US 2003/0113039 A1 · Method and device for processing images

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a corresponding device for determining nominal mechanical data for an electronic device by means of automatic image processing of a digital image of a specimen of said electronic device. In the method an object in said digital image, which object corresponds to said specimen, is identified and appearance data for the appearance of the identified object are determined. Then, at least some of the determined appearance data are compared with a stored set of nominal appearance data, which nominal appearance data are based on a priori knowledge of appearances of electronic devices, and at least some nominal appearance data of the set of nominal appearance data are selected. Finally, the nominal mechanical data of the electronic device is determined in accordance with the selected nominal appearance data and at least some of the determined appearance data.

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A method for determining nominal mechanical data for an electronic device by means of automatic image processing of a digital image of a specimen of said electronic device, comprising the steps of:

identifying an object in said digital image, which object corresponds to said specimen;
determining appearance data for the appearance of the identified object;
comparing at least some of the determined appearance data with a stored set of nominal appearance data, which nominal appearance data are based on a priori knowledge of appearances of electronic devices;
selecting, in response to said step of comparing, at least some nominal appearance data of said set of nominal appearance data;
and
determining the nominal mechanical data of said electronic device in accordance with the selected nominal appearance data and at least some of said determined appearance data.

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A device for determining nominal mechanical data for an electronic device by means of automatic image processing of a digital image of a specimen of said electronic device, comprising:

storage means in which a set of nominal mechanical data for an electronic device is stored, which nominal appearance data are based on a priori knowledge of appearances of electronic devices;
digital image processing means for identifying an object in said digital image, which object corresponds to said specimen;
and
processing means for determining appearance data for the appearance of the identified object, for comparing at least some of the determined appearance data with said stored set of nominal appearance data, for selecting, in response to said comparison, at least some nominal appearance data of said set of nominal appearance data, and for determining the nominal mechanical data of said electronic device in accordance with the selected nominal appearance data and at least some of said determined appearance data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and device for processing images

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