Light normalization method for machine vision
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Sep 19, 2000
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Apr 30, 1996
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A method for normalizing the lighting changes in an input image made up of an X and Y array of pixels having various illuminating intensities, wherein the lighting changes having an additive effect and a multiplicative effect on the input image. The method comprises the steps of estimating the additive effect from the input image to provide a background estimate; estimating the multiplicative effect from the input image to provide a gain estimate; subtracting the background estimate from the image; and normalizing the image with respect to the gain estimate. Also described is an apparatus for automatically determining the identity of an image. The apparatus comprises video camera for acquiring the image to be recognized and a light normalizer coupled to the video camera for normalizing lighting changes in the image and producing a normalized image which can be more accurately recognized. Also included in the apparatus is an image recognizer coupled to the light normalizer, for receiving the normalized image and determining the identity of the image.
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