Image processing device and image processing program
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04N-005/262
G06T-003/40
G06T-007/73
출원번호
US-0975424
(2013-08-26)
등록번호
US-9998683
(2018-06-12)
우선권정보
JP-2011-056439 (2011-03-15)
발명자
/ 주소
Fujikawa, Masahiro
Shimada, Koji
Shirane, Kakuto
Shimoda, Katsuhiro
Moritoki, Yoshihiro
Ikeda, Yasuyuki
Hazeyama, Hiroyuki
출원인 / 주소
OMRON Corporation
대리인 / 주소
Metrolexis Law Group, PLLC
인용정보
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초록▼
An image processing device is connected to an imaging unit. The imaging unit has an overlapping region in an imaging range before and after continuous imaging. The image processing device includes: an interface that receives a plurality of captured images obtained by the imaging unit; a measurement
An image processing device is connected to an imaging unit. The imaging unit has an overlapping region in an imaging range before and after continuous imaging. The image processing device includes: an interface that receives a plurality of captured images obtained by the imaging unit; a measurement unit configured to acquire a measurement result of a subject in the captured image by performing measurement processing to the captured image; a synthesis unit configured to generate a synthesized image by synthesizing the plurality of captured images such that the captured images overlap with one another within an overlapping range corresponding to the overlapping region in imaging order; and an output unit configured to output the synthesized image, information indicating the overlapping range correlated with the synthesized image, and information indicating the measurement result.
대표청구항▼
1. An image processing device for a conveyor tracking system, the conveyor tracking system comprising: at least one conveying device provided with an encoder generating a signal indicating a travel distance of the at least one conveying device; andan imaging unit connected to the image processing de
1. An image processing device for a conveyor tracking system, the conveyor tracking system comprising: at least one conveying device provided with an encoder generating a signal indicating a travel distance of the at least one conveying device; andan imaging unit connected to the image processing device, the imaging unit continuously capturing a plurality of images in an imaging range, a period of the imaging unit set such that each of the plurality of images includes an overlapping region of a captured image in the imaging range captured before and after each image captured during the continuous capturing; the image processing device comprising:a first interface that receives the plurality of captured images obtained by the imaging unit;a second interface that receives the signal generated by the encoder;a measurement unit that acquires a measurement result of a subject in a captured image by performing measurement processing on the captured image;a synthesis unit that generates a synthesized image by overlapping the plurality of captured images based on a value calculated from the signal generated by the encoder such that the captured images overlap with one another within an overlapping range corresponding to the overlapping region in an imaging order and the synthesized image is generated by the synthesis unit from images of the plurality of captured images and the overlapping regions before and after each of the images of the plurality of captured images superimposed thereon; andan output unit that outputs the synthesized image, information indicating the overlapping regions correlated with the synthesized image, and information indicating the measurement result, wherein the output unit outputs the synthesized image, the information indicating the overlapping regions correlated with the synthesized image and the information indicating the measurement result including highlighting the information indicating the overlapping regions correlated with the synthesized image by one of a thick-line frame or a color for the overlapping regions to be displayed on the synthesized image, whereinthe output unit varies an output mode of each captured image in the synthesized image between at least a first output mode and a second output mode associated with the calculated value, such that no two consecutive images are output with the same output mode; andthe first output mode comprises a first background color and the second output mode comprises a second background color different from the first background color. 2. The image processing device according to claim 1, further comprising an operation input unit that externally receives an operation to select a captured image of the plurality of captured images and to designate a measurement result corresponding to the captured image, wherein the output unit enlarges and outputs the captured image selected by the operation input unit in the synthesized image. 3. The image processing device according to claim 2, further comprising a selection unit that selects the measurement result that is designated by the operation received by the operation input unit from measurement results corresponding to the captured images, wherein the output unit outputs the synthesized image, the synthesized image including the captured image corresponding to the measurement result selected by the selection unit and captured images captured before and after the selected captured image. 4. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the output unit: selects, from the captured images in the synthesized image, a captured image corresponding to a previously specified measurement result; andoutputs the selected captured image. 5. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the output unit differentiates an output mode of the measurement result corresponding to odd-numbered captured images from an output mode of the measurement result corresponding to even-numbered captured images in the captured images in the synthesized image. 6. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the output unit outputs information on a time necessary for the measurement processing performed by the measurement unit. 7. The image processing device according to claim 6, wherein the information on the time necessary is a ratio of a time necessary for the captured image measurement processing to a time interval before and after the continuous capturing. 8. The image processing device according to claim 7, wherein the ratio is acquired with respect to each captured image of the synthesized image, and the ratio is output while correlated with the synthesized image and with each captured image of the synthesized image. 9. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an image processing program for a conveyor tracking system, the conveyor tracking system comprising: at least one conveying device with an encoder generating a signal indicating a travel distance of the at least one conveying device; andan imaging unit, connected to a computer to execute the image processing program, the imaging unit continuously capturing a plurality at images in an imaging range, a period of the imaging unit set such that each of the plurality of images includes an overlapping region of a captured image in the imaging range captured before and after each image captured during the continuous capturing, wherein the image processing program causes the computer to perform operations comprising:receiving at a first interface, the plurality of captured images obtained by the imaging unit;receiving at a second interface, the signal generated by the encoder;acquiring a measurement result of a subject in the captured image by performing measurement processing on the captured image;generating a synthesized image by overlapping the plurality of captured images based on a value calculated from the signal such that the captured images overlap with one another within an overlapping range corresponding to the overlapping region in imaging order and the synthesized image is generated from images of the plurality of captured images and the overlapping regions before and after each of the images of the plurality of captured images superimposed thereon; andoutputting the synthesized image, information indicating the overlapping regions correlated with the synthesized image, and information indicating the measurement result, whereinoutputting the synthesized image comprising outputting the synthesized image, the information indicating the overlapping regions correlated with the synthesized image and the information indicating the measurement result including highlighting the information indicating the overlapping regions correlated with the synthesized image by one of a thick-line frame or a color for the overlapping regions to be displayed on the synthesized image,the output unit varies an output mode of each captured image in the synthesized image between at least a first output mode and a second output mode associated with the calculated value, such that no two consecutive images are output with the same output mode; andthe first output mode comprises a first background color and the second output mode comprises a second background color different from the first background color. 10. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the value comprises a deviation amount between counter values for adjacent images of the plurality of captured images;the synthesis unit generates the synthesized image by synthesizing the plurality of captured images based on the deviation amount. 11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 9, wherein outputting the synthesized image comprises varying an output mode of each captured image in the synthesized image, such that no two consecutive images are output with the same output mode. 12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 9, the operations further comprising: externally receiving, at an operation input unit, an operation to select a captured image of the plurality of captured images and to designate a measurement result corresponding to the captured image;enlarging, with the output unit, the captured image selected by the operation input unit in the synthesized image; andoutputting, with the output unit, the enlarged image. 13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 12, the operations further comprising: selecting, with a selection unit, the measurement result that is designated by the operation received by the operation input unit from measurement results corresponding to the captured images; andoutputting, with the output unit, the synthesized image wherein the synthesized image includes the captured image corresponding to the measurement result selected by the selection unit and captured images captured before and after the selected captured image. 14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 9, the operations further comprising: selecting from the captured images in the synthesized image, with the output unit, a captured image corresponding to a previously specified measurement result; andoutputting, with the output unit, the selected captured image. 15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 9, the operations further comprising differentiating, with the output unit, an output mode of the measurement result corresponding to odd-numbered captured images from an output mode of the measurement result corresponding to even-numbered captured images in the captured images in the synthesized image. 16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 9, the operations further comprising outputting, with the output unit, information on a time necessary for the measurement processing performed by the measurement unit. 17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 16, wherein the information on the time necessary is a ratio of a time necessary for the captured image measurement processing to a time interval before and after the continuous capturing. 18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 17, wherein the ratio is acquired with respect to each captured image of the synthesized image, and the ratio is output while correlated with the synthesized image and with each captured image of the synthesized image.
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