US 11,719,647 B2
Methods and systems for measuring the texture of carpet
William Neil Vaughan, Rydal, GA (US); and David Lindahl, Euharlee, GA (US)
Assigned to Columbia Insurance Company, Omaha, NE (US)
Filed by COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANY, Omaha, NE (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/590,426.
Application 17/590,426 is a continuation of application No. 16/880,690, filed on May 21, 2020, granted, now 11,262,317.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/850,898, filed on May 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0155239 A1, May 19, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2022.01); G01N 21/892 (2006.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06T 7/529 (2017.01)
CPC G01N 21/8922 (2013.01) [G06T 7/529 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06T 2207/30124 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining, by a computing device, based on a comparison of an image of at least a portion of a textile to a reference image of a reference textile, one or more areas indicative of a height variation between the textile and the reference textile; and
performing an action based on the one or more areas indicative of the height variation.