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`6,144,366
`[11] Patent Number:
`United States Patent
`[19J
`Numazaki et al.
`Nov. 7, 2000
`[45] Date of Patent:
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`[54] METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR
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`GENERATING INFORMATION INPUT
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`USING REFLECTED LIGHT IMAGE OF
`TARGET OBJECT
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`5,297,061 3/1994 Dementhon et al. ................... 364/559
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`5,323,174 6/1994 Klapman et al. ....................... 345/156
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`5,353,042 10/1994 Klapman et al. ....................... 345/156
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`5,423,554 6/1995 Davis ...................................... 273/437
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`5,481,622 1/1996 Gerhardt et al. ........................ 382/103
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`5,627,565 5/1997 Morishita ................................ 345/158
`Shunichi Numazaki; Miwako Doi,
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`[75]Inventors:
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`5,686,942 11/1997 Ball ......................................... 345/158
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`both of Kanagawa; Akira Morishita,
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`5,703,356 12/1997 Bidiville et al. .. .... ... ... ... ... ... ... 250/221
`Tokyo; Naoko Umeki; Hiroki Miura,
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`5,729,475 3/1998 Romanik, Jr ............................ 364/559
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`both of Kanagawa, all of Japan
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`5,801,704 9/1998 Oohara et al. .......................... 345/358
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`5,819,206 10/1998 Horton et al. .......................... 702/150
`Kawasaki,[73] Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,
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`5,900,863 5/1999 Numazaki ............................... 345/158
`Japan
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`08/953,667
`[21] Appl. No.:
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`[22] Filed:Oct. 17, 1997
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`Primary Examiner-William A. Cuchlinski, Jr.
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`Assistant Examiner-Marthe Y. Marc-Coleman
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`Attorney, Agent, or Firm----Oblon, Spivak, McClelland,
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`Maier & Neustadt, P.C .
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`[30]
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`[57]
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`Foreign Application Priority Data
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`ABSTRACT
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`A method and an apparatus for generating information input
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`8-275949 Oct. 18, 1996 [JP] Japan ....................................
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`9-019397 Jan. 31, 1997 [JP] Japan ....................................
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`which are capable of realizing a direct command type
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`9-027752 .................................... Feb. 12, 1997 [JP] Japan
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`information input scheme by which the gesture or the
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`motion can be inputted easily. T he apparatus has a timing
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`[51] Int. Cl.7 ....................................................... G09G 5/08
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`signal generation unit for generating a timing signal; a
`345/157; 345/158 [52] U.S. Cl. ........................... 345/156;
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`lighting unit for emitting a light whose intensity vary in
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`time, according to the timing signal generated by the timing
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`345/156, 419, 425; 463/31, 32, 33, 36,
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`signal generation unit; and a reflected light extraction unit
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`having a sensor array for detecting a reflected light from a
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`target object resulting from the light emitted by the lighting
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`unit, in synchronization with the timing signal generated by
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`the timing signal generation unit, so as to obtain a spatial
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`intensity distribution of the reflected light in a form of a
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`4,320,292 3/1982 Oikawa et al. ......................... 250/227
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`reflected light image indicative of an information input
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`4,516,020 5/1985 Simpson et al. .................... 250/214 L
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`related to the target object, in separation from an external
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`354/403 4,839,685 6/1989 Ishigu ro et al. ........................
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`light that is illuminating the target object.
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`4,841,349 6/1989 Nakano ..................................... 357/30
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`4,956,794 9/1990 Zeevi et al. ............................. 364/559
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`96 Claims, 101 Drawing Sheets
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`5,243,182 9/1993 Murata et al. ....................... 250/222.1
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`References Cited
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`U.S. PATENT DOCUMENT S
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`Nov. 7, 2000 Sheet 24 of 101
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`FIG.25
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`START
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`FIG.26
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`Nov. 7, 2000
`Sheet 27 of 101
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`FIG.29
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`U.S. Patent Nov. 7, 2000 Sheet 30 of 101 6,144,366
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`Sheet 31 of 101 6,144,366
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`Sheet 32 of 101 6,144,366
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`Nov. 7, 2000
`Sheet 33 of 101
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`FIG.33
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`SHAPE INTERPRETATION RULES FOR
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`U.S. Patent
`6,144,366
`000 Sheet 36 of 101
`Nov. 7, 2
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`FIG.36
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`START
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`INITIALIZE COMPARISON
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`Nov. 7, 2000
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`FIG.37
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`Sheet 38 of 101 6,144,366
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`Nov. 7, 2000
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`FIG.39
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`U.S. Patent Nov. 7, 2000 Sheet 39 of 101
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`6,144,366
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`FIG.40
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`U.S. Patent
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`FIG.41
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`SWINGING
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`ANGLE a
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`U.S. Patent
`Sheet 41 of 101 6,144,366
`Nov. 7, 2000
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`Sheet 43 of 101 6,144,366
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`U.S. Patent
`Sheet 44 of 101 6,144,366
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`U.S. Patent Nov. 7, 2000 Sheet 47 of 101 6,144,366
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`FIG.48
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`FIG.51
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`331
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`362
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`FIG.54
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`MEMORY UNIT
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`c)
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`FIG.56
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`a)
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`b)
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`c)
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`352
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`(
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`INTENSITY
`LIGHT
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`U.S. Patent
`6,144,366
`Nov. 7, 2000
`Sheet 57 of 101
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`Sheet 58 of 101 6,144,366
`U.S. Patent
`Nov. 7, 2000
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`FIG.59
`
`REFLECTED
`.----------,--LIGHT IMAGE � 721
`CONTROL GENERATION
`SIGNAL
`UNIT
`720
`\
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`TIMING
`CONTROL
`UNIT
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`SIGNALS
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`NONLINEAR
`CONVERSION � 722
`UNIT
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`i
`SIGNALS CORRESPONDING
`TO RANGE IMAGE
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`Sheet 59 of 101 6,144,366
`U.S. Patent
`Nov. 7, 2000
`
`FIG.60
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`REFLECTED
`�--- LIGHT IMAGE f--,--721
`CONTROL GENERATION
`SIGNAL
`UNIT
`
`723
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`TIMING
`CONTROL
`UNIT
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`SIGNALS
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`LIGHT IMAGE
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`CORRECTION � 725
`UNIT
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`i CORRECTED
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`RANGE
`IMAGE
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`U.S. Patent
`Sheet 60 of 101 6,144,366
`Nov. 7, 2000
`
`FIG.61
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`.__
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`__.
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`REFLECTED
`.---� LIGHT IMAGE -------721
`CONTROL
`GENERATION
`SIGNAL
`UNIT
`723
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`____
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`SIGNALS
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`TO REFLECTED
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`TIMING
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`UNIT
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`NONLINEAR
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`SIGNALS
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`IMAGE
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`IMAGE
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`CORRECTION _______ 727
`UNIT
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`t CORRECTED
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`RANGE
`IMAGE
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`6,144,366
`U.S. Patent
`Nov. 7, 2000 Sheet 61 of 101
`
`FIG.62
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`800
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`700
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`250 300
`200
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`Sheet 62 of 101 6,144,366
`U.S. Patent
`Nov. 7, 2000
`
`FIG.63
`
`REFLECTED
`.------- LIGHT IMAGE i---- 721
`CONTROL GENERATION
`SIGNAL
`UNIT
`723
`\
`TIMING
`CONTROL
`UNIT
`
`SIGNALS
`CORRESPONDING
`TO REFLECTED
`LIGHT IMAGE
`
`COORDINATE
`SIGNAL
`
`A/D
`i-----724
`CONVERTER
`
`DIGITAL
`REFLECTED
`w LIGHT IMAGE
`
`CORRECTION � 728
`TABLE
`
`i CORRECTED
`RANGE IMAGE
`
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`2000 Sheet 63 of 101 6,144,366
`U.S. Patent
`Nov. 7,
`
`�RDI-
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`IN
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`FIG.64
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`U.S. Patent
`Nov. 7, 2000 Sheet 64 of 101
`
`FIG.65
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`CONTROL .---
`SIGNAL
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`REFLECTED
`LIGHT IMAGE
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`UNIT
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`CORRECTION
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`t--------' CALCULATION �729
`TABLE
`CORRECTION UNIT
`DATA
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`�
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`CORRECTED
`RANGE IMAGE
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`6,144,366
`U.S. Patent
`Sheet 65 of 101
`Nov. 7, 2000
`
`�ROI-
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`IN
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`FIG.66
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`I I
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`U.S. Patent
`Sheet 66 of 101 6,144,366
`Nov. 7, 2000
`
`FIG.67
`
`REFLECTED
`_____ LIGHT IMAGE �721
`CONTROL GENERATION
`SIGNAL
`UNIT
`723
`\
`TIMING
`CONTROL
`UNIT
`
`OUTPUT
`DATA
`
`COORDINATE
`SIGNAL
`
`IMAGE DATA
`STORAGE ------731
`UNIT
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`IMAGE DATA
`TRANSFER �732
`UNIT
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`730
`\
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`CORRECTION
`CORRECTION
`1-------.....,. CALCULATION �729
`TABLE
`CORRECTION UNIT
`DATA
`
`L------
`
`CORRECTED
`RANGE
`IMAGE
`
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`Nov. 7, 2000 Sheet 67 of 101 6,144,366
`U.S. Patent
`
`FIG.68
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`733
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`OBJECT
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`ACTIVATION
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`UNIT
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`DATA
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`OUTPUT
`DISTANCE DATA DATA
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`737
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`CORRECTION
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`DATA
`DATA
`STORAGE CORRECTION CALCULATION
`UNIT
`UNIT
`DATA
`
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`U.S. Patent
`Sheet 68 of 101 6,144,366
`Nov. 7, 2000
`
`FIG.69
`
`300
`
`250
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`200
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`(a)150
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`100
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`0 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 256
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`250
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`200
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`(b)150
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`100
`
`50
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`0
`0 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 256
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`U.S. Patent
`Sheet 69 of 101 6,144,366
`Nov. 7, 2000
`
`FIG.70
`
`738
`\
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`USER
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`COMMANDING
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`UNIT
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`739
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`UNIT
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`SIGNAL LIGHT IMAGE
`GENERATION
`
`UNIT
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`COOR
`DINATE
`DATA
`
`OUTPUT
`DISTANCE DATA DATA
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`740
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`CORRECTION
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`741
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`CORRECTION
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`DATA
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`DATA
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`STORAGE
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`UNIT
`
`CORRECTION CALCULATION
`UNIT
`DATA
`
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`U.S. Patent Nov. 7, 2000
`Sheet 70 of 101 6,144,366
`
`FIG.71
`
`PLEASE PLACE THE REFERENCE
`
`PLATE AT DISTANCE OF 20cm.
`
`CORRECTION
`
`DATA
`
`PRODUCTION
`
`CANCEL
`
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`Sheet 71 of 101 6,144,366
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`Nov. 7, 2000
`
`FIG.72
`
`(a)
`
`(b)
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`(c)
`
`BEFORE
`Emil CORRECTION
`AFTER
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`CORRECTION
`DATA
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`BEFORE
`&ml CORRECTION
`AFTER
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`CORRECTION
`DATA
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`BEFORE
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`AFTER
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`CORRECTION
`DATA
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`PIXEL POSITION
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`PIXEL POSITION
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`PIXEL POSITION
`
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`U.S. Patent
`6,144,366
`000 Sheet 72 of 101
`Nov. 7, 2
`
`FIG.73
`
`START
`
`COMMAND USER TO PLACE
`751
`REFERENCE PLATE AT
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`SPECIFIED DISTANCE
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`ACQUIRE REFLECTED
`752
`LIGHT IMAGE
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`APPLY CORRECTION
`753
`MODEL
`
`COMMAND USER TO MOVE
`
`
`REFERENCE PLATE
`754
`PARALLEL
`
`CORRECTION NO
`DATA CORRECT? .>-------'
`
`END
`
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`6,144,366
`U.S. Patent
`Sheet 73 of 101
`Nov. 7, 2000
`
`FIG.74
`
`FIG.75
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`U.S. Patent No"V. 7, 2000
`
`Sheet 74 of 101
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`6,144,366
`
`FIG.76
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`6,144,366
`U.S. Patent
`Sheet 75 of 101
`Nov. 7, 2000
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`0\
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`U.S. Patent
`6,144,366
`Nov. 7, 2000
`Sheet 76 of 101
`
`FIG.78
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`715 714
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`U.