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Granted Patent B2
US 11,783,472 · App. 17/376,714 · Granted Oct 10, 2023

Color tone correction system and color tone correction method

Inventors: Yuta Tsubaki (Toyota, JP); Shun Sato (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G06T7/001G06T7/74G06T7/90H04N9/646G06T2207/30164G06T2207/30168
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Patent No.
US 11,783,472
App. No.
17/376,714
Granted
Oct 10, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A color tone correction system includes a reception unit that receives a target workpiece image and design information of a target workpiece, a reference image data storage unit that stores a reference workpiece image, an image determination unit that determines whether or not the target workpiece is inclined more than the reference workpiece, a calculation processing unit that estimates an inclination angle of the target workpiece based on the stored reference workpiece image and the target workpiece image, a color tone data storage unit that stores a relationship between the inclination angle and a color tone correction value, an image correction unit that corrects a color tone of the target workpiece image based on the estimated inclination angle and a color tone correction formula corresponding to the stored relationship, and an output unit that outputs the corrected target workpiece image.

Claims (22)

1. A color tone correction system for image determination when a component assembling position of a workpiece is determined from an image, the color tone correction system comprising:

a reception unit configured to receive a target workpiece image obtained by photographing a target workpiece and design information of the target workpiece;

a reference workpiece image storage unit configured to store a reference workpiece image obtained by photographing a reference workpiece;

an image determination unit configured to determine whether or not the target workpiece is inclined more than the reference workpiece based on the received target workpiece image and the received design information;

a calculation processing unit configured to estimate an inclination angle of the target workpiece based on the stored reference workpiece image and the target workpiece image when it is determined that the target workpiece is inclined;

a color tone data storage unit configured to store a relationship between the inclination angle and a color tone correction value;

an image correction unit configured to correct a color tone of the target workpiece image based on the estimated inclination angle and a color tone correction formula corresponding to the stored relationship; and

an output unit configured to transmit and/or display the corrected target workpiece image,

wherein the calculation processing unit is configured to compare the reference workpiece image with the target workpiece image, and estimate the inclination angle of the target workpiece based on a difference between a contour of the reference workpiece and a contour of the target workpiece and a spectrum diffraction quantity of each vertex,

the calculation processing unit is configured to calculate a coordinate of a point of the target workpiece in a direction of a first axis based on an illuminance of a point of the reference workpiece and an illuminance of a point of the target workpiece, and estimate the inclination angle of the target workpiece around the first axis from the calculated coordinate, and

the calculation processing unit is configured to estimate the inclination angles around a second axis and a third axis of the target workpiece based on the inclination angle around the first axis, a three-dimensional coordinate of a point of the reference workpiece, and the three-dimensional coordinate of the point of the target workpiece.

2. A color tone correction method for image determination when a component assembling position of a workpiece is determined from an image, the color tone correction method comprising:

receiving a target workpiece image obtained by photographing a target workpiece and design information of the target workpiece;

storing a reference workpiece image obtained by photographing a reference workpiece;

determining whether or not the target workpiece is inclined more than the reference workpiece based on the received target workpiece image and the received design information;

estimating an inclination angle of the target workpiece based on the stored reference workpiece image and the target workpiece image when it is determined that the target workpiece is inclined;

storing a relationship between the inclination angle and a color tone correction value;

correcting a color tone of the target workpiece image based on the estimated inclination angle and a color tone correction formula corresponding to the stored relationship; and

transmitting and/or displaying the corrected target workpiece,

wherein the estimating of the inclination angle of the target workpiece includes comparing the reference workpiece image with the target workpiece image, and estimating the inclination angle of the target workpiece based on a difference between a contour of the reference workpiece and a contour of the target workpiece and a spectrum diffraction quantity of each vertex,

the estimating of the inclination angle of the target workpiece includes calculating a coordinate of a point of the target workpiece in a direction of a first axis based on an illuminance of a point of the reference workpiece and an illuminance of a point of the target workpiece, and estimating the inclination angle of the target workpiece around the first axis from the calculated coordinate, and

the estimating of the inclination angle of the target workpiece includes estimating the inclination angles around a second axis and a third axis of the target workpiece based on the inclination angle around the first axis, a three-dimensional coordinate of a point of the reference workpiece, and the three-dimensional coordinate of the point of the target workpiece.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2021
From: TSUBAKI, YUTA; SATO, SHUN
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 056890/0030 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-134738 · Aug 7, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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