Patent №
US 6,987,880
Granted
2006-01-17
Filed 2001
Owner
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC.
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Lab
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AI components
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vision
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09814585
An imaging system includes an imaging sensing device sensing an object having a first background color and a backing in opposing relationship with the object having a second background color which is substantially the same as the first background color. The imaging system determines at least one general bounding region of the object based upon a shadow cast onto backing by the object.
AI classification
Ownership
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC.
assignment · 119630726
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
assignment · 186790979
Assignors
DOLAN, JOHN E., DALRYMPLE, JOHN C., CHANG, JAMES ZHIXIN, FENG, XIAO-FAN
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.