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US 12,345,656 B2Granted
Methods and systems for measuring the texture of carpet
AssigneeColumbia Insurance Company
InventorsWilliam Neil Vaughan, David Lindahl
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Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed for analyzing one or more images of a textile to determine a presence or absence of defects. In one example, an image of at least a portion of a textile may be obtained and compared to a reference image of a reference textile. Based on the comparison, one or more areas indicative of a height variation between the textile and the reference textile may be determined. An action may be performed based on the one or more areas indicative of the height variation.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- generating, by a computing device, via an image capture device of the computing device, an image of a portion of a textile;
- determining, for each pixel of a reference image of a reference textile, a reference value indicative of a pile height;
- determining, for each pixel of the image, a value indicative of the pile height;
- determining, for each pixel of the image, a variation between the reference value and the value;
- determining, based on the one or more variations between the one or more reference values and the one or more values, one or more height variations between the textile and the reference textile;
- and
- performing, based on at least one height variation of the one or more height variations satisfying a threshold, an action.
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A method comprising:
- generating, by a computing device, via an image capture device of the computing device, an image of a portion of a textile;
- determining, for each pixel of a reference image of a reference textile, a reference value indicative of a pile height;
- determining, for each pixel of the image, a value indicative of the pile height;
- determining, for each pixel of the image, a variation between the reference value and the value;
- determining, based on the one or more variations between the one or more reference values and the one or more values, one or more areas indicative of a height variation between the textile and the reference textile;
- and
- generating, based on the one or more areas indicative of the height variation, an overlay for the image.
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An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
- generate, via an image capture device of the computing device, an image of a portion of a textile;
- determine, for each pixel of a reference image of a reference textile, a reference value indicative of a pile height;
- determine, for each pixel of the image, a value indicative of the pile height;
- determine, for each pixel of the image, a variation between the reference value and the value;
- determine, based on the one or more variations between the one or more reference values and the one or more values, one or more height variations between the textile and the reference textile;
- and
- perform, based on at least one height variation of the one or more height variations satisfying a threshold, an action.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.