the first image data,
the second image data feed including the object of interest captured in a second field of view of the second camera during movement of the second camera about the camera support to generate the second image data,
at least a first portion of the environment in the first image data feed not in the second image data feed and at least a second portion of the environment in the second image data feed not in the first image data feed;
and
output the first image data feed via first communication channel and the second image data feed via a second communication channel;
and
a machine vision analyzer to identify subject matter in the environment based on a feature identification rule and the second image data feed.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/161,786Filed 16 Oct 2018 · us provisional application
Priority: 2 Jan 2018
Published: US 2019/0208135 A14 Jul 2019
Granted: 7 Sep 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

G08B 13/19643
Multiple cameras having overlapping views on a single scene: wherein the cameras play different roles, e.g. different resolution, different camera…
G06V 10/147
Optical characteristics of the device performing the acquisition or on the illumination arrangements: details of sensors, e.g. sensor lenses
G06V 20/52
Context or environment of the image: surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects
H04N 7/181
Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast: for receiving images from a plurality of remote…

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Application62/613,046Us provisional application · filed 2 Jan 2018
US 2019/0208135 A1Pre-grant publication · published 4 Jul 2019
US 11,115,604 B2This patent

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