METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING INFORMATION FROM AN OBJECT THAT IS WITHIN A LARGE INTERROGATION ZONE

Patent №

US 4,491,923

Granted

1985-01-01

Filed 1982

Owner

MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORP. OF DE.

Lab

AI components

1

vision

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

06347240

A method and apparatus for extracting information from an object within a large interrogation zone by utilizing a retroreflective backing to define the location of the object and/or information on the object, and an apparatus designed to eliminate from consideration all specularly and diffusely reflected light otherwise present within the zone and thereby isolate the retroreflective backing within the zone. The apparatus then extracts the information which was defined by the retroreflective backing.

VisionG06K 7/10861B61L 25/041G06K 19/06009G06K 2019/06253G06K 2207/1012

AI classification

Vision1.00
Planning0.00
Natural language0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Machine learning0.00
Speech0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
AI hardware0.00

Ownership

MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORP. OF DE.

assignment · 39760902

Assignors

LOOK, THOMAS F.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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