Systems and methods for assisting in object recognition in object processing systems

An object processing system in communication with a database, said object processing system comprising:

• an input conveyor providing an input station at which a plurality of objects may be received;
• a plurality of containers at an output station at which the plurality of objects may be provided among a plurality of destination locations;
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• a programmable motion device operating at a processing station intermediate the input station and the output station, said processing station including:
• an image capture system for capturing at least one image of an object of the plurality of objects, and for providing image data representative of the captured image;
• a patch identification system in communication with the image capture system for receiving the image data, and for identifying more than one image patch associated with the captured image, each image patch being associated with a potential grasp location on the object;
• a feature identification system for capturing at least one feature of each image patch, the at least one feature being a unique pattern in the image patch exhibited by neighboring pixels, for accessing feature image data in the database against which each captured at least one feature is compared to provide image feature comparison data;
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• an object identification system for providing object identity data responsive to the image feature comparison data, said object identity data including data representative of an identity of the object as well as at least one grasp location on the object.

A method of providing object recognition comprising:

• capturing at least one image of an object, and for providing image data representative of the captured image;
• receiving the image data, and for identifying more than one image patch associated with the captured image, each image patch being associated with a potential grasp location on the object, each potential grasp location being described as an area corresponding to a contact portion of an end effector of a programmable motion device;
• capturing at least one feature of each image patch, the at least one feature of each image patch being a unique pattern exhibited by neighboring pixels within the image patch, for accessing feature image data in the database against which each captured at least one feature is compared to provide image feature comparison data, and for providing feature identification data responsive to the image feature comparison data;
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• providing object identity data responsive to the image feature comparison data, said object identity data including data representative of an identity of the object as well as at least one grasp location on the object.