Method and apparatus for interactively generating a computer program for machine vision analysis of an object
Patent 5481712 Issued on January 2, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date: 
April 6, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
April 6, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesProgram generator Automatic program generation method with a visual data structure display Patent #: 5287449 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 043295 filed on 04/06/1993US Classes:717/109, Visual715/810, Menu or selectable iconic array (e.g., palette)717/112, Syntax based717/113VisualExaminersPrimary: Heckler, Thomas M.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 009/44AbstractA system for interactively generating a computer program for machine vision analysis insures that the program is correct by permitting the operator to make only syntactically correct modifications to the program. The system includes an element for storing the computer program being generated. A further element displays the program to the operator. A positioning element demarks a location of interest within the program. A menu element displays permissible programming modifications for the location of interest. The menu element incorporates in its display of permissible programming modifications statements for machine vision analysis of an object image, e.g., calls to machine vision subroutines and functions. To facilitate specification of input parameters to those subroutines and functions, the imaging element can generate a candidate image of the object upon which the machine vision analysis is to be run. A graphical input element displays over that candidate image a graphical icon that the operator can manipulate to specify the parameters. A textual input element can display an icon, e.g., a dialog box, prompting the operator to designate textually input parameters for the machine vision tool. An update element responds to the operator selection by appropriately modifying the stored program.Other References
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