Method and system for analyzing an image generated by at least one camera

US8675965B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Metaio GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Sebastian Lieberknecht · Munich, DE
• Peter Meier · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 10, 2008
• Grant date: Mar 18, 2014
• Expiry date: Mar 14, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F3/011
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for analyzing an image of a real object, particularly a printed media object, generated by at least one camera comprises the following steps: generating at least a first image by the camera capturing at least one real object, defining a first search domain comprising multiple data sets of the real object, each of the data sets being indicative of a respective portion of the real object, and analyzing at least one characteristic property of the first image of the camera with respect to the first search domain, in order to determine whether the at least one characteristic property corresponds to information of at least a particular one of the data sets of the first search domain. If it is determined that the at least one characteristic property corresponds to information of at least a particular one of the data sets, a second search domain comprising only the particular one of the data sets is defined and the second search domain is used for analyzing the first image and/or at least a second image generated by the camera.