EP0847030A3 - A method and device for automatically detecting and counting bodies passing through a gap - Google Patents

A method and device for automatically detecting and counting bodies passing through a gap Download PDF

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EP0847030A3
EP0847030A3 EP97121056A EP97121056A EP0847030A3 EP 0847030 A3 EP0847030 A3 EP 0847030A3 EP 97121056 A EP97121056 A EP 97121056A EP 97121056 A EP97121056 A EP 97121056A EP 0847030 A3 EP0847030 A3 EP 0847030A3
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automatically detecting
counting
bodies passing
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Massimo Boninsegna
Antonio Virdia
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Istituto Trentino di Cultura
Advaxia Biologics SRL
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    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
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A method for automatically detecting and counting bodies passing through a gap (A) includes the steps of monitoring the gap (A) with means for generating image signals (3; 4, 9) to obtain a succession of images (4a, 4b; L0, L1, ..., LN) of each body (B) passing through the gap (A), of processing these images (4a, 4b; L0, L1, ..., LN) to obtain an altimetric map for each body (B) passing through the gap (A) for each moment considered, of comparing at least one altimetric map obtained with at least one model of altimetric map stored in a processing unit (5), and of activating a counting procedure depending on the result of the comparison.
EP97121056A 1996-12-04 1997-12-01 A method and device for automatically detecting and counting bodies passing through a gap Withdrawn EP0847030A3 (en)

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ITTO960984 1996-12-04
ITTO960984 IT1289712B1 (en) 1996-12-04 1996-12-04 PROCEDURE AND DEVICE FOR THE DETECTION AND AUTOMATIC COUNTING OF BODIES CROSSING A GATE

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