Method and system for detecting known measurable object features
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsClark Alexander Bendall, Thomas Charles Ward
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Abstract
A method and system for detecting a known measurable object feature using a video inspection system. The method and system displays an image of a viewed object and detects a known measurable object feature on the viewed object. The method and system then displays a set of available measurement types including a measurement type associated with the detected known measurable object feature and/or automatically positions a plurality of measurement markers on the displayed image based on the measurement type associated with the detected known measurable object feature.
Claims16
A method for automatically detecting a known measurable object feature on a viewed object using a video inspection system, the method comprising the steps of:
- displaying on a display an image of the viewed object;
- detecting the known measurable object feature on the viewed object using a central processor unit;
- displaying on the display a set of available measurement types comprising a measurement type associated with the detected known measurable object feature using the central processor unit;
- receiving the selection of the measurement type associated with the detected known measurable object feature;
- automatically positioning a plurality of measurement markers on the image on the display using the central processor unit, wherein the positions of the plurality of measurement markers are based on the selected measurement type associated with the detected known measurable object feature;
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- displaying on the display a dimension of the measurable object feature computed by the central processor unit using the positions of the plurality of measurement markers.
A method for automatically detecting a known measurable object feature on a viewed object using a video inspection system, the method comprising the steps of:
- displaying on a display an image of the viewed object;
- detecting the known measurable object feature on the viewed object using a central processor unit;
- automatically positioning a plurality of measurement markers on the image on the display using the central processor unit, wherein the positions of the plurality of measurement markers are based on a measurement type associated with the detected known measurable object feature;
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- displaying on the display a dimension of the measurable object computed by the central processor unit using the positions of the plurality of measurement markers.
A system for automatically detecting a known measurable object feature on a viewed object using a video inspection system, the system comprising:
- a display for displaying an image of the viewed object;
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- a central processor unit for
- detecting the known measurable object feature on the viewed object,
- displaying on the display a set of available measurement types comprising a measurement type associated with the detected known measurable object feature,
- receiving the selection of the measurement type associated with the detected known measurable object feature,
- automatically positioning a plurality of measurement markers on the image on the display, wherein the positions of the plurality of measurement markers are based on the selected measurement type associated with the detected known measurable object feature, and
- computing a dimension of the measurable object feature using the positions of the plurality of measurement markers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.