US 12,321,819 B2
Apparatuses and computer-implemented methods for geometric image cropping for improved image processing
Jean-Luc Courtemanche, Charlotte, NC (US); Liu Hongyan, Charlotte, NC (US); Weihua Guan, Charlotte, NC (US); Li Jian, Charlotte, NC (US); Maryam Nikizad, Charlotte, NC (US); and Javier Enrique Gonzalez Barajas, Charlotte, NC (US)
Assigned to Hand Held Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Hand Held Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Jul. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/357,473.
Claims priority of application No. 202210971179.X (CN), filed on Aug. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0054306 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. G06K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/1443 (2013.01) [G06K 7/1413 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for geometric image cropping, the apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one non-transitory memory including computer-coded instructions thereon, the computer-coded instructions, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
receive a captured image via an imager;
identify at least one cropping parameter associated with the imager, wherein the at least one cropping parameter comprises ranging data that is indicative of a distance between the imager and a target object, wherein the captured image shows the target object;
crop the captured image based at least in part on the at least one cropping parameter to generate a cropped image; and
apply the cropped image to an image deconvolution algorithm to generate a processed image.