Patent ID: 6763132
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: A61F,G01B,G01N

Abstract:
A method for software based image analysis comprising:(a) selecting recurring patterns in a desired image of a part to provide a standard pattern set; (b) an operator selecting one pattern within said standard pattern set as an anchor pattern; (c) said operator setting vision tools at specific locations within said desired image; (d) software finding the anchor pattern in a manufactured image of a manufactured part; (e) said software iteratively examining areas of the manufactured image adjacent to said anchor pattern to find standard patterns until all areas of said image are examined, and all found standard patterns are identified by: (i) finding successive standard manufactured pattern portions of said manufactured image and associating the same with their respective standard patterns; (ii) placing associated vision tools in accordance with said location information on said manufactured pattern portions after each respective one of said manufactured pattern portions is found; and (iii) comparing each of said manufactured pattern portions in said manufactured image to their respective corresponding standard patterns.