IP Library Granted Patent US 12,423,773
Granted Patent B2
US 12,423,773 · App. 18/228,129 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Image data processing method for laser imaging, computer device, and computer-readable storage medium

Inventors: Naiqi Chen (Guangdong, CN); Gang Chen (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: SHENZHEN ANTELAND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
G06T5/00B41J2/455G06T1/0007
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Patent No.
US 12,423,773
App. No.
18/228,129
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The embodiments of the disclosure provide an image data processing method for laser imaging, a computer device and a computer-readable storage medium. In the embodiments, in case where the gap distance corresponding to a previous laser is not an integer multiple of the preset width of pixel row, the image resolution for a scan area associated with a next adjacent laser is increased to the second resolution to decrease the width of pixel row in the associated scan area, thereby more pixel rows may be obtained in the same area in the raw scan image, and the pixel rows closer to the position actually scanned by the laser spot may be selected as the target pixel rows, which may decrease the deviation between the position of the pixel row actually scanned by the laser and the theoretical position of the pixel row, and further improve the laser scan imaging accuracy.

Claims (52)

1. An image data processing method for laser imaging, comprising:

obtaining a gap distance L i between vertical projecting points of light spots of adjacent lasers in a laser array in a preset straight line direction, wherein i is an index of each gap distance;

calculating a ratio of each gap distance L i to d 1 ; wherein d 1 is a width of pixel row of a raw scan image resolved at a first resolution;

determining, for each natural number N in turn, whether a gap distance L N corresponding to an N th laser is an integer multiple of d 1 ; and increasing an image resolution for a scan area associated with an adjacent (N+1) th laser to a second resolution in case where the gap distance L N is not an integer multiple of d 1 ; wherein the scan area associated with the (N+1) th laser refers to an area which starts from a boundary of a scan area associated with the N th laser in the raw scan image and extends along the preset straight line direction a distance less than a gap distance L N+1 ; and

taking a moving step distance of the laser array along the preset straight line direction as a spacing distance; selecting, for each natural number N in turn, in the scan area associated with the (N+1) th laser evenly spaced target pixel rows whose distance from actually scanned pixel rows is less than a preset value; and associating and storing position data of pixel exposure points in selected target pixel rows in the scan area associated with the same laser, wherein the position data of the pixel exposure points are used for controlling each laser in the laser array to expose positions of the pixel exposure points associated with the laser.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

resolving an image in a scan area associated with a first laser at the first resolution; and

associating and storing the position data of the pixel exposure points in the pixel rows in the scan area associated with the first laser.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the moving step distance of the laser array along the preset straight line direction is equal to d 1 .

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said increasing an image resolution for a scan area associated with an adjacent (N+1) th laser to a second resolution comprises:

calculating a common divisor of the gap distance L N and the moving step distance as the width d 2 of pixel row; and

resolving an image in the scan area associated with the adjacent (N+1) th laser at the second resolution, such that the width of pixel row is equal to d 2 .

5. The method according to claim 4 , further comprising:

keeping a row resolution in the first resolution, which is along a pixel row direction, unchanged for the scan area associated with the adjacent (N+1) th laser.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said increasing an image resolution for a scan area associated with an adjacent (N+1) th laser to a second resolution comprises:

obtaining the second resolution by increasing a column resolution in the first resolution, which is along a direction perpendicular to a pixel row direction, by a preset integer number of times; and increasing the image resolution for the scan area associated with the adjacent (N+1) th laser to the second resolution.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the moving step distance of the laser array along the preset straight line direction is equal to d 1 .

8. A computer device, comprising a processor which is used for executing a computer program stored in a memory to implement an image data processing method for laser imaging,

wherein the method comprises:

obtaining a gap distance L i between vertical projecting points of light spots of adjacent lasers in a laser array in a preset straight line direction, wherein i is an index of each gap distance;

calculating a ratio of each gap distance L i to d 1 ; wherein d 1 is a width of pixel row of a raw scan image resolved at a first resolution;

determining, for each natural number N in turn, whether a gap distance L N corresponding to an N th laser is an integer multiple of d 1 ; and increasing an image resolution for a scan area associated with an adjacent (N+1) th laser to a second resolution in case where the gap distance L N is not an integer multiple of d 1 ; wherein the scan area associated with the (N+1) th laser refers to an area which starts from a boundary of a scan area associated with the N th laser in the raw scan image and extends along the preset straight line direction a distance less than a gap distance L N+1 ; and

taking a moving step distance of the laser array along the preset straight line direction as a spacing distance; selecting, for each natural number N in turn, in the scan area associated with the (N+1) th laser evenly spaced target pixel rows whose distance from actually scanned pixel rows is less than a preset value; and associating and storing position data of pixel exposure points in selected target pixel rows in the scan area associated with the same laser, wherein the position data of the pixel exposure points are used for controlling each laser in the laser array to expose the positions of the pixel exposure points associated with the laser.

9. The computer device according to claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:

resolving an image in a scan area associated with a first laser at the first resolution; and

associating and storing the position data of the pixel exposure points in the pixel rows in the scan area associated with the first laser.

10. The computer device according to claim 9 , wherein the moving step distance of the laser array along the preset straight line direction is equal to d i .

11. The computer device according to claim 8 , wherein said increasing an image resolution for a scan area associated with an adjacent (N+1) th laser to a second resolution comprises:

calculating a common divisor of the gap distance L N and the moving step distance as the width d 2 of pixel row; and

resolving an image in the scan area associated with the adjacent (N+1) th laser at the second resolution, such that the width of pixel row is equal to d 2 .

12. The computer device according to claim 11 , the method further comprises:

keeping a row resolution in the first resolution, which is along a pixel row direction, unchanged for the scan area associated with the adjacent (N+1) th laser.

13. The computer device according to claim 8 , wherein said increasing an image resolution for a scan area associated with an adjacent (N+1) th laser to a second resolution comprises:

obtaining the second resolution by increasing a column resolution in the first resolution, which is along a direction perpendicular to a pixel row direction, by a preset integer number of times; and increasing the image resolution for the scan area associated with the adjacent (N+1) th laser to the second resolution.

14. The computer device according to claim 8 , wherein the moving step distance of the laser array along the preset straight line direction is equal to d i .

15. A computer-readable storage medium, storing a computer program thereon which, when executed by a processor, implements an image data processing method for laser imaging,

wherein the method comprises:

obtaining a gap distance L i between vertical projecting points of light spots of adjacent lasers in a laser array in a preset straight line direction, wherein i is an index of each gap distance;

calculating a ratio of each gap distance L i to d 1 ; wherein d 1 is a width of pixel row of a raw scan image resolved at a first resolution;

determining, for each natural number N in turn, whether a gap distance L N corresponding to an N th laser is an integer multiple of d 1 ; and increasing an image resolution for a scan area associated with an adjacent (N+1) th laser to a second resolution in case where the gap distance L N is not an integer multiple of d 1 ; wherein the scan area associated with the (N+1) th laser refers to an area which starts from a boundary of a scan area associated with the N th laser in the raw scan image and extends along the preset straight line direction a distance less than a gap distance L N+1 ; and

taking a moving step distance of the laser array along the preset straight line direction as a spacing distance; selecting, for each natural number N in turn, in the scan area associated with the (N+1) th laser evenly spaced target pixel rows whose distance from actually scanned pixel rows is less than a preset value; and associating and storing position data of pixel exposure points in the selected target pixel rows in the scan area associated with the same laser, wherein the position data of the pixel exposure points are used for controlling each laser in the laser array to expose the positions of the pixel exposure points associated with the laser.

16. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:

resolving an image in a scan area associated with a first laser at the first resolution; and

associating and storing the position data of the pixel exposure points in the pixel rows in the scan area associated with the first laser.

17. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein said increasing an image resolution for a scan area associated with an adjacent (N+1) th laser to a second resolution comprises:

calculating a common divisor of the gap distance L N and the moving step distance as the width d 2 of pixel row; and

resolving an image in the scan area associated with the adjacent (N+1) th laser at the second resolution, such that the width of pixel row is equal to d 2 .

18. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17 , the method further comprises:

keeping a row resolution in the first resolution, which is along a pixel row direction, unchanged for the scan area associated with the adjacent (N+1) th laser.

19. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein said increasing an image resolution for a scan area associated with an adjacent (N+1) th laser to a second resolution comprises:

obtaining the second resolution by increasing a column resolution in the first resolution, which is along a direction perpendicular to a pixel row direction, by a preset integer number of times; and increasing the image resolution for the scan area associated with the adjacent (N+1) th laser to the second resolution.

20. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein the moving step distance of the laser array along the preset straight line direction is equal to d 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2023
From: CHEN, NAIQI; CHEN, GANG
To: SHENZHEN ANTELAND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064435/0369 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202211166416.1 · Sep 23, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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